Allegory: Story that reveals hidden meaning
Alliteration: event of same letter beginning
Illusion: Something likely interpreted incorrectly
Analogy: a comparison between two things
Anaphora: repetition from clauses beginning
Aphorism: observation that contains general truth
Antithesis: opposing view of initial view
Colloquialism: informal word or phrase
Dictation: words spoken, typed, written, recorded.
Didactic: teaching intention with ulterior motives
Extended metaphor: metaphor developed over multiple lines
Euphemism: mild word replacing blunt word
Genre: category of artistic work.
Homily: serious speech offering spiritual advice
Hyperbole: exaggerated statements.
Idiom: Meaning different from literal meaning
Imagery: visually descriptive language
Invective: insulting or highly critical language
irony: verbal: words that convey opposite meaning, situational: outcome contrary to what is expected, dramatic: audience is aware, characters aren’t
Juxtaposition: two things together, contrasting effect
Litotes: ironic understatement, usually expressed negatively
Metaphor: comparison between two unrelated things
Metonymy: Attribute used as substitute
Mood new line: atmosphere felt by reader
Onomatopoeia: words used to describe sound
Parody: imitation of writer's style
Parallelism: same grammar and same meaning
Pedantic: overly concerned with literal accuracy.
Personification: Making something nonhuman, human
POV: 1st : story told from characters perspective, 3rd Narrative: narrator tells story with no I, 3rdomniscient: Narrator is all knowing, 3rd limited omniscient: Narration through a single character
Competition: contest between two or more characters
Rhetoric: use of language to persuade
Satire: The use of exaggerated humor.
Simile: like or as, as comparison
Sarcasm: opposite words for humorous effect.
Semantics: interpretation of words and signs
Symbolism: things represent other things.
Synecdoche: substitution of whole or part
Synesthesia: human senses to describe object
Syntax
Tone
Knowt
