| A | B |
|---|
| Point of View | The vantage point from which everything is known or interpreted |
| Symbolism | Something that stands for something else |
| Theme | The central insight |
| Mood | The overriding feeling in a work |
| Plot | Events and happenings in the story |
| Setting | The “when “ and “where” of the story |
| Metaphor | An implied comparison |
| Structure | What unifies a story as a whole |
| Myth | A tale of human life told in supernatural proportions |
| Simile | A comparison introduced by as or like |
| Hyperbole | An exaggeration of great proportions |
| Allegory | The equating of objects and characters with meanings that lie outside the story |
| Foreshadowing | clues to future happenings |
| Irony | Saying one thing but meaning another |
| Understatement | Saying less but meaning more |
| Imagery | Mental pictures within a story |
