| A | B |
|---|
| Forshadowing | Hints of things to come |
| Irony | Involves a contrast between what is said or expected and what really occurs. |
| Onomatopoeia | Uses a word whose sound imitates its meaning.Ex. boom |
| Protagonist | Is the main character (the good guy) |
| Antagonist | The person who antagonizes the main character. |
| Metaphor | Compares two unlike things without using the words like or as. Ex. She is a walking encyclopedia. |
| Personifications | Giving inanimate object human characteristics Ex. Frosty the snowman |
| Alliteration | The repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds. Ex. The rhyme -Peter Piper Pick |
| Flashback | Interruption in the present action of plot to flash backward and tell what happened earlier. Ex. Movie - Back to The Future |
| Simile | Compares two unlike things using the words like or as. Ex. She is as pretty as a rose. |
