| A | B |
| Theme | The lesson learned. The moral. |
| Setting | Where or when a story takes place. |
| Resolution | The way the problem is solved. |
| Fiction | Made up. Not real. |
| Author's Purpose | Pursuade, Inform, or Entertain |
| Biography | A person's life story that is written by someone else. |
| Autobiography | A person's life story, written by the person. |
| hyperbole | intentionally exaggerated figures of speech |
| synonym | two words that mean the same thing |
| antonyms | two words that mean the opposite thing |
| simile | comparisons that use 'like' or 'as' |
| plot | the writer's map for what happens |