| A | B |
| Personification | The leaves danced in the whistling wind. |
| Metaphor | Oken is a genius. |
| Simile | Seamus is as cute as a button. |
| Tone | The attitude, the feeling of a piece |
| Hyperbole | The baby cried for days. |
| Alliteration | The creature crept close to the marsh. |
| Imagery | Baked apples, a crackling fire, and sticky bun are my favorite! |
| Jargon | Good PSSAs, ATBs, and GPA ensure academic success. |
| Idiom | Stop horsing around! |
| Diction | Author chooses specific words to fit the work. |
| Catharsis | Uncomfortable at the funeral home, the brother laughed uncontrolably. |
| Oxymoron | Pretty ugly Hell's Angels |
| Irony | You break a date to go to the game and you see your girlfriend with another guy. |
| Syntax | Subject+Verb+Direct Object in a sentence |
| Monologue | A speech/lines by one actor/character |
| Parody | Imitates and mocks through exaggeration. |
| Tragic flaw | weakness, error, or limitation of a character |
| Genre | Type of literature (Poetry, Prose, Non-Fiction) |
| Satire | Sacarsim and ridicule usually about a public figure. |
| Parodox | "War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorence is strength" )G. Orwell |
| Comic Relief | Funny scene or incident that alleviates tension |
| Personification | Oreo: Milk’s favorite cookie. |
| Antagonist | Villain who opposes the hero |
| Protagonist | Central character in literature, good guy. |
| Tragedy | Literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow. |