By part of speech
- By entity (noun)
- who: By protagonist (human noun; see also Person, human, individual)
- what: Thing
- when: Event
- where: By location
- how: How-to/Process
- why: Concept/By emotion
- By relationship - Relationship between two subjects (e.g., 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Leo Tolstoy) (conjunction or preposition)
- By action (verbs)
- By description (adjectives or adverbs)
- By expression of emotion (interjection)