| A | B |
|---|
| direct characterization | author says about character |
| indirect characterization | author shows character's actions |
| climax | highest point of dramatic conflict |
| complication | increases tension of story conflict |
| conflict | central story problem |
| description | verbal representation of characters, scene, or action |
| dialogue | words characters speak |
| diction | author's choice of words |
| dramatic irony | lets readers know more than characters |
| exposition | introduction of setting, characters, background situation |
| falling action | follows climax & leads to resolution |
| foreshadowing | gives clues about events to come |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| imagery | one thing described in terms of another |
| irony | speaker means opposite of what he says |
| mood | feeling reader gets |
| narrator | speaker who tells story |
| point of view | perspective from which story is told |
| protagonist | central character |
| resolution | conclusion of story |
| rising action | tension rises; conflict develops |
| setting | time and place environment |
| omniscient point of view | thoughts of all characters are seen |
| limited point of view | thoughts of only one character are known |
| structure | framework or skeleton of story |
| style | ways author uses language |
| suspense | keeps readers wondering what will happen |
| symbol | image, object, character, or action that stands for something else |
| theme | main idea or message |
| tone | writer's/narrator's attitude |
| understatement | says less than feels |
| verbal irony | using figures of speech to create ironic effect |
