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The subject of a sentence performs the action?
Active Voice
An indirect reference to something with which the reader is supposed to be familiar?
Allusion
Word choice, particularly as an element of style?
Diction
Used to describe fiction, nonfiction, or poetry that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking?
Didactic
Exaggeration
Hyperbole
A folk saying with a lesson?
Adage
Plain everyday speech?
Vernacular
Classicism
Ordinary or familiar type of conversation?
Colloquial
A story, fictional or non-fictional, in which characters, things, and events represent qualities or concepts?
Allegory
A terse statement which expresses a general truth or moral principle?
Aphorism
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun?
Antecedent
The diction used by a group which practices a similar profession or activity?
Jargon
A brief recounting of a relevant episode?
Anecdote
Common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally?
Idiom
Using words such as “like” or “as” to make a direct comparison between two very different things. “My feet are so cold they feel like popsicles.”
Simile
The deliberate omission of a word or phrase from prose done for effect by the author?
Ellipsis
A character that is used by the author to speak the author's own thoughts?
Alter-Ego
The literal, explicit meaning of a word?
Denotation
A kind of metonymy when a whole is represented by naming one of its parts, or vice versa. “The cattle rancher owned 500 head.” “Check out my new wheels.”
Synecdoche
A more agreeable or less offensive sub for generally unpleasant words/concepts?
Euphemism
When a humorous scene is inserted into a serious story in order to lighten the mood?
Comic Relief
Replacing an actual word or idea, with a related word or concept
Metonymy
Association suggested by a word?
Connotation
Comparision of one pair of variables to a parallel set of variables?
Analogy