Imagery, Language that appeals to the five senses in order to help the reader imagine exactly what is being described, Foreshadowing, The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot, First-Person Point of View, One of the characters is actually the narrator telling the story, using the pronoun "I", Hyperbole, Extreme exaggeration, Conflict, Struggle or clash between opposing characters or between opposing forces, Diction, A writer’s specific choice of words, Allusion, A direct or indirect reference to a person, place, thing, event, or idea in history or literature, Alliteration, Repetition of the same consonant sounds in two or more words, Onomatopoeia, The use of words or passages that imitate sounds, Personification, Inanimate objects are given human qualities, Repetition, Repeating words or lines more than once, Toned, Rhe attitude a writer takes toward the audience or a subject, Simile, Comparison using "like" or "as", Metaphor, Comparison without using "like" or "as", Setting, Time and place of a literary work, Rhetorical Question, A question that one does not expect an explicit answer, Characterization, A character's appearance, thoughts, motivation and treatment towards others

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