figure of speech
two unlike things are compared implicitly--that is, without the use of a signal such as the word like or as--as in "Love is a rose, but you better not pick it"
metaphore
choice of words
Diction
person, place, thing, or event that figuratively represents or stands for something else
symbol
sudden revelation of truth,often inspired by seemingly simple or common place event
Epiphany
involves treating something non-human, such as an abstraction, as if it were a person by endowing it with human like qualities, as in "Death entered the room"
Personification
words spoken by characters in a literary work
Dialogue
broadly defined, any sensory detail or evocation in a work; more narrowly, the use of figurative language to evoke a feeling, to call to mind an idea, or to describe an object. Imagery may be described as auditory, tactile, visual, or olfactory depending on which sense it primarily appeals to--hearing,touch,vision,or smell.
Imagery
attitude a literary work takes toward its subject or that a character in the work conveys, especially as revealed through diction
Tone
involving a direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another, usually using the words like or as to draw the connection
Simile
a word's direct and literal meaning, as opposed to its connotation
Denotation
the specific details the author chooses to include in a text
Selection of detail
struggle between opposing forces. A conflict is external when it pits a character against something or someone outside himself or herself--another character or characters or some impersonal force (e.g.,nature or society). A conflict is internal when the opposing forces are two drives, impulses,or parts of a single character.
Conflict
what is suggested by a word, apart from what it literally means or how it is defined in dictionary
Connotation
brief, often implicit and indirect reference within a literary text to something outside the text,whether another text (e.g., the Bible, a myth,another literary work, a painting, ora piece of music) or an imaginary or historical person, place, or thing
Allusion
placing two or more things next to each other, side by side, to highlight their differences to create contrast,tension,or emphasis
Juxtaposition
word order; the way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences
Syntax