| A | B |
| Allegory | symbolic story with a message |
| Anecdote | short story usually funny |
| Aside | when a character talks to audience |
| Cliff hanger | unresolved ending |
| Dialogue | conversation |
| Dialect | speech of a specific region |
| Epiloque | ending after the ending |
| Fable | a short, simple story that teaches a lesson (usually containing animals) |
| Monologue | One person is talking |
| Ethos | beliefs |
| Journalistic Style | 1st person narrator (usually written as a diary or newspaper articule), short simple sentences |
| Juxtaposing | to put side by side |
| Parable | story that intructs |
| Parody | spin off, spoof |
| Persona | character created to represent the narrators thoughts |
| Prose | ordinary speech |
| Pun | Play on words |
| Satire | a literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness |
| Syntax | sentence structure |
| stream of consciousness | style of writing so the story is developed through character's thoughts |