| A | B |
|---|
| flat character | a stereotypical character for whom one trait is shown |
| foreshadowing | hints that provide a clue about something that will occur later in the story |
| genre | the type of literary work determined by its structure such as drama/poetry/fiction/nonfiction |
| imagery | language that appeals to the five senses |
| irony | an outcome that contradicts what the character or reader expects (may be verbal, situational or dramatic) |
| limited omniscient | the narrator knows the thoughts/feelings/actions of only one character |
| main idea | a major point ususally found in the topic sentence |
| omniscient | an all-knowing and all-seeing narrator reveals the characters' thoughts/feelings/actions |
| oxymoron | a figure of speech tha tis a combination of seemingly contradictory words |
| plot | the events in the story |
| point of view | the vantage point from which a story is told |
