| A | B |
| climax | high point of action |
| denouement | falling action |
| rising action | beginning of plot before climax |
| irony | twist of plot, autohor leads us to believe one thing and opposite occurs |
| setting | time and place |
| characterization | character written with detail making visualization easy |
| plot | sequence of events |
| conflict | struggle of two opposing forces |
| simile | comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | comparison |
| fiction | story which is the creation of the author's imagination |
| symbol | one thing stands for another |
| mood | the teeling the story conveys |
| resolution | how the story ends |
| point of view | first person, third person or omniscient |
| exposition | introduction, prologue |
| tone | could be: ironical, happy, scared, sad |
| alliteration | repetition of a consonant sound |
| epic | long story poem |
| foreshadowing | hints of what is to happen in the future |