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| The ability to form mental images of things or events |
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| Implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something |
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| The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation |
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It is non-fiction, written primarily to convey factual information |
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| Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs |
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| An unverified story handed down from earlier times, especially one popularly believed to be historical |
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| A humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba |
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| Tools used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the writing |
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| The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. |
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| The essentail techniques used in literature (plot, theme, etc..) |
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| A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity. |
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| Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker |
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| (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
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| A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program |
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| Using words that imitate the sound they denote |
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| Express the same message in different words |
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| The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc. |
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| The way that an author reveals that characters, events and ideas in telling a story (first-person, second-person, etc..) |
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