| A | B |
|---|
| setting | time and place of the story action |
| characters | people who take part in the action |
| internal conflict | struggle character faces in his thoughts/mind |
| external conflict | conflict character faces from an outside source |
| plot | the series of events in a story |
| foreshadowing | hint about something happening later |
| sequence of events | order in which events happen |
| first-person point of view | narrator is a character, and uses I, me, my |
| third-person point of view | narrator NOT in story, and uses he, she, they |
| fable | type of story that teaches lesson about life |
| parody | humorous imitation of another's style, work |
| cause/effect | explains what resulted from an action/cause |
| theme | message or topic from writer about life |
| genre | category of literature |
| fiction | made-up stories about character/events |
| nonfiction | tells about real people/places/events |
| drama | stories meant to be performed |
| historical fiction | stories set in the past |
| irony | a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens |
| point of view | perspective or beliefs of author |
| narrator | the voice that tells the story |
| allusion | an indirect reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or event (Ex. when someone is referred to as a "Romeo" we think of romantic |
| euphemism | a word or phrase that has a more pleasant meaning to express something offensive or unpleasant (to fib is a euphemism for to lie |
| oxymoron | combinations of contradictory terms (Ex. jumbo shrimp) |
| paradox | a statement that seems to contradict itself but actually makes sense. (ex. less is more) |
| aphorism | a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, as “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” |
| pun | play on words (Ex.: The cow said, "That is udderly ridiculous) |
