| A | B |
| genre | kind or type |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| imagery | language that appeals to the senses |
| irony | contrast between expectation and reality |
| metaphor | comparison of two unlike things not using the words like or as |
| narrative | writing that tells a story |
| non-fiction | writing that is true |
| third person omniscient p.o.v. | the narrator telling the story knows all |
| onomatopoeia | use of words that sound like their meaning |
| oxymoron | two words next to each other that are opposite in meaning, but together have real meaning |
| personification | giving human qualities to inanimate objects |
| point of view | vantage point from which the story is told |
| simile | a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as |