| A | B |
|---|
| indirect characterization | the reader must infer what the character is like through his thoughts, actions and words |
| compound word | combination of two or more words |
| conflict | struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces |
| connotation | implicit, rather than explicit, meaning of a word consisting of suggestions and associations |
| context clues | words or sentences that help a reader comprehend meaning |
| denotation | most specific or literal meaning of a word |
| dialogue | conversation between characters in a literary work |
| drama | literary work written in dialogue to be performed by actors |
| etymology | origin and development of a word and its meaning |
| euphemism | substitution of a mild and pleasant expression for a blunt one |
| expository writing | Text written to explain or convey information about a specific topic |
| fable | brief story told in poetry or prose that contains a moral or life lesson |
| fiction | imaginative literary work representing inventive rather than actual persons, places, or events |
| flashback | technique of disrupting the chronological flow of a narrative by interjecting events that occurred earlier |
| folktale | story that has no known author and was originally passed on from one generation to another by word of mouth |
