| A | B |
|---|
| setting | where and when; time and place |
| tone | author's attitude toward subject |
| dialogue | written conversation |
| drama | play |
| theme | lesson |
| poetry | writing that usually has a rhythm and pattern |
| flashback | a memory; thinking back to a previous event |
| characters | people/animals in a story |
| genre | type of literature |
| conflict | problem |
| plot | events in a story |
| literary | having to do with a story |
| realistic | believable; could really happen |
| fiction | made up from an author's imagination |
| fantasy | cannot really happen in real life |
| nonfiction | literature about real people, places, events |
| mood | feelings that the reader gets from a story |
| point of view | first or third person |
| foreshadowing | hints about what might happen later in a story |
| narrator | one who is telling a story |
| prodigy | unusually talented person |
| liable | likely |
| reputation | widely held opinion about someone |
| pageant | an elaorate play |
| periscope | tube on a submarine |
| gesture | something said/done as a formality |
