| A | B |
|---|
| Protagonist | “The hero and the main character of the story” |
| Antagonist | “The villain and the main character of the story” |
| Character | “A person or animal who takes part in a story” |
| Characterization | “This is how each character appears to the reader” |
| Climax | “The high point of the story; this is usually when the problem gets solved” |
| Conclusion | “The ending of the story” |
| resolution | “The ending of the story” |
| conflict | “Good vs. evil; the problem that needs to be solved in the story” |
| point of view | “The story is told by one of the characters or a narrator” |
| fiction | “A story that is make believe; not true; imaginary” |
| nonfiction | “A true story about real people |
| metaphor | “When comparing one thing to something else but the author does not use like or as when comparing” |
| simile | “When comparing one thing to something else and the author uses like or as when comparing” |
| personification | “when the author gives inanimate objects characteristics of a person” |
| plot | “This tells what happened in the story in the right order” |
| setting | “This tells where (and sometimes when) the story takes place” |
| theme | “The main point or focus of the story that the author wants the reader to understand about the story” |
| style | “This is the way the author writes” |
| hyperbole | “an over exaggeration of something” |
| imagery | “words in the story or poem that appeal to the 5 senses that the |
| foreshadowing | “when the author drops hints about future events in the story” |
| symbol | “something that has its own meaning and stands for something beyond itself" |
| irony | “the opposite of what is said or written and what is meant” |
| Mood | “the feeling the reader gets when reading a story or poem” |
| Tone | “the way the author or narrator speaks in a story or poem (tone of voice)” |
| alliteration | "repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginning of each word" |
| onomatopoeia | "use of words that imitate noise/sounds such as drip, hiss, ding-dong, & tlot-tlot" |
