| A | B |
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| alliteration | the initial consonant sound repeats in a sentence or phrase |
| metaphor | putting together two things that don't normally go together and saying one is the other |
| simile | putting together two things that don't normally go together and saying one is like or as the other |
| personification | giving an inanimate object human traits or characteristics |
| sensory imagery | using the senses to describe something, making the reader feel as though he/she is really there |
| symbolism | a physical object that takes on a meaning beyond what it really is (the flag) |
| plot | series of events that take place over time |
| theme | the universal message of a story |
| characterization | personality traits of characters in a story |
| climax | The point at which in the story all conflicts come to a peak. |
| conflict | a debate or argument that is ongoing between charaters or within one character's own mind. Also could be between a character and society. |
