<em>The aspects of a story that best help the reader understand the author, I think, are imagery, repetition, and tone. These three help make the thoughts of the author concrete and understandable. Even more so than imagery and repetition, tone is often known and noted to be very important in understanding the author's purposes. </em>
<em>Plot and setting have more to do with characters than with the author's intentions, although they still do.</em>
