Ev 3 - honors english 10

Detail

The facts, observations, or descriptions the author chooses to include (or leave out).

Diction

The author’s word choice. It includes how formal, emotional, or specific the language is. Diction helps create the tone and show the writer’s attitude.

Imagery

Words that appeal to the senses—sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell—to help readers imagine what’s happening or feel a certain way.

Syntax

The way words and phrases are arranged in sentences. Sentence length, punctuation, and structure affect rhythm, clarity, and tone.

Figurative Language

Language that goes beyond the literal meaning to create special effects or deeper ideas—like metaphor, simile, and personification.

Tone

The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience, revealed through diction, detail, imagery, and syntax.

Mood

The overall emotional feeling or atmosphere a text creates for the reader.

Metaphor

A direct comparison between two unlike things to express an abstract idea or reveal meaning.

Simile

A comparison between two unlike things using connecting words such as like or as.

Personification

Giving human qualities or emotions to nonhuman objects or ideas.

Allusion

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work used to enrich meaning or create resonance.

Symbol

A concrete object, person, or event that represents an abstract idea or larger concept.

Allegory

A narrative in which characters, settings, and events represent broader moral, political, or spiritual meanings.

Irony

A contrast between appearance and reality or between expectation and outcome that reveals complexity or insight.

Verbal Irony

When a speaker’s words convey a meaning opposite to their literal sense.

Situational Irony

When an outcome or event directly contradicts expectations.

Dramatic Irony

When the audience understands something that a character does not, creating tension or humor.

Paradox

A statement that appears self-contradictory or illogical but reveals a deeper truth or insight upon reflection.