unrhymed iambic pentameter a comparison to two unlike things using the words like or as the creation and development of characters (the people who carry on the action in the literary work) the central idea of a literary work; the authors message the angle from which a story is told the time and place in which an event occurs the feeling and atmosphere that the reader gets from a literary work the sequence of events that take place in a literary work how the parts of a work are organized and arranged the attitude or viewpoint that an author shows toward the subject of his or her story

1. blank verse

unrhymed iambic pentameter

2. simlie

a comparison to two unlike things using the words like or as

3. characterization

the creation and development of characters (the people who carry on the action in the literary work)

4. theme

the central idea of a literary work; the authors message

5. point of view

the angle from which a story is told

6. setting

the time and place in which an event occurs

7. mood

the feeling and atmosphere that the reader gets from a literary work

8. plot

the sequence of events that take place in a literary work

9. structure

how the parts of a work are organized and arranged

10. tone

the attitude or viewpoint that an author shows toward the subject of his or her story