Comedy
When the reader expects something to happen, but the opposite occurs.
Irony
A story, play, or picture in which characters or settings are used as symbols or abstract ideas.
Allegory
A wife says to her husband "It's raining moose from the sky." The husband responds, "It's reindeer."
Pun
A statement or question said/asked for effect, not actually requiring a response.
"I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-Am."
Rhyme
"Shrek" is an example of a _______ ridiculing fairy tales.
Satire
Poetic form written in iambic pentameter
Blank verse
Cool as a cucumber
Idiom
placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast
Juxtaposition
Buzz, bark, hiss
onomatopoeia
A statement that is contradictory but somehow true.
"This statement is false."
Paradox
The associations that come with a word other than its meaning.
Connotation
Living dead
Oxymoron
A type of poem that is meant to be sung and is both lyrical and narrative in nature.
Ballad
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."
Metaphor
A writer/speaker's choice of words.
Diction
Sensory details that enable a reader to see, hear, touch, taste, or smell whatever is being described.
Imagery
an "ah-ha!" moment of sudden realization
epiphany
When a character speaks to himself or to the audience/reader.
Soliloquy
“Give much, give often, give freely.”
Anaphora
Exaggeration
Hyperbole
The repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or at the end of words.
Consonance
Puppies playfully play on the playground
The attitude a writer takes towards a subject, character, or the reader
Tone
"That's as useful as rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic."
Analogy