Diction - The writer’s choice of words. , Hyperbole - The use of extreme exaggeration. , Imagery - When the writer provides mental “pictures”. , Irony - Like sarcasm, where the opposite is implied. , Juxtaposition - Two ideas together which contrast each other. , List (of three) - A number of connected items (three= effect)., Metaphor - Something is presented as something else., Oxymoron - Contradictory terms together “bittersweet”., Pathos - Language used to appeal to the emotions. , Personification - Giving human traits to something non-human., Repetition - When a word, phrase or idea is repeated., Semantic Field - A set of words from a text related in meaning., Simile - Something is presented as like something else. , Symbolism - An idea is reflected by an object/character etc., Syntax - The way words and phrases are arranged.,

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