The practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same sound
Alliteration
a word choice intended to convey a certain effect
Diction
A scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous event.
Flashback
A reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing
Allusion
words and phrases that describe one thing in terms of something else. They always involve some sort of imaginative comparison between seemingly unlikely things.
Figures of speech
Use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future actions or events.
foreshadowing
The repetition of accented vowel sounds in a series of words
Assonace
a figure of speech which compares two different things or ideas through the use of words "like" or "as".
Simile
Is a deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration.
Hyberbole
The repetition of a consonant sound within a series of words to produce a harmonious effect
Consonaces
a figure of speech which is a comparison of two unlike things, not using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
consists of the words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas.
Imagery
Details
a figure of speech, a kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics
personification