the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or within words
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allusion
a passing reference to historical or fictional characters, places, events, or other works that are assumed to be recognized
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idiom
an expression whose meaning is usually more metaphorical than literal
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Colloquialism
a word or phrase in everyday use in conversation and informal writing often inappropriate in a formal piece
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point of view
the perspective through which a story is told
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internal monologue
the presentation of the flow of a character's inner emotional experience
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anecdote
a brief Narrative of an entertaining and presumably true incident
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inference
a general conclusion made by the reader from events or information provided in the text
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foreshadowing
in literature the technique of giving hints or clues that suggest or prepare for events that occur later in the work
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irony
using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of literal or normal meaning
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simile
a figure of speech that uses like or as to compare two essentially different objects
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metaphor
an implied analogy in which one thing is imaginatively compared not using like or as
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tone
the reflection and work of the author's attitude towards his or her topic, subject, characters, and readers
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personification
a figure speech in which a non-human thing is given human characteristics
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analogy
a comparison of similar things often for the purpose of using something familiar to explain something unfamiliar usually more developed
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anaphora
repetition of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses we shall fight on the beaches we shall fight on the hills for example
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euphemism
the use of a word or phrase that is less direct but is also considered more polite passed away instead of dead
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antithesis
a figure of speech in which opposing or contrasting ideas are balanced against each other in parallel sentence structure it was the best of times it was the worst of times
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hyperbole
exaggeration
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chiasmus
a form of syntax where the second half of statements inverts word order of the first half creating a new meaning ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country
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denotation
the precise literal meaning of a word
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connotation
the associations, images, and impressions a word has
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litotes
opposite of hyperbole ironic understatement affirmed by stating the negative of its opposite it wasn't my best day instead of it was my worst
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parallelism
the technique of showing that words or phrases are comparable in content and importance by placing them side by side and making them similar in form
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metonymy
a figure of speech replacing a name of a related object with the subject at hand the white house instead of the president
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juxtaposition
when two ideas are together to develop comparisons or contrast
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sarcasm
harsh cutting personal remarks two or about someone not necessarily ironic
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synedoche
a figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole
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