| A | B |
|---|
| setting | time and place a story occurs |
| protagonist | the main character who is facing conflict |
| antagonist | the character working AGAINST the protagonist |
| conflict | problem in a story |
| individual vs. individual | an external conflict between two characters |
| individual vs. self | an internal conflict between the main character and him/herself |
| onomatopoeia | words that sound like what they name (bang, drip, moo) |
| simile | COMPARISON of 2 unlike things using the words LIKE or AS |
| hyperbole | an extereme exagerration |
| metaphor | COMPARISON of 2 unlike things |
| personification | giving human qualitites to non-human things |
| oxymoron | when two words with opposite meanings are paired together ("jumbo shrimp" or "pretty ugly") |
| plot | the movement or development of a narrative |
| theme | topic+author's point of view of the topic (Ex: Love conquers all) |
| foreshadowing | clues about what might happen later in a story |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (Ex: Sally sells sea shells by the seashore) |
| symbol | something that represents or stands for something else |
| juxtaposition | when two opposite images, symbols, or phenomenon are described "next to" one another in a story |
| narrative | a piece of writing that tells a story (must have a conflict and plot!) |
| expository | writing the explains or informs (like a textbook) |
| persuasive | writing the persuades or convinces (like an advertisement or persuasive essay) |
| thesis | the main point or argument in an essay |
| fiction | a made-up, un-true story |
| non-fiction | a true story |
| myth/epic | a story with fictional creatures and characters that might explain how certain things in life came into existence Ex: The Odyssey |
| drama/play | a text with stage directions in which the characters have lines like Romeo and Juliet |
| novel | a long narrative like Animal Farm or To Kill a Mockingbird |
| short story | a short narrative like "Thank You M'am" or "The Most Dangerous Game" |
| poetry | text that is written in verses and stanzas, not sentences or paragraphs; can sometimes rhyme or have rhythm |
| allusion | a reference to a person, place, or phenomenon outside a text |
