Big Ideas
Author Techniques
Story Elements
100

Theme

This is a story's main idea. Also known as the "moral of the story". 

100

Foreshadowing

An author does this when they give a hint about a story's ending. 

100

Plot

What happens in a story?

200

Symbolism

When things in a story or poem stand in for other things. 

200
Unreliable Narrator

When you can't trust the person telling a story. 

200

Character

Who is a story about?

300

Imagery

What are word pictures?

300

You

What is 2nd person narration?
300

The part of a story after its climax. 

What is falling action?