| A | B |
| allusion | indirect reference that does not specifically name its subject and which is used to heighten a work of literature; often historical, Biblical, or mythological |
| analogy | similarity in some special qualities between things otherwise unlike |
| anonymous | not known or identified |
| anticipation | the act of looking forward to |
| deviate | to turn away or stray from the usual course or way |
| edition | particular version or form of a publication |
| eerie | mysterious; causing fear or awe |
| enigma | baffling situation, circumstance, or event; puzzling speech or writing |
| fictitious | not real; made-up |
| implication | something suggested or expressed indirectly |
| lapse | an interval or passage of time |
| narrate | to tell a story; to relate an account of |
| pictorial | having to do with pictures; expressed in pictures |
| pivotal | crucial; extremely important |
| poignant | painful or piercing; keenly stimulating to emotion |
| prose | ordinary spoken or written language; not verse |
| pseudonym | assumed or fictitious name used by an author |
| recurrent | repeated; happening time after time |
| reminiscence | a remembering or recounting of past events or people |
| visualize | to make a mental picture of |