| A | B |
|---|
| personification | giving human characteristics to something non-human |
| hyperbole | a really big exaggeration |
| simile | comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things NOT using the words like or as |
| analogy | word relatioship |
| climax | most exciting part of the story or point of reader's high interest |
| antonyms | opposite words |
| synonyms | words that mean the same or nearly the same |
| setting | time and place of the action in a story |
| conflict | struggle or clash between opposing forces |
| theme | message about life expressed as a generalization |
| motivation | why a character acts a certain way |
| antonym | word that means the opposite |
| context clues | words or phrases surrounding a word that provide's hints to the word's meaning |
| rising action | part of the plot that develops the conflict and has complications |
| theme | message about life expressed as a generalization |
