| A | B |
| foreshadowing | hint as to what is to come |
| simile | comparison using the words like or as |
| conflict | opposing forces |
| plot | what happens in the story |
| imagery | a word picture |
| aside | a comment made to another character or to the audience (short) |
| soliloquy | comments made by the character that tells the audience what they are thinking (long) |
| tragedy | story of a noble birth which has a character flaw that leads to his downfall |
| irony | the unexpected outcome |
| anachronism | an object which is placed in an inappropriate time period |