| A | B |
| plot | the sequence of related events that make a story |
| realistic fiction | imaginative writing set in the real world |
| repetition | a technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for effect or emphasis |
| rhyme | repetition of an identical sound or sounds in a work |
| science fiction | writing which explores unexpected possibilities of past or future using science and imagination |
| sequence | the order in which events occur or in which ideas are presented |
| setting | the time, place, physical details, and circumstances in which a story occurs |
| short story | brief work of fiction |
| simile | a comparison between two unlike objeccts/ideas using "like" or "as" |
| speaker | the voice that talks to the reader in a poem |
| speech | a talk given in public |
| stanza | a grouping of two or more lines within a poem |
| style | how a writer says something |
| symbolism | using something specific to stand for something else |
| tall tale | a humorously exaggerated story about impossible events |
| theme | a message or lesson the author presents to the reader |
| tone | the writer's attitude/feeling about their subject |
| voice | an author style of writing |