Onamatopoeia, Sound words., Personification, Giving human qualities to objects/animals., Metaphor, A metaphor is a comparison between two nouns that does NOT use “like” or “as.”, Alliteration, Same beginning sounds in words., Imagery, Description that forms a mental picture using only words., Chronological Order, Story events that happen in order from beginning to end., Repitition, Repeating the same words and phrases in order to help a reader find meaning., Flashback, Scene in literature that is set before the current time in a story., Oxymoron, Two opposite words are combined to form a phrase with a new and deeper meaning., Suspense, Growing feeling of intensity that keeps the reader interested., Symbolism, An object or image represents a bigger idea or theme., Theme, The message or reason for writing., Allusion, An indirect reference to something in literature, life, or culture that a reader is assumed to be familiar with in order to form a connection with the reader or clarify an idea., Irony, The unexpected happens. Dramatic Irony, Verbal Irony, Situational Irony., Juxtaposition, Deliberately placing contrasting objects, character, settings, ideas, etc together in order to emphasize their differences., Diction, Word choice., Claim/Point of View, What the author believes to be true and would like to convince you to believe too., Magical Realism, Magical elements are blended into a realistic story are presented in a straightforward manner which allows the real and fantastic to be accepted equally by the reader., Bildungsroamn, Coming of age story., Aside, Words spoken by a character to himself another character, or directly to the audience while other characters “pretend not to hear.”

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