| A | B |
|---|
| Point of view | one who is telling the story |
| 1st person point of view | the narrator is involved in the action. Usually includes "I". |
| 2nd person point of view | narrator tells the story to another character. Usually includes "you". |
| 3rd person point of view | The narrator tells the action of all characters. Usually includes "he, she, they". |
| Verbal Irony | to say one thing but mean another. EX: that's a fine thing you did = you did a really stupid thing. |
| Situational Irony | What you think will happen doesn't. EX: you slip on the banana peel that you left on the floor for someone else. |
| Autobiography | A person writes about his, her own life |
| Biography | A person writes about someone else'l life. |
| Analogy | time:clock ; weight;scale |
| Protagonist | The main character of a story |
| Antagoinist | The character or force that acts against the main character. |
| narrator | the person telling the story |
| Narrative Poem | a poem that tells a story. |
| Ballad | A short simple poem that tells a story. |
| Blank Verse | A poem that does not rhyme |
| Soliloquy | A speech to oneself. EX: To be, or not to be... |
| Refrain | A regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem. |
| Simile | Comparison using like or as. |
| Metaphor | comparison without using like or as. |
| Alliteration | Repeating beginning sounds in a poem line. |
