| A | B |
| narrative hook | introduces the conflict |
| round character | character who has many traits |
| personification | giving human characteristics to non human |
| climax | highest point of interest |
| aural image | sound image |
| gustatory image | taste image |
| static character | character who remains the same |
| falling action | events begin moving towards resolution |
| setting | time and place of a story |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| plot | pattern of events |
| speaker or voice | person or thing telling the story |
| exposition | introduces setting and character |
| external conflict | struggle between a character and an outside force |
| visual image | sight image |
| lyric poetry | musical verse that reveals observations/feelings |
| tactile | touch/feel image |
| rising action | conflict gets more complicated |
| simile | comarison using the words like or as |
| imagery | word pictures |