Allegory

Story containing symbolic characters or elements of setting

Alliteration

Repetition of initial word sounds

Allusion

Reference to commonly known person,eventm or lietaty work

Ambiguity

Unclear meaning or intention

Analogy

Comparison of two unlike things on several points

Aphorism

Witty saying, axiom or cliché

Apostrophe

Speech absent perosn or abstraction

Chiasmus

Inversion of second of two parallel elements

Colloquialism

Regional term or slang

conciet

fanciful comparison to self

connotation

associative or implied meaning of a word

Convention

accepted rule or procedure

Denotation

literal meaning of a work

Didactic

Intended to teach

Euphemism

Substitution of less offensive term

Genre

Literay type

Hyperbole

Exterme exaggeration

Inference

Conclusion drawn from evidence presented

Imagery

Use of sensory detail or association

Invective

Bitter verbal attack