| A | B |
| setting | time and place of a story |
| Customs | traditions |
| Mood | scary, happy, sad, funny |
| Allusion | an event; ie.."I have a dream" |
| Tone | the attitude towards a subject |
| Style | Way a writer uses language |
| Simile | comparing using like or as |
| Metaphor | comparing NOT using like or as |
| Personifications | giving feelings to unreal things |
| Symbols | Using pictures for a message |
| Verbal Irony | Saying one thing and doing another |
| Situational Irony | Something happens different from what's expected |
| Dramatic Irony | Writer knows what will happen before it happens |
| Dialect | Regional accents |
| Analogy | comparing like things |
| Idiom | It's raining Cats + Dogs |
| Consumer | one who buys; shopper |
| Workplace Documents | Contracts, emails, letters |
| Public Documents | Warrenties, Park signs, bylaws |
| Warranty | Written agreement on Consumer products |