This document defines and describes several key elements of prose and storytelling, including characters, setting, plot, point of view, theme, and mood. It explains that prose uses sentences as its basic unit rather than lines and has some internal rhythm but not a formal metrical pattern like poetry. It provides descriptions of the main characters, setting, common plot structures including linear, circular, and in medias res, points of view from first person and third person, how to identify the theme or message of a story, and how authors create mood through details, setting, and imagery.