| A | B |
|---|
| plot | events of the story |
| theme | main idea(s) of the story |
| setting | time and place |
| tone | the author's attitude toward the subject |
| alliteration | repetition of beginning consonant sounds |
| protagonist | the main character |
| hyperbole | a humongous exaggeration |
| inference | a conclusion drawn from the ideas presented |
| dramatic irony | when the audience knows something that the characters don't |
| personification | giving human traits or abilities to something non-human |
| foreshadowing | giving hints of what's to come |
| sterotype | judgement of a group based on an unchanging, often false, list of traits |
| satire | poking fun at a topic to illustrate its weaknesses |
| rhythm | the 'beat' of spoken words |
| symbolism | one thing represents another |
| flashback | temporarily going back in time |
| denotation | the meaning of a word |
| onomatopoeia | a word sounds like the noise it represents (buzz) |
| imagery | painting a picture with words |
| genre | category or type |
| point of view | vantage point from which the story is told |
| simile | comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as' |
| metaphor | comparing two unlike things by saying one thing IS another |
| oxymoron | a term made up of words with opposing meanings |
| inciting incident | the point in a story where the conflict begins |
| exposition | the beginning of a story in which the setting is made clear |
| climax | the point of highest action or suspense in a story |
| stanza | lines of poetry grouped together |
