Attitude a writer takes toward a subject, a character, or the audience. This is the author’s attitude, not the reader’s.
What is tone
100
Reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or pop culture.
What is an allusion
100
an expression or use of language in a nonliteral sense in order to achieve a particular effect. Metaphors, similes, and hyperbole are all common examples
What is figure of speech
100
A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of like or as
What is metaphor
200
A narrative in which the characters and settings stand for abstract ideas or moral qualities. A story of symbols.
What is allegory
200
Very, very brief story, usually told to make a point.
What is an anecdote
200
Gives poetry its forcefulness and appeals to our senses.
What is imagery
200
A special metaphor in which human qualities are give to something that is not human—an animal, an object or even an idea.
What is personification
200
Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike in some respects.
What is an analogy
300
Way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or a particular group of people.
What is dialect
300
a phrase in which two words of contradictory meaning are used together for special effect, e.g. "wise fool" or "legal murder"
What is oxymoron
300
a humorous use of words that involves a word or phrase that has more than one possible meaning
What is a pun
300
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or to create comic effect
What is hyperbole
300
Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well
What is a symbol
400
a statement, proposition, or situation that seems to be absurd or contradictory, but in fact is or may be true
What is a paradox
400
the deliberate repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or state a similar idea
What is parallelism
400
a phrase or word that has lost its original effectiveness or power from overuse
What is cliché
400
Expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of each word.
What is an idiom
400
a close similarity between consonants or groups of consonants, especially at the ends of words, e.g. between "strong" and "ring"
What is consonance
500
Type of writing that ridicules something-a person, a group of people, humanity at large, as attitude or failing, a social institution—in order to reveal a weakness
What is satire
500
the ordering of and relationship between the words and other structural elements in phrases and sentences. Grammar
What is syntax
500
a descriptive word or phrase that is regularly used to characterize a person, place, or thing
What is epithet
500
the use of a word or phrase that is more neutral, vague, or indirect to replace a direct, harsh, unpleasant, or offensive term
What is euphemism
500
Repetition of similar vowel sounds that are followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words that are close together in a poem.