| A | B |
|---|
| Autobiography | A person’s story of his or her own life. |
| Biography | The story of a person’s life written by another person. |
| Conflict | A struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces. |
| Fiction | Writing that is made up rather than true. Usually refers to novels and short stories. |
| Flashback | Interruption in the present action of a story to tell what happened at an earlier time. |
| Foreshadowing | The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the story. |
| Historical Fiction | A novel, story, or play set during a real historical time. |
| Imagery | Language that appeals to the five senses. |
| Irony | A contrast between expectation and reality. |
| Metaphor | A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as. |
| Mood | The overall emotion the reader feels from a work of literature. |
| Nonfiction | Writing that deals with real people, events, and places. |
| Setting | When and where the story takes place. |
| Inference | An educated guess based on facts and your prior knowledge. |
| theme | The message, moral or life lesson of the story. |
| Simile | The comparison of two unlike things using like or as. |
| Personification | Giving a human quality to something that is not human. |
| Tone | The attitude of the writer. |
