Characters and how we get to know them: 1. Through the author's physical description of them 2. Their actions 3.

Their words 4. Their inner thoughts 5. Through what other characters say and think about them Plot - A pattern of events that develops from the interactions between characters. A plot is a pattern of events in a cause and effect relationship. 1. Cause - Things that make something happen. 2. Effect - What happens because something was done. Conflicts - The problems the characters encounter. Their conflicts can be: 1. External - conflict with others and with nature 2. Internal - conflict within themselves Setting - Time and place of the story Theme - The meaning behind the events and the characters' actions.

Narrative - The Point of View and Verbal tense of the narrator. How much the narrator intrudes into the story.

Style of Writing - Rhetorical devices, word choice, and sentence structure.

Plot Outline: 1. Exposition: the background or introductory information that the reader must have in order to understand the story. 2. Rising Action - all of the events that take place leading up to the climax. 3. Climax - The turning point. Here the story is turned in a different direction, toward the conclusion, which is the wrapping up of the story. 4. Falling Action - The immediate reaction to the climax. 5. Denouement - The conclusion of the plot. Loose ends are tied up.

 Entrepreneur
is an enterprising individual who builds capital through risk and / or initiative.

Persistence
The word persistence means the quality of being determined to do or achieve something. It's tenacity. It means firmness of purpose. It is a continuing, repeating or lasting of something.

Opportunities

a combination of circumstances favorable for the purpose Fit time good chance or occasion, as to advance oneself.

Risk Taker
a person who is not fearful of uncertainty and may even enjoy risky, speculative situations. He or she is a person who will take a chance or gamble in hopes of winning.

Sense Of Urgency
One of the most difficult things we find ourselves tasked with in business today is measuring the unmeasurables. A great example of an unmeasurable is human momentum tied to newness.

Life Style
A way of living of individual, families (households), and societies, which they manifest in coping with their physical, psychological, social, and economic environments on a day-to-day basis.

Attribute
A characteristic or feature of a product that is thought to appeal to customers.

Creativity
Ability to produce something new through imaginative skill, whether a new solution to a problem, a new method or device, or a new artistic object or form.

Pro-Active
Action and result oriented behavior instead of the one that waits for things to happen and then tries to adjust (react) to them.