| A | B |
| atmosphere | the general tone and feeling of a story |
| character | a person or animal that participates in the action of a work of literature |
| components | part of a whole |
| concise | short and clear |
| foreshadowing | the use of clues to create suspense by giving the reader hints of events to come |
| implied | to suggest |
| impression | effect produced on the mind |
| plot | the action that makes up the story |
| repetition | the use of the same element more than once |
| setting | a place and time of a story |
| short story | narrative prose fiction that is shorter than a novel |
| theme | the main idea of a work of literature; author's message |