| A | B |
| irony | a contrast between what is stated and what is actually meant |
| suspense | the quality of a story that makes the reader or audience uncertain or tense about the outcome |
| foreshadowing | the use of hints to suggest what is to come |
| protagonist | the central character of a story and the character with whom the reader sympathizes most |
| flashback | a scene that interrupts the action to show a prior event |
| antagonist | the person or force opposing the protagonist |
| verbal and physical | two types of external conflict |
| imaginative language | words used to arouse specific feelings or emotions in a reader |
| round character | a major character; is fully developed and very realistic |
| flat character | a minor character; in not well developed; does not have many traits |
| verbal irony | a writer writes or a speaker says one thing but means something entirely different |
| dramatic irony | a reader or viewer knows something that a character does not know |