| A | B |
|---|
| Metaphor | Comparing two unlike things using like or as |
| simile | comparing two like things by using like or as |
| Plot | The structure of the story that includes the events that happen to the main characters |
| Characters | a person in a story |
| Setting | The place or time in which the story takes place |
| Tone | the attitude that the write takes to the audience or reader |
| Imagery | language that makes the reader "see" what the writer is describing and appeals to the senes |
| Theme | The central idea of the story |
| Symbol | a person, place or thing that stands for iteself and for something else as well |
| Point of View | the vantage point from which the writer has chosen to tell the story |
| Conflict | struggle between opposing characters or forces |
| Exposition | Introduces the characters to the reader and gives background information to the story |
| Flashback | a part of a story that stops the action of the story and goes back in time to tell what happened in an earlier time |
| Drama | A type of story that is acted out in front of an audience |
| Fable | a very brief story that teaches a more or lesson |
| foreshadowing | the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot |
| short story | a piece of literature that tells a story and can be read in one sitting |
