English 1
A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.
Cliche
Be a warning or indication of (a future event).
Foreshadowing
The creation or construction of a fictional character.
Characterization
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Alliteration
A comparison between two things, typically for explanation or clarification.
Analogy
Relating to the logical discussion of ideas and opinions.
Dialect
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Connotation
Expressing one's meaning is done using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
Irony
An account that is fanciful and difficult to believe.
Tall Tale
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
Diction
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
Satire
A word, name, or expression used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated.
Metonym
a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.
Motif
Characters that are mostly one-dimensional and don't have a lot of backstory or depth.
Flat character
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
Free Verse
The state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings.
Conciousness
Couplet
The action of inverting something or the state of being inverted.
Inversion
Quatrain
A humorous or mocking imitation of something, using the same form as the original.
Parody
A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).
Oxymoron
The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effects.
Juxtaposition
Litotes
Epistrophe
The language or dialect is spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
Vernacular