Short story elements

The vantage point of the story

A three-dimensional character with a variety of personality traits

The author's main message in a story/ universal truth

A one-dimensional character with only one or two personality traits

When the author gives inanimate objects human-like characteristics

The series of events in a story?

A repetition of initial consonant sounds

Time AND place of a story

The struggle between characters or a character and a literary element

A stereotypical character that serves one purpose

A comparison between two ordinary unlike things

A character who stays the same in a story

When what is expected and what actually happens contradict

The opposing force in a story

A statement that seems self-contradictory or absurd, but in reality expresses a possible truth.

When an object or character has two meanings, the literal meaning and the figurative meaning

Words of a character or characters

The character the story evolves around