| A | B |
|---|
| augmented | made greater |
| entreated | begged |
| conspiracy | plot |
| resolution | determination |
| exploit | heroic deed |
| imminent | about to happen |
| emulation | jealousy |
| dramatic irony | reader knows something that character may not |
| situational irony | twist in plot |
| verbal | character says on thing means another |
| extended metaphor | metaphor plus explanation |
| suspense | details to keep the reader's interest |
| simile | comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | comparison not using like or as |
| personification | giving human traits to nonhuman objects |
| foreshadowing | form of suspense where author gives hints as to what will happen |
| direct characterization | author tell what a character is like |
| indirect characterization | author give detail and reader assumes what character is like |
| auguerer | fortuneteller |
| adder | poisonous snake |
