| A | B |
|---|
| Realistic Fiction | Story that could be true but IS NOT |
| Non-Fiction | True story or information |
| Lonely | Abandoned |
| Anger | Vexation |
| Hurt | Battered |
| Afraid | Petrified |
| Understand | Comprehend |
| Sad | Melancholy |
| Happy | Jubilant |
| Nervous | Apprehensive |
| Confused | Bewildered |
| Simile | Uses LIKE or AS |
| Metaphor | His arms are mountains |
| Biography | the story of a real person's life, written or told by |
| Autobiography | the story of a real person's life, written or told by |
| Mystery | Fictional stories, usually realistic, about a secret event |
| Fantasy | Fiction that contains elements that are NOT realistic |
| Science Fiction | Stories which include futuristic technology |
| Poetry | verse written to create a response of thought and feeling |
| Alliteration | Sally sold seashells by the seashore |
| Oxymoron | Jumbo Shrimp |
| Idiom | She let the cat out of the bag |
| Personification | The ocean was calling my name |
| Hyperbole | I'm so hungry I could eat a horse |
