Metaphor
noun
A figure of speech that directly compares two different things without using 'li...
Simile
noun
A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'....
Personification
noun
A figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things....
Alliteration
noun
The repetition of the same beginning sound in neighboring words....
Onomatopoeia
noun
A word that imitates the sound it represents....
Hyperbole
noun
An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect....
Irony
noun
A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens or is said....
Symbolism
noun
The use of objects or ideas to represent something deeper or more abstract....
Theme
noun
The central idea or message of a story....
Motif
noun
A recurring element, image, or idea in a literary work....
Narrator
noun
The voice that tells the story to the reader....
Point Of View
noun
The perspective from which a story is told (first, second, or third person)....
Tone
noun
The attitude or feeling of a writer toward the subject matter....
Mood
noun
The emotional atmosphere created by a piece of writing....
Diction
noun
The choice and arrangement of words in writing....
Syntax
noun
The arrangement of words and phrases to create sentences....
Dialogue
noun
A conversation between two or more characters in a story....
Subplot
noun
A secondary story line that supports the main plot....
Flashback
noun
A scene in a story that occurs before the main plot....
Foreshadowing
noun
A technique that hints at future events before they happen....
Stanza
noun
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose....
Couplet
noun
Two consecutive lines in a poem that often rhyme....
Imagery
noun
Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses....
Prose
noun
Writing that is written in ordinary language, like novels and short stories....
Verse
noun
Writing arranged in lines and often with rhythm, rhyme, or meter; poetry....