This element also refers to the tone of the story.
Setting
Descriptive
This theory is considered to be the easiest one to use yet the most risky when over-used.
Reader-response theory
This theory aims to explain that politics is always represented through material wealth.
Marxism
This theory explains the "compass" to all our actions are dictated by what society accepts to be true.
Moral/Philosophical criticism
This element is considered the "map" of the story
Plot
This element oftentimes "confuses" the reader into thinking that the poet is the one speaking in the poem.
Persona
This area of ourselves is our best image to the world.
Super-ego
This theory challenges the notion of equal opportunities
This theory/ies explains the WORLD of the author.
Historical/Biographical criticism
This element refers to the "perspective of the storyteller"
When a poem is grouped into nine lines it is now called...
According to Freud, this mechanism is the mind's way of "protecting" one from trauma or other uncomfortable events.
Repression
This theory explains the struggle of humans about their "superiority" over everything/anything on earth.
Ecocriticism
This style of writing aims to explain the perspective of men and women's style of writing about the same thing.
Gynocriticism
This element is/are "driving force" in the story
Conflict
This element enriches the beauty of the written word.
Figurative language
This refers to the role of everyone.
Archetype - everyman
This theory explains why history will always be flawed
Post-colonialism
In this theory, language is the most powerful
Formalism
This element is oftentimes the "focal point" of the story.
Character
Poetry is classically consisted of this two facets.
Sound and Meaning
Unconscious thoughts, according to Freud are oftentimes presented through this
Dreams
According to Marx, this area of society will always be a reminder of inequality.
This theory challenges all that we know and taught to be true.
Post-Modernism