Figurative Language
A DIRECT COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO UNLIKE THINGS USING "LIKE" OR "AS"
Simile
THE NARRATOR'S POSITION IN RELATION TO THE STORY BEING TOLD. (PERSPECTIVE)
POINT OF VIEW
THE AUTHOR'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SUBJECT OR AUDIENCE.
TONE
A 14-LINE POEM WRITTEN IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER.
SONNET
A QUESTION ASKED FOR EFFECT, NOT MEANT TO BE ANSWERED.
RHETORICAL QUESTION
A FIGURE OF SPEECH WHERE AN OBJECT OR IDEA IS GIVEN HUMAN QUALITIES.
THE TURNING POINT IN THE STORY, OFTEN THE MOST INTENSE MOMENT.
CLIMAX
THE EMOTIONAL ATMOSPHERE OF A WORK- HOW IT MAKES THE READER FEEL.
MOOD
THE REPETITION OF THE SAME INITIAL CONSONANT SOUNDS IN A SERIES OF WORDS.
ALLITERATION
THE REPETITION OF GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE FOR EFFECT (E.G., "I CAME, I SAW, I CONQUERED")
PARALLELISM
A CONTRADICTORY STATEMENT THAT REVEALS A TRUTH (E.G., "I MUST BE CRUEL TO BE KIND")
PARADOX
THE ORDER IN WHICH EVENTS UNFOLD IN A STORY.
PLOT STRUCTURE
A TONE THAT IS MOCKING OR CONTEMPTUOUS IN A SUBTLE, INDIRECT WAY.
SARCASM/SATIRE
THE PATTERN OF RHYME
RHYME SCHEME
PLACING TWO OPPOSITE IDEAS NEAR EACH OTHER FOR CONTRAST.
JUXTAPOSITION
AN EXTREME EXAGGERATION USED FOR EMPHASIS OR HUMOR.
HYPERBOLE
A REFERENCE TO AN EARLIER EVENT IN THE STORY OR A PREVIOUS TIME PERIOD.
FLASHBACK
THE USE OF CONTRASTING TONES OR EMOTIONS IN THE SAME PASSAGE.
SHIFT
A POEM WITH NO FIXED METER OR RHYME SCHEME.
FREE VERSE
AN APPEAL TO EMOTION IN PERSUASIVE WRITING OR SPEECH.
PATHOS
A METAPHOR THAT CONTINUES THROUGHOUT A SERIES OF SENTENCES OR AN ENTIRE WORK.
A STORY WITHIN A STORY, LIKE FRANKENSTEIN OR HEART OF DARKNESS.
FRAME NARRATIVE
WHEN TONE AND MEANING CONFLICT, OFTEN TO PRODUCE HUMOR.
VERBAL IRONY
A TYPE OF METAPHOR IN WHICH A PART REPRESENTS THE WHOLE.
SYNECHDOCHE
A SUDDEN REVERSAL OF FORTUNE IN A LITERARY WORK.
PERIPETEIA