| A | B |
| denouement | outcome of a sequence of events |
| Exposition | Part the story sets up the story line |
| Folk tale | a story passed down through families |
| Foreshadowing | the act of providing vague advance indications |
| Irony | something unexpected |
| Metaphor | describing something in a vivid relation to something else |
| Prose | rythmic poetry |
| Simile | statement using 'like' or 'as' |
| Suspense | apprehension about what is going to happen |
| Theme | reoccuring idea in a story |
| fantasy | made up; unreal |
| inciting event | provoking event |
| sensory language | description using tast, smell, feeling, ect |
| imagery | a mental image |
| round character | fully developed character |
| flat character | character that is not fully developed |
| dynamic character | changeing character |