Items or parts that make up a larger picture or story; the nouns that name the physical objects
What are concrete details
100
In rhetoric, a figure in which an affirmative is expressed by a negation of the contrary
What is litotes
200
Vantage point of a story; narrator can know, see, and report whatever he or she chooses
What is omniscient point of view
200
A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses
What is a loose sentence
300
Mode of expression in language; characteristic manner of expression of an author; stylistic techniques: diction, syntax, figurative language, imagery, detail, sound, effects, tone
What is style
300
Deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses
What is asyndeton
400
Structure of a sentence; arrangement of words in a sentence
What is syntax
400
A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way
What is satire
500
Writing whose purpose is to teach or instruct
What is didactic
500
In drama, the presentation of essential information regarding what has occurred prior to the beginning of the play