Sequence of events in a story.

• Plot

• Couplet

• Irony

• Dialogue

A contrast between expectation and reality

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Metaphor

A particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group

• Dialect

• Dialogue

• Imagery

• Metaphor

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

• Setting

The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot.

• Personification

• Exposition

• Contrast

• Foreshadowing

Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste).

• Simile

• imagery

• Metaphor

• Allegory

A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage

• exposition

• allegory

• soliloquy

• oxymoron

A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory

• Exposition

• Foreshadowing

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events

• Connotation

• Hyperbole

• Repitition

• Narrative