Fig. Lang 2
Words Specific
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100

Comparing two thing with like and/or as

Simile

100

A word or phrase that imitates the sound it represents

Onomatopoeia

100

Warns or hints at the future

Foreshadowing

100

Represents everyday life

Realism

100

A scene that takes place before the story

Flashback

200

Word choice in text

Diction

200

Repetition of beginning consonance sounds

Alliteration

200

Imitation of the style of someone else's work

Parody

200

An expression that normally means the opposite

Irony

200

A character that represents characteristics identifiable by the audience

Archetype

300

An exaggerated statement

Hyperbole 

300

Repetition of consonance sounds and the repetition of vowel sounds

Consonance and Assonance  

300

Appears contradicting but holds a deeper meaning

Paradox

300

Use of humor, exaggeration, or ridicule to criticize stupidity and wrongdoing  

Satire

300

Someone speaks thoughts out loud despite others who can hear, mostly in plays

Soliloquy

400

Figure of speech referring to object not by what it actually is

Metonymy/Synecdoche

400

Extra tinge of meaning beyond dictionary definition 

Connotation

400

Understatement that implies positive by double negative

Litole

400

An in depth metaphor

Conceit

400

Speaker refers to someone absent or dead

Apostrophe

500

When two contradicting words are used together in a sentence

Oxymoron

500

Repetition of word or phrase at the start of a sentence

Anaphora