| A | B |
| spoonerism | "stollar dore" , "cat ratcher" , "poucon" |
| onomatopoeia | buzz , thump , snap , hiss |
| simile | She is as busy as a bee. |
| metaphor | She is a busy bee. |
| transition | the act or conditon of changing |
| setting | time or place of a story |
| genre | fiction, nonfiction , poetry , drama |
| climax | the point of greatest interest in a story |
| plot | sequence of events in a story |
| internal conflict | a problem or struggle within a character's mind |
| external conflict | a problem or struggle between the main character and an outside force (society, nature, another char.) |
| theme | the main message the writer conveys through the story |
| stereotype | a commonly accepted image which leads to wrong judgments (All redheads have bad tempers) |