1. background information about someone's past; information from the past; related information that may not be obvious at first; something that is not at the forefront; something less important than the main thing

2. background

3. conflict a problem between two or more people or groups

4. conflict resolution when the main problem in a story or situation is worked out

5. establish to build; to bring about; to cause to exist

6. external outside of; something beyond the immediate person, place, or system

7. generalization a broad statement about a situation; an overall, broad conclusion made from specifics

8. generalize to make a broad statement about a situation; to make a broad conclusion from specifics

9. inference a judgment that is made on the basis of specific facts

10. internal inside; something inside a person, place, or system

11. moral a lesson or teaching, often coming from a story

12. perspective a particular point of view

13. previous coming before; happening in the past

14. prior something coming before; something that happened earlier

15. recall to remember; to be brought back from the past

16. resolution the working out of a conflict; the end result of something; the reaching of an agreement about a dispute

17. theme the message of a story

18. theme a broad topic or idea that is carried through something

19. tone mood; the type of emotion or feeling of something