| A | B |
|---|
| ALLEGORY | STORY WITH HIDDEN MEANING BEHIND LITERAL MEANING |
| ALLITERATION | REPETITION OF SAME SOUNDS IN A SEQUENCE OF NEIGHBORING WORDS |
| ALLUSIONS | AN INDIRECT OR PASSING REFERENCE TO SOMETHING/ONE |
| BALLAD | FOLK SONG/ORAL POEM TELLING A POPULAR STORY |
| BLACK COMEDY | DISTURBING OR SINISTER SUBJECTS TREATED WITH BITTER AMUSEMENT |
| PROTAGONIST | MAIN CHARACTER |
| ANTAGONIST | FORCE IN CONFLICT WITH PROTAGONIST |
| STATIC CHARACTER | UNCHANGING CHARACTER |
| DYNAMIC CHARACTER | CHANGING CHARACTER |
| FOIL CHARACTER | USED IN COMPARISON TO ANOTHER CHARACTER |
| ANTI-HERO | CENTRAL CHARACTER LACKING THE NOBILITY EXPECTED |
| INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION | AUTHOR HINTS ABOUT CHARACTER |
| DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION | AUTHOR DIRECTLY TELLS READER ABOUT CHARACTER |
| EXTERNAL CONFLICT | BETWEEN A CHARACTER AND AN OPPOSING FORCE/PERSON |
| INTERNAL CONFLICT | BETWEEN A CHARACTER AND HIM/HERSELF |
| CONNOTATION | IMPLIED MEANING OF A WORD |
| DENOTATION | DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF A WORD |
| DIALOGUE | SPOKEN EXCHANGES BETWEEN CHARACTERS |
| MONOLOGUE | EXTNDED SPEECH BY ONE CHARACTER |
| GENRE | RECOGNIZABLE, ESTABLISHED CATEGORY OF WRITTEN WORK |
| METAPHOR | COMPARISON WHICH LIKENS TWO DISPARATE THINGS |
| SIMILE | COMPARISON LIKENING TWO DISPARATE THINGS THAT INCLUDES THE WORDS LIKE OR AS |
| HYPERBOLE | EXAGGERATION FOR THE SAKE OF EMPHASIS |
| PERSONIFICATION | ABSTRACT QUALITIES ARE GIVEN HUMAN SHAPE |
| OXYMORON | TWO CONTRADICTORY WORDS COMBINED INTO ONE PHRASE |
| VERBAL IRONY | SAYING ONE THING BUT MEANING THE OPPOSITE |
| SITUATIONAL IRONY | WHAT HAPPENS IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT IS EXPECTED |
| DRAMATIC IRONY | READER KNOWS SOMETHING CHARACTER(S) DOES NOT KNOW |
| EXPLICATION | OPENING OF A STORY |
| COMPLICATION | CONFLICT BEGINS TO PLAY A ROLE IN A STORY |
| CLIMAX | HIGH POINT OF A STORY |
| RESOLUTION | ALL CONFLICTS, ETC., ARE TIED UP |
| FIRST PERSON | ONE CHARACTER DIRECTLY TELLS THE STORY TO THE READER |
| THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT | AN ALL-KNOWING NARRATOR |
| THIRD PERSON LIMITED | NARRATOR FOCUSES ON THOUGHTS,ETC. OF ONE CHARACTER |
| SETTING | TIME AND PLACE OF STORY |
| MOOD | OVERALL FEELING AUTHOR CREATES |
| IMAGERY | WORDS/PHRASES MAKE READERS USE SENSES TO EXPERIENCE STORY |
| FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE | WRITTEN EXPRESSIONS THAT DEPART FROM LITERAL MEANING |
| THEME | CENTRAL IDEA OF A STORY |
| SUBJECT | TOPIC OF A STORY |
| TONE | AUTHOR'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE SUBJECT |
