A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

A subtle difference in a shade of meaning, expression, or sound. Words or phrases have slight differences in meaning and some word phrases have slightly different meanings bases on their context

The parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect: You have misinterpreted my remark because you took it out of context

To make clear the meaning of; explain. Some poems can have a very long explication (explanation)

Perceive or point out a difference.

Mutually opposed or inconsistent

The process of making a judgment about the value, importance, or quality of something after considering it carefully. The evaluation of the data.

The act of making your thoughts, feelings, etc., known by speech, writing, or some other method.

The implied meaning of a word or phrase.

The literal, exact dictionary meaning of a word.

To quote as an authority or example. To mention or bring forward as support, illustration, or proof.

To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. Placing opposing images or words near each other to create tension. (An attention getting technique)

To form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have.

The act of creating something, or the thing that is created.

The character or feeling or mood of a place or situation.

the way that people are represented in a film, play, or book so that they seem real and natural (round-three dimensional characters have good and bad qualities). Their goals ambitions, and values change.

The climate or feeling in a literary work. The choice of setting, objects, details, images, and words all contribute towards creating a specific mood. For example, an author may create a mood of mystery around a character or setting but may treat that character or setting in an ironic, serious, or humorous tone.

To explain the meaning of.

The quality or state of cohering, especially a logical, orderly, and aesthetically consistent relationship of parts.

The presentation and elaboration of an argument or arguments. Argument essays use textual evidence to prove their point and to argue against another viewpoint.

A statement or essay intended to give information (informative essay)

Is the opposite of literal language

Means exactly what it says.

A comparison, which does not use the words like or as.

A comparison using the words like or as

Obvious and intentional exaggeration.

Giving human qualities to animals or objects

Putting two contradictory words or ideas together. (wise fool, sad joy, exact estimate, deafening silence, bitter-sweet)

a term or phrase whose meaning cannot be deduced from the literal definitions and the arrangement of its parts, but refers instead of a figurative meaning that is known only through common use.

Is using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning. (The bird of night-owl, is often used as a symbol of death)

Is language that evokes one or all the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching.

A statement whose two parts seem contradictory yet makes sense with more thought.

Is an implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant.

Is when the author says one thing and means something else.

Is when an audience perceives something that a character in the literature does not know.

Is a discrepancy between the expected result and actual results.

Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.

Reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myths, politics, sports, science, or the arts.

Repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by difference consonant sounds in words that are close together.

Similar to alliteration, but the consonants are at the ends of words (odds and ends, short and sweet)

A brief narrative or story often serving to make a point.

Words that sound like their meaning. (Buzz, moo, pow)

The repetition of sounds within different words, end sound, middle or beginning.

The flow of words within each meter and stanza.

The repeating of the same word throughout the poem to emphasize significance.

Vantage point from which the writer tells a story

(all knowing) The narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening in other places.

The narrator IS a character in the story and tells the story using the pronoun "I"

A writer/ speaker's choice of words. The word choice can include simple or flowery, modern or old-fashion, general or specific vocabulary.

This point of view is when the narrator, who is not in the story, tells the story from the thoughts and feelings of one character.

The writer's attitude towards the subject. It can be described as serious, playful, humorous, sarcastic, sympathetic, mocking, formal, casual, matter -or- fact, bitter