The atmosphere of a work of literature; the emotion created by the work (most notably by its setting).
What is mood?
300
A technique of detachment that draws awareness to the discrepancy between words and their meanings, between expectation and fullfilment, or most commonly what is and what seems to be.
What is irony?
400
The association or implied meaning that a word carries along with its literal meaning.
What is connotation?
500
Latin for 'in the middle of things' refers to the technique of starting a narrative in the middle of the action. Is used in The Odyssey.