| A | B |
|---|
| Setting | The time and place of the work of literature. |
| Tone | Author's attitude toward reader. |
| Feeling | Author's attitude toward his/her work of literature. |
| Mood | The emotional quality of the literature. |
| Denotation | The literal meaning of a word. |
| Connotation | The emotional/implied meaning of a word. |
| Diction | Word choice. (A children's author's diction is very different from a college textbook's author's.) |
| Archaism | Obsolete word. |
| Didactic | Literature that is written to teach. |
| Escape Literature | Literature that is written strictly to be enjoyed (as opposed to one that teaches). |
| Genre | A type of literature, such as: novel, play, essay. |
| Paraphrase | To rewrite something using different words. |
