| A | B |
|---|
| imagery | using the five senses to describe |
| personification | an inanimate object or idea is given human characteristics |
| alliteration | words start with the same sound in close proximity |
| simile | comparing two seemingly unalike things using the words "like" or "as" |
| parallel structure | similar grammatical structure is used repeatedly |
| metaphor | comparing two seemingly unalike things by saying one is the other |
| repitition | words or phrases are said again and again in the same piece of writing |
| symbol | any object, person, place or experience that represents something more than what it actually is |
| climax | most exciting part in the story |
| epic | long narrative poem about deeds of God or hero |
| antagonist | character who causes problems for the main character |
| foreshadowing | hint or clue about what is yet to occur |
| olfactory | smell |
| gustatory | taste |
| tactile | touch |
| visual | sight |
| auditory | hearing |
| allusion | reference made to a person in history or a literary character |
| character | person in the story |
| conflict | problem in the story |
| dialogue | conversation |
| irony | twist, something unexpected happens |
| metaphor | compare two unlike objects |
| flashback | interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time |
| genre | type of literature |
| narrator | the person who tells the story |
| onomatopoia | words that imitate sound |
| plot | events of the story |
| point of view | gives a slant to the telling of the story |
| first person narrator | character in the story tells it,"I" |
| third person narrator | voice outside the story, "he or She" |
| omniscient | all knowing, sees and hears what characters think and feel |
| protagonist | main character |
| setting | time and place |
| theme | central message or insight into life |
