Writers Craft

Purposeful use of the same word or phrase multiple times in a piece of writing.

• alliteration

• flashback

• repetition

• questioning

Specific language used to convey meaning, tone, or actions related to the author's purpose.

• word choice

• symbols

• references

• citations

The use of intentional exaggeration for emphasis or effect.

• humor

• hyperbole

• sarcasm

• inference

A person, situation, object, or word is used to represent something more abstract.

• theme

• analogy

• symbolism

• allegory

Contradiction between expectation and reality... may be dramatic, situational, or verbal.

• symbolism

• satire

• hyperbole

• irony

A feeling of anticipation that something risky or dangerous is about to happen in a story.

• tension

• suspense

• questioning

• symbolism

A reference to a famous event/person/thing in a different work of literature

• alliteration

• allusion

• hyperbole

• imagery

A descriptive technique that compares two things saying they are similar, using 'like' or 'as'.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Extreme exaggeration for a purpose.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Personification is...

• Giving something that's not human human features

• Describing a human

• Describing something like an animal

• Taking a person's features to describe another person