When the author shows/tells the audience what the personality of the character is.

A reference within a work to something famous outside it, such as a well-known person, place, event, story, or work of art, literature, music, pop culture.

The climate of feeling in a literary work; a feeling that a literary work conveys to readers revealed through diction, setting, and character actions.

When the reader knows something the characters do not.

The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.

A person, place, object, or action that stands for something beyond itself.

The giving of human qualities to an animal or object.

The implied or emotional response of a word.

When something happens that the reader wouldn’t have expected to happen.

A comparison between two things that have something in common without using like or as.

Words and phrases that appeal to readers five senses.

A comparison of two things that have some quality in common; includes like or as.

A gross exaggeration; describing a situation or event by making it more than it really is; used to evoke feelings or make a point.

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (tongue twisters).

A mild or pleasant word that is substituted for one that is too harsh or blunt.

A whole phrase with an implied alternate meaning.

Problem in any piece of literature.

The use of words whose sound suggest their meaning (ex. buzz, hiss, pop).