| Term | Definition |
| Metaphor | comparison without using "like" or "as" |
| Simile | comparison between two esentially unlike things using words such as "like" or "as" |
| Novel | fictional narrative impose |
| Short story | short fictional narrative impose |
| Setting | where and when |
| Plot | events in a story and the order in which they occur |
| First person narrator | the narration of the story is done by a person in the story |
| Third person omniscient narrator | the narrator knows what everyone in the story is feeling and thinking |
| Third person limited narrator | the narrator sees everything through the eyes of the characters in the story |
| Hyperbole | exaggeration for emphasis |