Piedmont
A guess or conclusion based on known facts and hints or evidence
Inference
A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity.
Metaphor
A reason a character does something
Motive
The lesson that a story or fable teaches
Moral
A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words.
Onomatopoeia
A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.
Personification
The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Narrative
A statement of someone's idea or feelings. This cannot be proven.
Opinion
The use of facts in the story and other information you know about the world to infer what will happen
Prediction
Two or more words that have the same ending sound
Rhyme
A group of related lines in a poem
Stanza
This involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. It may use irony as a device, but not all ironic statements are this (that is, intended to ridicule). When well done, this can be witty and insightful; when poorly done, it is simply cruel.
Sarcasm
A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.
Parody
The order in which events occur or ideas are presented
Sequence
In expository writing, this kind of statement is the sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position.
Thesis
A comparison of two unlike things using "like," "as," or "than" in order to better perceive its importance.
Simile
This describes the principles governing the art of communicating effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.
Rhetoric
A regional speech pattern; the way people talk in different parts of the world.
Dialect
One of the major divisions of genre, this refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms; opposite of poetry
Prose
The opposite of active voice; something happens in this writing style
Passive Voice
One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle. This is basically an appeal to credibility.
Ethos
An appeal to reason. This is one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle.
Logos
A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule.
Satire
An appeal to emotion. This is one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle.
Pathos
The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.
Syntax