| A | B |
|---|
| fiction | not true |
| non-fiction | true |
| biography | story of a real person written by someone else |
| autobiography | story of a real person written by that person |
| simile | comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | comparison not using like or as |
| novel | a fiction story with lots of characters and events |
| novella | a short novel |
| short story | a short fictional narrative |
| narrative | a story |
| stereotype | classifying people without looking at individual differences |
| play | a written work meant to be performed |
| radio play | a play meant to be heard not seen |
| dialogue | a conversation between at least two people |
| monologue | where one person talks without meaning to be answered |
| plot | the organization of a written work |
| foreshadowing | hints of what is to occur at a later point |
| inference | a reasonable conclusion drawn by the reader from hints given |
| setting | when and where the story takes place |
| point of view | through whose eyes the story is told |
| fable | a fictional story that teaches a lesson |
| fantasy | a fictional work that does not portray a realistic representation of the known world |
| fairy tale | a fictional story with heros, magical creatures,or magic |
| science fiction | fiction that draws imaginatively of scientific knowledge and speculation |
| characterization | the methods and techniques an author uses to create his characters |
