| A | B |
|---|
| imagery | uses senses to engage readers |
| genre | category of literary works |
| short story | a brief fictional narrative |
| mood | the attitude of the author toward a subject |
| flashback | interruption of the action to present events that took place at an earlier time |
| irony | when there is a difference between appearance and reality |
| foreshadowing | hints or clues to suggest future events in a story |
| alliteration | the repetition of beginning consonant sounds |
| metaphor | a comparison of two things without using a comparing word |
| onomatopoeia | a word or phrase that actually imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes |
| personification | a type of metaphor that gives human qualities to an object, animal, or idea |
| ballad | a form of verse to be sung or recited |
| repetition | a literary device in which elements are repeated for emphasis |
| refrain | when one or more words are repeated at intervals in a poem |
| true rhyme | correspondence of sounds in accented syllables |
| end rhyme | a type of true rhyme which occurs at the end of a line |
| hyperbole | uses exaggeration to express song emotion, make a point, or create humor |
| stanza | a group of lines forming a unit in a poem |
| poetry | human beings' rhymic expressions |
| plot | the pattern of events in a story |
| rhythm | the pattern of sound (beats) created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables |
