Easy
Person, place, thing or idea
Noun
A compilation of sensory details that enable the reader to visualize the event.
Imagery
The general feeling the speaker evokes in the reader through the atmosphere, descriptions, and other features.
Mood
A moment of sudden realization by a character.
Epiphany
A poem expressing grief over a death.
Elegy
Describes a noun
Adjective
An instance of language conveying the opposite of its literal meaning
Irony
Multiple instances of a word or phrase, often in succession, used for emphasis.
Repetition
A figure of speech that is indecipherable based on the words alone.
Idiom
The word choice and speaking style of a writer or character.
Diction
Used to separate two independent clauses
Comma
A statement that is obviously and intentionally exaggerated.
Hyperbole
The speaker or narrator’s attitude toward the subject of the piece, distinct from mood in that it is not used to evoke a particular feeling in the reader.
Tone
A pairing of seemingly contradictory terms used to convey emphasis or tension.
Oxymoron
An apparent contradiction that, upon further unraveling, may contain truth, used for effect on the reader.
Paradox
Hinting at future or subsequent events to come to build tension in a narrative.
Foreshadowing
A comparison of two ideas, events, objects, or people that does not use “like” or “as.”
Metaphor
A phrase or entire work that uses irony to critique behaviors, events, people, or vices.
Satire
Something used to represent a larger concept or idea.
Symbolism
Ideas, people, images, ideas, or object placed next to one another to highlight their differences.
Juxtaposition
Comparison of one thing to another
ex- quick like a fox
Simile
Giving human like characteristics to non-humans
Anthropomorphism
A word that is closely associated or identical to the sound it describes.
Onomatopoeia
Lending descriptions generally applied to human beings to nonhumans. This term differs from anthropomorphism in that the nonhuman entities are not thought to behave in human-like ways but are merely described in these terms.
Personification
An informal piece of dialogue or turn of phrase used in everyday conversation.
ex- ain't
Colloquialism