| A | B |
|---|
| ACTION | INTERNAL/EXTERNAL ASPECTS OF STORY |
| ALLEGORY | lieral/symbolic meaning |
| ALLITERATION | rep. of closelyconnected words |
| ANECDOTE | short story with 1 incident |
| ANTAGONIST | person/force opposes main character |
| PROTAGONIST | main character |
| ANTIHERO | actions opposite to typical hero |
| ASIDE | addressed to audience |
| ALLUSION | brief ref to fig./place/history,mythology |
| CHORUS | group pf char, who comment on action |
| CLICHE | an overused expression |
| CLIMAX | peak of intensity |
| COMEDY | humorous event,relieves tension |
| CRISIS | turning point,critical situation |
| CONNOTATION | implied meaning |
| DENOTATION | literal meaning |
| DENOUMENT | untying of plot, resolution |
| DIALOGUE | spoken exchange bet. two people |
| MONOLOGUE | one person speaking to audience |
| DICTION | writer's choice of words, vocabulary |
| DIRGE | poem /song mourning the dead |
| DRAMA | literary composition perf on stage |
| EPIC | long, narr. poem about a hero |
| EPIPHANY | character's enlightment about a truth |
| EUPHEMISM | use of less harsh/offensive word |
