Personification - Giving human qualities to a non human thing, Hyperbole - Using exaggeration for dramatic effect, Alliteration - A series of words that begin with the same sound, Rhetorical Question - A statement made to look like a question. It does not require an answer, Metaphor - A direct creative comparison between two dissimilar things, Simile - An indirect creative comparison between two dissimilar things using 'like' or 'as', Onomatopoeia - Words which capture sound effects, Situational Irony - When the opposite happens to what you expect, Emotive Language - Vocabulary chosen to provoke an emotional response in the reader, Imperative - A command to 'do' something, Imagery - When something is described in enough detail that the reader can 'picture' it in their mind, Pathetic Fallacy - When nature is seen to reflect human emotions, Foreshadowing - When a writer 'hints' at something that will happen later, Euphemism - Words used to 'soften' a negative statement. (He passed away), Analogy - Using a similar example to help explain your point, Oxymoron - Two words with opposite meanings placed together, Assonance - The repetition of vowel sounds, Listing - Using a series of examples to prove your point, Dramatic irony - When the audience knows something that a character on stage doesn't, Hamartia - A tragic flaw in character, Anagnorisis - The realisation that things are not as they seem, Peripeteia - A reversal in fortunes of the hero, Hubris - 'Fatal pride' in the tragic hero, Catharsis - The 'purging of emotions' in the audience, Motif - A recurring symbol that links to a theme,

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