| A | B |
| simile | COMPARING two unlike items using like or as |
| metaphor | COMPARING tow unlike items without using like or as |
| fact | a true statement |
| alliteration | repeating the beginning consonant sounds |
| personification | giving human qualities to non-human items |
| idioms | words that have different meanings than their definitions |
| opinion | what someone believes |
| onomatopoeia | words that sound like their meaning |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| characters | people/animals in the story |
| plot | events of the story |
| setting | where the story takes place |
| climax | the most exciting part of the story, the highest point |
| conclusion/resolution | the end of the story |
| protagonist | the hero of the story |
| antagonist | the villan of the story |