| A | B |
| setting | the time and place of a story |
| character trait | a quality that someone has |
| theme | central idea or message in a story |
| plot | events that occur in a story |
| conflict | struggle between opposing forces |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| personification | giving human qualities to things |
| simile | comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as |
| metaphor | direct comparison of 2 unlike things |
| foreshadowing | hints or clues about what is to come |
| omnicient narrator | knows thoughts of all characters |
| figurative language | metaphor, simile, and personification |
| genre | a type or category |
| third person limited | centers on only one character |
| symbol | an object that stand for something else |