| A | B |
|---|
| Theme | a unifying idea / message about life |
| symbolism | a person or thing that represents something else |
| stanza | a unified group of lines in poetry |
| Simile | A comparision using like or as |
| rhythm | pattern of stressed and unstress syllables |
| rhyme | Being similar in sound |
| resolution | part in the story where the conflict is settled |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
| plot | The events of a story |
| Personification | A figure of speech in which a human quality is given to an animal. |
| Onomatopoeia | word that imitates a sound |
| moral | a lesson about right and wrong/ signficance of a story |
| mood | Emotional quality -sad or happy |
| metaphor | comparision without using like or as |
| irony | where the opposite of what you expect occurs |
| imagery | helps you form mental pictures |
| idiom | expression- you are driving me up the wall. |
| cliche | overused remark "time flies" |
| characterization | technique the writer uses to develop characters |
| author's purpose | what the author is trying to accomplish through his writing |
| antagonist | opponent who struggles |
| analogy | Drawing a comparision |
| alliteration | using the same consonant sound at the beginning |
