1. “Flowers for Algernon” Skills
Smith – LA 8

2. Point of View 1st Person - I, Me, We; Autobiography,
2nd Person – You; Do it Yourself, How To…To make lemonade, you add the juice of lemons to water and sugar. You need to prepare a wall before applying primer. When getting rid of a drain clog, first turn off the water.
3rd Person – He, She, They; "He is just what a young man ought to be," said she, "sensible, good humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners! -- so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!" Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice 

3. Inference
When you make a logical guess about a character or an event based on story clues or your own experience, you are making an inference.

4. Traits - Characterization
Physical
Personality
Emotional

5. Tone
Tone is the author’s attitude toward the writing (his characters, the situation) and the readers. A work of writing can have more than one tone. An example of tone could be both serious and humorous. Tone is set by the setting, choice of vocabulary and other details.
Amused, Humorous, Pessimistic, Angry, Informal, Playful, Cheerful, Ironic, Pompous, Horror, Light, Sad, Clear, Matter-of-fact, Serious, Formal, Resigned, Suspicious, Gloomy, Optimistic, Witty

6. Mood
Mood is the general atmosphere created by the author’s words. It is the feeling the reader gets from reading those words. It may be the same, or it may change from situation to situation.
Fanciful, Melancholy, Frightening, Mysterious, Frustrating, Romantic, Gloomy, Sentimental, Happy, Sorrowful, Joyful, Suspenseful

7. Situational Irony
Situational irony occurs when the expected outcome does not happen. This is also called an irony of events. The outcome can be serious or humorous. 
A fire station burns down; The marriage counselor files for divorce; The police station gets robbed
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry - The wife cuts her long hair and sells it to have the money to buy her husband a pocket watch chain. He sells the watch to buy her a hair accessory.

8. Dramatic Irony
Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something the characters do not. Because of this understanding, the words of the characters take on a different meaning. This can create intense suspense or humor.
In a scary movie, the character walks into a house and the audience knows the killer is in the house.; In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo thinks Juliet is dead and the audience knows she is not.