| A | B |
|---|
| conflict | struggle between opposing forces |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| internal conflict | struggle with emotions and desires |
| protagonist | hero, main character moves the action forward |
| suspense | anticipation of what is going to happen next |
| setting | where the story takes place |
| climax | highest point in the story |
| genre | kind or type |
| onomatopoeia | word sounds like what it means |
| simile | comparing 2 unlike things using like or as |
| flashback | past events are revealed |
| ballad | song that tells a story |
| haiku | japanese poem that contains 3 lines with 5, 7, and 5 syllables |
| dramatic irony | reader/audience knows something that the character does not |
| theme | message or main idea |
| antagonist | villain, goes against the main character |
| mood | atmosphere, climate, emotion |
| irony | contrast between what is expected and what really happens |
| couplets | 2 lines of poetry that rhyme |
| speaker | perspective of the poem |
| metaphor | comparing 2 unlike things without using like or as |
| personification | animal or object takes on human characteristics |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line |
| external conflict | struggle against someone or something |
| tone | author's attitude |
| symbol | real object used to represent an idea |
| imagery | appeals to the senses, such as color and sounds |
| situational irony | contrast between what sould seem appropriate and what actually happens |
| verbal irony | writer says one thing but means something totally different |
| prose | ordinary speech |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |
| sonnet | a 14 lyric poem |
| inference | educated guess |
| free verse | no rhyme or meter used |
| plot | series of related events |
| foreshadow | events hint at what will happen later in the story |
| exposition | presentation of chars. and explanation of background |
| resolution | outcome of complication |
| allusion | reference to a well know idea, place, or statement |
| rhyme scheme | letters assigned to the end rhyme |
