| A | B |
|---|
| antagonist | the character who is opposition with the main character |
| exposition | tells the setting, charcters, and basic situation |
| conflict | the struggle between opposing forces |
| verisimilitude | appearance of truth or reality--similar to the truth |
| third person omniscient | the narrator is all-knowing |
| mood | how the reader feels about what he or she is reading |
| climax | the most intense and suspenseful point in the story |
| metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things |
| irony of situation | an outcome that is not expected by the characters or reader |
| symbol | an object, idea, or person that represents something else |
| setting | the time and place of the story |
| first person point of view | the story is told by a character in the story and uses "I" |
| plot | the sequence of events in a story |
| refrain | the repetition of one or more lines in a poem or song |
| imagery | use of words that appeal to the senses |
| third person limited | the narrator knows only one characters thoughts and feelings |
| personification | giving human characteristics to non-human things |
| theme | the central message |
| simile | a comparison using "like" or "as" |
| external conflict | man vs. man, man vs. nature |
| protagonist | the main character in a story |
| internal conflict | man vs. himself |
| falling action | events that follow the climax |
| rising action | events that leads up to the climax |
| tone | the attitude the author takes |
| point of view | point from which the story is told |
| resolution | how the story end, how the conflict is resolved |
| dialect | a form of language spoken by people in a particular region |
| sensory language | the use of words that appeal to the senses |
| couplet | a poem that has two lines in each stanza; a pair of rhyming lines |
| haiku | a Japanese poem with 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration or overstatement |
| onomatopoeia | words that imitate sounds |
| assonance | vowel sounds are the same with different final consonants |
| figurative language | the use of metaphors , similes, or personification |
| oxymoron | a phrase that fuses two contradictory terms |
| literal language | uses words in their ordinary sense |
| concrete poetry | poetry that is in the shape of its subject |
| rhyme scheme | a mapping of the regular pattern of rhyming words |
| alliteration | repetition of the first consonant sounds in two or more words |
| quatrain | a poem that has four lines in each stanza |
| narrative poetry | poetry that tells a story |
