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| This term describes traditions for each genre. These conventions help to define each genre; for example, they differentiate an essay and journalistic writing or an autobiography and political writing. |
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| The major category into which a literary work fits.(autobiography, biography, diaries, criticism, essays, and journalistic, political, scientific, and nature writing.) |
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| literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice |
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| A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement, often producing irony. |
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| sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. |
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| To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented. |
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| an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. |
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| discrepancy between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. The difference between what appears to be and what actually is true. |
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