| A | B |
|---|
| Narrator | A person or character who is telling the story. |
| Mood | The overall mood or feeling in a work of literature. |
| Suspense | The uncertainty or anxiety that a reader feels about what will happen next. |
| Irony | A contrast between expectations and reality. |
| Dramatic Irony | This occurs when the audience or reader knows something a character does not know. |
| Situational Irony | This occurs when what happens is very different from what we expected would happen. |
| Verbal Irony | This involves a contrast between what is said or written and what is really meant. |
| Idiom | An expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of each word. |
| Tone | The attitude of the writer toward characters and events in the story. |
| Allusion | A reference to a statement, person, place or event from literature, the arts, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, or science. |
| Acute | sharp |
| vexed | disturbed |
| sagacity | intelligence and good judgment |
| refrained | held back |
| suavity | smooth manner |
| audacity | boldness |
| wary | cautious |
| vehemently | forcefully |
| gesticulations | energetic gestures |
| derision | ridicule |
