personification - giving human qualities to something not human, sensory language/imagery - descriptive language that appeals to the 5 senses, precise language - specific nouns and vivid verbs helps you create strong mental pictures, flashback - a scene set in the past needed to understand the context of thestory, foreshadowing - warning or hint of a future event later on in the story, suspense - feeling of anxiousness or excitement about what might happen, motiff - a pattern or feature of a literary work that contributes to the theme of a story, mood - the overall feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for the reader, frame story - a story within a story where the storyteller is a character, red herrings - a clue that is meant to throw the reader off track or distract them, allegory - a story with hidden meaning, cliff hanger - an ending that leaves the reader in suspense, past tense - speaking about something that has already happened, present tense - speaking about something currently happening, allusion - a reference to a well-known person, event, literary work, art piece, bible reference, etc that most people would know or is easy to look up, anaphora - repeated word or phrase at the beginning of lines, simile - a comparison of two dissimilar things that uses "like" or "as", metaphor - a comparison of two dissimilar things that says one thing is another thing, euphemism - a gentler way of saying something harsh (understatement), hyperbole - extreme exaggeration , theme - the central message or moral of the story, symbolism - something that represents itself and a larger idea or concept,

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