| A | B |
| acrimonious | resentful and angry: full of or displaying anger and resentment |
| affliction | a cause of mental or bodily pain, as sickness, loss, calamity, or persecution |
| alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together. |
| allusion | A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, the arts, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, or science. |
| antagonist | a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary of the hero in a story |
| anthology | A collection of selected literary passages |
| appendix | supplementary material at the end of a book, article, document, or other text, usually of an explanatory, statistical, or bibliographic nature. |
| autobiography | a true story of the author's own life |
| complementary | completing, forming a satisfactory or balanced whole |
| contrast | a person or thing showing notable differences when compared with another |
| delineate | to portray in words; describe or outline with precision; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially |
| juxtaposition | an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. |
| motive | something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive. |
| perspective | a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally; the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance |
| proportion | the relationship between different things or parts with respect to comparative size, number, or degree; relative magnitude or extent; ratio |
| saturation | To soak thoroughly; fill full |
| tetrad | a group or arrangement of four |
| triadic | A color scheme made up of three colors on the color wheel that are equidistant from each other |
| analogous | showing a likeness which permits one to draw an analogy; similar |
| vibrant | giving an impression of vigor and activity, strong and vivid |