<Tr> <Td> Red herring </Td> <Td> Diverting attention away from an item of significance . </Td> <Td> For example, in mystery fiction, an innocent party may be purposefully cast as highly suspicious through emphasis or descriptive techniques to divert attention from the true guilty party . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Self - fulfilling prophecy </Td> <Td> Prediction that, by being made, makes itself come true . </Td> <Td> Early examples include the legend of Oedipus, and the story of Krishna in the Mahabharata . There is also an example of this in Harry Potter when Lord Voldemort heard a prophecy (made by Sybill Trelawney to Dumbledore) that a boy born at the end of July, whose parents had defied Voldemort thrice and survived, would be made marked as his equal . Because of this prophecy, Lord Voldemort sought out Harry Potter (believing him to be the boy spoken of) and tried to kill him . His parents died protecting him, and when Voldemort tried to cast a killing curse on Harry, it rebounded and took away most of his strength, and gave Harry Potter a unique ability and connection with the Dark Lord thus marking him as his equal . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Story within a story (Hypodiegesis) </Td> <Td> A story told within another story . See also frame story . </Td> <Td> In Stephen King's The Wind Through the Keyhole, of the Dark Tower series, the protagonist tells a story from his past to his companions, and in this story he tells another relatively unrelated story . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ticking clock scenario </Td> <Td> Threat of impending disaster--often used in thrillers where salvation and escape are essential elements </Td> <Td> In the TV show "24", the main character, Jack Bauer often finds himself interrogating a terrorist who is caught in order to disarm a bomb . </Td> </Tr>

Who tells the story and how it is told are known as theme. first person. point of view. imagery