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an unexpected outcome OR an outcome the reader foresees but the character doe not
irony
A play on words, usually involving more than one meaning of the word
Pun
persuading by appealing to credibility or trustworthiness
persuading by appealing to emotions
pathos
persuading by appealing to logic
logos
words that mimic sounds
Onomatopoeia
a comparison using like or as
simile
exaggeration
hyperbole
comparing 2 things
metaphor
repetition of the same sound at the beginning of 2 or more words
alliteration
the feeling of the author toward the subject
tone
the feeling a text creates in the reader
mood
a comparison that does not use like or as and is longer than just a phrase
extended metaphor
giving non-human objects human characteristics
personification
identifying similarities
compare
identifying differences
contrast
describing a major event as if it were minor
understatement
a reference to another text
literary allusion
an indirect way of saying something harsh, off color, or uncomfrotable
euphemism
a figure of speech that juxtaposes contradictory elements
oxymoron
a statement that appears to contradict itself, yet might be true
paradox
when a character makes a comment that is meant to be heard by the audience but not the other characters on stage
aside
a lengthy speech in which acharacter shares his/her inner thoughts to give the audience the feeling they are reading the character's mind
soliloquy
a reference to the bible
biblical allusion
Matching sentence structure
Parallelism