Alliteration - repetition of initial consonant sounds within a group of words. For example, “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”, Onomatopoeia - a word that imitates, suggests, or resembles the sound it’s describing. Common onomatopoeias include “gurgle,” “hiss,” “boom,” “whir,” and “whizz., Foreshadowing - an advance warning about something that’s going to happen in the future., Hyperbole - an exaggeration that’s not meant to be taken literally. For example, if my friend surprised me by eating a lot of pizza, I might say, “Hey man, remember that time you ate, like, fifteen pizzas in one night?”, Oxymoron - seemingly contradictory terms appear together. For example, “the dumbest genius I know.”, Flashback - a scene set in an earlier time than the main story. They’re often used to provide important context or backstory for an event you’re discussing., Point of View - the perspective you use to tell your story., Euphemism - a polite way of describing something indirectly., Anthropomorphism - when you give human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human creatures or things., Dramatic Irony - a type of irony that occurs when an audience understands the context more than the character in a story., Verbal Irony - occurs when a person says one thing but means another. Sarcasm is a good example of verbal irony. For example, you might say, “It was a wonderful dinner,” when, in fact, the food was terrible, and your partner showed up an hour late., Metaphor - compares two different things in an interesting way. It often highlights the similarities between two different ideas., Simile - compares two different things in an interesting way. But unlike a metaphor, a simile uses comparison words like “like” or “as.”, Consonance - when you repeat consonant sounds throughout a particular word or phrase. Unlike alliteration, the repeated consonant doesn’t have to come at the beginning of the word., Assonance - it involves repeating vowel sounds. This is usually a subtler kind of echo. For example, the words “penitence” and “reticence” are assonant., Epigraph - a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme., Allusion - a reference to a person, place, thing, concept, or other literary work that a reader is likely to recognize., Cliché - a saying or idea that is used so often it becomes seen as unoriginal., Idiom - a saying that uses figurative language whose meaning differs from what it literally says., Imagery - appeals to readers’ senses through highly descriptive language., Personification - uses human traits to describe non-human things., Symbolism - represent abstract concepts and ideas in their stories Symbols typically derive from objects or non-humans — for instance, a dove might represent peace, or a raven might represent death.,

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