| A | B |
| Flashback | set in a time earlier than the main story |
| allegory | story with both literal and symbolic meaning |
| symbol | a person, place or thing that has its own meaning and also represents something larger |
| 3rd person limited | author relates the inner thoughts and feelings of a single character |
| regional dialect | language specific to a particular area of the country |
| Dramatic irony | contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader knows to be true |
| verbal irony | occurs when someone says something that deliberately contradicts what that person means |
| situational irony | occurs when something happens that contradicts our expectations |