Assume, Compel, Central Idea, Metaphor: A Figurative Journey

to take for granted as being true; to assume something is true

to compel observance of or obedience to

also referred to as the main idea or theme; the most important idea or impression about a topic that a writer or speaker conveys

a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are basically unlike but have something in common; this figure of speech does not contain the words like or as

the method or material used to tell a story; includes paintings, plays, songs, works of fiction, poetry, and photographs

the voice that "talks" to the reader, similar to the narrator in fiction

a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using the words like or as