| A | B |
|---|
| personification | human qualities given to innate |
| prose | all forms of organized writing |
| blank verse | rhythmic patterns |
| Iambic pentameter | blank verse ten syllables |
| tone | writer's attitude toward subject |
| pun | play on words |
| allusion | reference to familiar literary works or people |
| irony | twist in events |
| setting | location, time of story |
| metaphor | comparison without using like or as |
| theme | message or insight about life |
| foreshadowing | form of suspense to keep readers interested |
| internal conflict | character dealing with his own problems |
| characterization | author directly or indirectly building a character |
| anachronism | mistake in time |
| hyperbole | great exaggeration |
| triumvirate | three man rule |
| Monarch | king as ruler |
| republic | citizens vote for representatives |
| dictatorship | one man ruler absolute power |
