Words
A reference to something well known in literature or history.
Allusion
A character that does not change
Static Character
An opposing view to the main claim of an argument.
Counterclaim
A belief, perspective, or an outlook
POV
A brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event. Writers use these to make a point.
Anecdote
The use of words that imitate sounds.
Onomatopeia
A type of writing with imaginary characters and events, but feels like it could actually happen in real life
Realistic Fiction
When a person says something that is intentionally the opposite of what they actually mean.
Verbal Irony
The repeating of the same beginning sound in a group of words.
Alliteration
Gives credit to the author whose ideas are quoted or paraphrased
Citation
A group of lines in a poem.
Stanza
The main idea or purpose of an essay.
Thesis Statement
Giving human traits to non living things
Personification
An exaggeration used for emphasis and not meant to be taken literally.
Hyperbole
Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses
Imagery
A character with many traits
Round Character
The set of ideas associated with a word in addition to its explicit meaning
Connotation
Simply stating what a person is like
Direct Characterization
The statement of an author’s position on an issue in an argument
Claim
This comes from the text. It can either be references (specific scenes, facts, statistics, anecdotes) or quotes.
Evidence
Make a comparison between two or more things that are similar in some ways but otherwise unalike.
Analogy
A saying that does not make literal, logical, or grammatical sense, but people within the culture understand its meaning
Idiom
The use of clues hinting at events that are going to happen later in the plot
Foreshadowing
Compares two unlike things using like or as.
Simile
This interprets and explains the evidence to the reader.
Elaboration