| A | B |
|---|
| ALLITERATION | REPETITION OF BEGINNING CONSONANT SOUNDS |
| ALLUSION | REFERENCE TO SOMETHING OUTSIDE THE WORK |
| ANECDOTE | A SHORT STORY ABOUT A FUNNY EVENT |
| ANTAGONIST | THE PERSON WHO OPPOSES THE PROTAGONIST |
| ARCHETYPE | A RECURRING PATTERN OR THEME IN LITERATURE |
| ASIDE | WHEN A CHARACTER IN A PLAY SPEAKS TO THE AUDIENCE, NOT TO THE OTHER CHARACTERS |
| ASSONANCE | REPETITION OF INTERNAL VOWEL SOUNDS |
| AUTOBIOGRAPHY | A STORY ABOUT A PERSON WRITTEN BY THAT PERSON |
| BALLAD | POEM ABOUT SOMEONE FROM THE PAST; OFTEN SET TO MUSIC |
| BIOGRAPHY | AN AUTHOR'S ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER PERSON'S LIFE |
