| A | B |
|---|
| Conflict | A problem or issue that drives a story |
| Dialogue | The speech of characters |
| Climax | Turning point; high point |
| Script | Text of a drama |
| Scene | Piece of a dramatic work |
| Prop | Objects necessary to characters |
| Stage Directions | In italics, directions to actors |
| Setting | Time & place |
| Narrator | The story's teller |
| Parados | The first choral ode in a drama |
| Exodos | The last choral ode in a drama |
| Ode | "Songs" - summary and reflection from chorus |
| Resolution | The outcome of a conflict |
| Tragedy | Ends in downfall of tragic character |
| Protagonist | Main character |
| Antagonist | Main character's nemesis |
| Foil | Minor character who bring out best in others |
| Irony | The difference between what is expected and what happens |
| Allusion | Reference to another work |
| Metaphor | Comparison of two dissimilar things |
| Simile | Comparison using "like" or "as" |
| Tone | Attitude of the work or speaker |
| Imagery | Sensory word pictures |
| Rising Action | Action leading to climax |
| Falling Action | Action leading to resolution |
| Catastophe | The reversal of the tragic hero |
| Catharsis | Audience's purging of emotion |
| Alliteration | Repetition of beginning consonant sounds |
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration |
| Enjambment | Continuation of an idea in one line to the next with break |
| Onomatopoeia | Word that sounds like what is heard |
| Romance | Stories of heros that end well |
| Tragedy | Stories that end with destruction of the hero |
| Euphemism | words that "soften" reality |
| Prejudice | preconceived beliefs about others |
