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The central idea of the story, usually implied. Usually stated in a sentence without reference to specific characters or events.
The theme of "The Painted Door" is loyalty because John is very loyal to Ann, but she does not reciprocate this.

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Language used in a way as to force words out the literal meanings, and bring insight and feeling to the subject.
"Holding a spoonful of moon-colored ice cream up as if it were the whole secret of the universe" ("The Happiness Machine" 2nd page in the package but not numbered).

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The reasons that characters have for their actions.
In "The Landlady," Billy's motivation for staying at the lady's bed and breakfast was because it was cheaper.

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Literary device which reveals contradictory meanings.
The irony in "The Landlady" is that Billy goes to stay at a cheaper place, but it will cost him a lot more than just his money.

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The time and place of the story, also aspects of the social environment. Also includes the mood and the atmosphere.
The setting in "The Painted Door" is the prairies in the 1930s.

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The story line of a story is called the plot.
The plot from "The Landlady" is that a man is going on a business trip and has to stop for the night, but they lady is quite sketchy.

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The perspective that the story is told from.
"I had wandered through this magnificent island, with the feeling that I was at the end of the world" ("Happiness" 2).

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When something is described to give you an idea of what it would look like.
"The villa stood above the sea; the vanished sun had left the sky all rosy with its passing, dusted with a golden powder; and the Mediterranean, without a wave or a ripple, stretching out flat and smooth and shimmering still under the dying day, seemed a vast, polished sheet of metal. To the right, stretching off into the distance, jagged mountains cast their black silhouettes against the fading crimson of the sunset" ("Happiness" 1).

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A reference to a place, an event, or a figure from history, literature, or mythology and legends. Most are used to develop or expand ideas or mood.
"'A Tale of Two Cities? Mine. The Old Curiosity Shop? Ha, that's Leo Auffmann's all right!"" ("The Happiness Machine" 179).

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The feeling that a story gives off, created by the dialogue and imagery.
The atmosphere for the short story "Happiness" is that of happiness. This is illustrated by the older characters that the main character talks to who left their town together to have a life away from everybody else.

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The feeling of anxiety and uncertainty felt by the reader about the outcome of the events.
"There was no warning. Although she immediately slammed her foot on the brakes, it was already too late. There was a dull thump from the front bumper, and a slight shudder rocked the car" ("Never Stop on the Motorway" 226).

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Something with two levels of meaning, literal and figurative.
"Then he realized the window curtain had blown out into the open night. But it had seemed as intimate and shimmering a thing as a boy's soul escaping his room" ("The Happiness Machine"179).

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Something to warn future events.
"Gloria Gaynor assuring her 'I will survive'" ("Never Stop on the Motorway" 224-225).

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Something that takes place before the story.
"remembering how she had fixed her eyes on those features, how she had tried to believe that so handsome and young, so different from John's" ("The Painted Door p 12 on the pdf I found because I couldn't find the package for the life of me so here is the link http://londonbridgehome.weebly.com/uploads/8/6/5/0/8650477/the_painted_door_pdf.pdf ).

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The people who carry out the action of the story, or their personality and morals.
Leo Auffman is a character in "The Happiness Machine"