| A | B |
|---|
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds |
| analogy | comparing something unknown with something you know |
| atmosphere | mood of a story |
| ballad | a song that tells a story |
| biography | a story of a person's life written by another person |
| character | a person in a story |
| climax | the high point in a story when the outcome is decided |
| colloquial | everyday language people use when talking to friends |
| comparison | showing how two things are alike |
| conflict | a problem in a story |
| connotation | suggested meaning of a word |
| denotation | dictionary meaning of a word |
| dialect | form of language spoken by people living in a certain place |
| dialogue | conversation between characters. |
| exaggeration | making things sound better or worse than they really are |
| external conflict | a struggle between characters, society or nature |
| mood | the feeling you get from reading a story |
| setting | time and place of a story |
