A crazy exaggeration (ex: “I could eat a horse”)

Reference to another work of literature

Uses persuasion that appeals to reason instead of emotion to convince an audience to think or act in a certain way

Inconsistency between what a character believes/says and what the reader knows to be true

Repetition of consonant sounds before and after vowels

The intent by the author to either persuade, inform, or entertain

Characters who are known for a single or dominant trait

A character in a story who is complex and fully developed

A short piece of non-fiction where the writer discusses some aspect of a subject

a crazy exaggeration

Inconsistency in what’s expected and what actually happens

The overall lesson an author is trying to teach