Connotation - implied meanings behind the dictionary definitions of words
Setting - Where and when the action takes place.
Mood - how the author makes you, the reader, feel about a character or situation
Creation Story - culture's way to explain why something is the way that it is
Tone - the author's attitude toward someone or something
Theme - what the story is about; the lesson to be learned by reading the story
Symbol - Something that represents an idea, object, concept, or quality