| A | B |
|---|
| SETTING | TIME AND PLACE |
| PLOT | SERIES OF EVENTS IN A NARRATIVE |
| EXTERNAL CONFLICT | PROBLEM OR STRUGGLE- MAN VERSUS MAN, MAN VERSUS NATURE |
| INTERNAL CONFLICT | MAN AGAINST HIMSELF |
| THEME | UNDERLINING MEANING OF A STORY |
| CHARACTERIZATION | METHOD USED BY AN AUTHOR TO ACQUAINT US WITH CHARACTERS’ CHARACTERISTICS AND FEELINGS |
| PROTAGONIST | MAIN CHARACTER,GOOD GUY |
| ANTAGONIST | CHARACTER WHO CREATES PROBLEMS |
| NARRATOR | PERSON TELLING A STORY |
| SYMBOL | ONE OBJECT, EVENT, OR IDEA THAT REPRESENTS ANOTHER |
| RISING ACTION | EVENT LEADING TO A CLIMAX |
| CLIMAX | TURNING POINT |
| DIALOGUE | CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO CHARACTERS |
| MONOLOGUE | A SPEECH BY ONE CHARACTER |
| FICTION | LITERATURE INVENTED BY IMAGINATION, NOT TRUE |
| BIOGRAPHY | ACCOUNT OF A PERSONS LIFE WRITTEN BY ANOTHER PERSON |
| AUTOBIOGRAPHY | ACCOUNT OF A PERSONS LIFE WRITTEN BY THAT PERSON |
| FLASHBACK | LOOK BACK AT PREVIOUS EVENTS TO PROVIDE DETAILS FOR PRESENT HAPPENING |
| FORESHADOWING | HINTS OR CLUES GIVEN BY THE AUTHOR OF EVENTS TO COME |
| INFERENCE | CONCLUSION DRAWN FROM HINTS GIVEN BY THE AUTHOR |
| IRONY | OPPOSITE OF WHAT IS EXPECTED |
| POINT OF VIEW | FIRST PERSON:NARRATOR IS PART OF THE STORY THAT USES "I",THIRD PERSON OBJECTIVE: NOT PART OF THE STORY- USES HE/SHE :THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT- USES HE/SHE, KNOWS ALL |
| TONE | AUTHORS ATTITUDE |
| STEREOTYPING | GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT PEOPLE |
| POETRY | VERSE,WRITING CHOSEN/ARRANGED TO CREATE AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE: MEANING, RHYTHM, SOUND |
| PSEUDONYM | FAKE NAME USED BY AN AUTHOR |
| ACRONYM | NEW WORD FORMED FROM THE INITIALS OF ANOTHER |
| HYPERBOLE | GROSS EXAGGERATION:"RAINING CATS AND DOGS" |
| ALLITERATION | WORDS BEGINNING WITH THE SAME CONSONANT |
| PERSONIFICATION | GIVING HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS TO ANIMALS AND OBJECTS |
| ONOMATOPOEIA | IMITATING SOUNDS " THE BUZZING OF BEES" |
| SIMILE | COMPARISON USING "LIKE OR AS" |
| METAPHOR | COMPARISON WITHOUT USING LIKE OR AS |
| revived | to become conscious |
| cowered | / to crouch or shrink down in fear |
| consolation | something that comforts |
| persistent | refusing to give up |
| idiosyncrasy | an odd mannerism |
| contorted | twisted or pulled out of shape |
| amiss | out of proper order |
| receded | to become fainter or more distant |
| forlorn | a sense of aloneness and sadness |
| saunter | to walk about slowly |
| apathy | / lack of strong feeling or interest |
| dominant | ruling or controlling |
| saturated | soaked with moisture |
| malignant | filled with evil |
| loathsome | disgusting |
| linger | to continue to stay |
| barren | empty |
| gaudy | excessively bright and showy |
| chaos | extreme confusion or disorder |
| interval | the amount of time between two events |
| urgency | a condition of pressing importance |
| frugally | in a thrifty way |
| whim | a fanciful notion or impulse |
