A
USING LIKE OR AS TO COMPARE
SIMILE
GIVING HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS TO THINGS THAT ARE NOT HUMAN
PERSONIFICATION
TOM SWUNG IN THE TALL TREE TOPS.
ALLITERATION
WORDS OR PHRASES THAT ARE NOT MEANT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
MESSAGE IN A STORY
THEME
RE-USING A WORD OR PHRASE OVER AND OVER
REPETITION
WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING SAID
LITERAL
THE WAY THE READER FEELS
MOOD
AUTHOR'S REASON FOR WRITING
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
1st person, 3rd person
point-of-view
AN EXAGGERATION
HYPERBOLE
DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF A WORD
DENOTATION
THE WAY THE AUTHOR FEELS
TONE
FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A WORD
CONNOTATION
STATEMENT THAT CAN BE PROVEN BY EVIDENCE
CLAIM
A STORY THAT IS TELLING ANOTHER STORY UNDER THE SURFACE
ALLEGORY
SPECIFIC WORD CHOICE
DICTION
THE UNEXEPECTED
IRONY
CHARACTERS STAY THE SAME
STATIC
THE WAY IN WHICH AN AUTHOR CHOOSES TO CREATE AND CONSTRUCT CHARACTERS
CHARACTERIZATION
A CONCLUSION REACHED ON THE BASIS OF EVIDENCE AND REASONING
INFERENCE
A COMPARISON THAT DOES NOT USE LIKE OR AS
METAPHOR
LANGUAGE THAT APPEALS TO THE SENSES
IMAGERY
SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE
SYMBOL
WHAT ARE THE 3 DIFFERENT TYPES OF IRONY?
DRAMATIC, VERBAL, SITUATIONAL