the skills and techniques that an author uses to tell a story or create a piece of writing

Sentences or phrases, constructed in a way that alludes to something without directly stating it.

the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work

a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

A single row of words that ends at the right

In poetry, the voice behind the poem—the person we imagine to be saying the thing out loud.

A frame of reference from which to build comprehension

the reason for or intent in writing

As a literary device, ____ refers to the emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story

a literary device that allows writers to paint pictures in readers' minds so they can more easily imagine a story's situations, characters, emotions, and settings

The way all the elements of poetry come together to create a whole piece of poetry

A significant political, social, or moral point that is being conveyed by an author

to communicate or send a message

The result or consequence of an action or cause

Having the power to produce the desired effect

To draw attention to, stress, indicate the importance of

A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another using the words “like” or “as”

The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn’t, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described

To arrive at a judgment or opinion using reasoning