| A | B |
|---|
| character trait | a person's individual qualities |
| conflict | the main problem in a story |
| figurative language | words that have a meaning other than their literal meaning |
| generalization | a broad statement made about a group in general |
| inference | putting together what you read with what you already know |
| metaphor | a comparision of two things that says that one thing is another |
| narrator | the person or character who is telling the story |
| plot | the structure of the story around which events occur |
| point of view | the narrator's focus in the telling the story |
| resolution | the solution to the conflict in a story |
| setting | the time and place in which a story occurs |
| simile | comparing two things using "like" or "as" |
| theme | the underlying meaning in a story |
| rising action | the events that develop the plot |
| climax | the turning point in a story |
| alliteration | a repeated beginning consonant sound |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| onomatopoeia | words that spell out the sound they make |
| personification | giving a nonhuman the qualities of a human |
| main idea | the most important concept in a text |
