Writing Analysis Unit 1 Terms

The reason why an author writers

• author's theme

• author's main idea

• author's purpose

• author's thesis statement

a direct comparison between two things

• analogy

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

a reference to something in literature, history, pop culture, mythology, etc.

• alliteration

• allusion

• analogy

• allegory

when the author gives hints about what will happen later in the text

• foreshadowing

• hyperbole

• flashback

• symbolism

when the author uses a person, place, or objects to represents an idea or something greater than itself

• allegory

• symbolism

• irony

• imagery

the repetition of the same consonant sound repeatedly

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

when the opposite of what the audience expects to happen occurs; 3 types: situational, dramatic, and verbal

• tone

• personification

• irony

• allusion

a work of art, such as a story or painting, in which the characters, images, and/or events act as symbols.

• allegory

• metaphor

• dialect

• hyperbole

a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for effect

• flashback

• metaphor

• imagery

• hyperbole

a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness of an individual or a society, by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule

• symbolism

• satire

• analogy

• allusion