All terms in this list:

Conflict: A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two opposing groups or individuals.

setting: The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set.

mood: mental or emotional state, composure

suspense: the pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc

plot: The general course of a story including significant events that determine its course or significant patterns of events.

inference: That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.

connotation: A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

denotation: The primary, literal or explicit meaning of a word, phrase or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.

analyse: To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.

character motivation: the motive that the character has

narrative: Telling a story.

autobiographical: Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.

characterization: The act or process of characterizing.

static: unable to change.

generalization: Alternative spelling of generalisation.

dynamic: Changeable; active; in motion usually as the result of an external force.

round: someone that does change through the story

flat: someone that does not change through out the story

trait: an identifying characteristic, habit or trend

flashback: a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative

foreshadowing: A literary device in which an author drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story.

omniscient: Having total knowledge.

point of view: A position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint.

allusion: An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication.

chronological: In units of time that makes senses and goes in order

theme: what the story is about

universal theme: Something that everyone knows

symbolism: Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.

irony: A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different than, or the opposite of what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, notably as a form of humor.

satire: A literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humour is often used to aid this.

imagery: The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or en masse.

diction: The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice, and presentation of said words.

syntax: A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences.

tone: A specific pitch or noise that someone can understand emotion from

annotation: a critical or explanatory commentary or analysis

style: A manner of doing things, especially in a fashionable one.

allegory: The representation of abstract principles by characters or figures.