word choice → formal or informal
Syntax →structure of sentences, paragraphs and the novel as a whole
Dialogue → how a character speaks can reveal their background
Tone → the author's attitude towards the subject Mood → the atmosphere/ feeling the reader gets towards the subject
Imagery →appeals to the five senses
figurative language → metaphor, personification, simile, hyperbole, understatement, idiom
Connotations → feeling and thoughts associated with particular words, EX: mother vs ma
Sound devices →rhythm, rhyme, onomatopoeia, alliteration Indirect setting development →dialogue, dialect, allusions
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