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Deliberatly expressing an idea as less than it actually is.
"The 1906 San Francisco earthquake interrupted business somewhat in the downtown area." |
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| A brief "story" told to illustrate a point. |
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| Two adjacent, contrdicting words. E.G. "deafening silence" |
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| To make fun of or ridicule an idea or weakness |
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| A satirical imitation of an existing thing. |
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| A difference between what is expected / said and what actually happens / is understood |
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| A contradictory statement that is actually true. |
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| A word that sound like what ir means, E.G. "buzz", "hiss" |
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| A sudden insight into the reality of something |
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| An imaginery place of ideal perfection |
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| An overstatement by exaggerated language |
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| Character / force in a literary work that opposes the main character or protagonist. |
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| The main character / hero in a literary work |
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| Comparison of two things that are somwhoe alike. Metaphors and similies are both types of this. |
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| Desire to return to a former time / state |
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| Refers to ideas, concept or qualities; as opposed to physical things |
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| Opening a story in the middle of the action |
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| Placing two items side by side to create a certain effect |
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| Regular repetition of the same word or phrase |
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| Less direct expression instead of a blunt one. E.G. "he passed away" for "he died" |
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| Term used to describe literary forms. E.G. "comedy", "romance", "tragedy" |
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| A central or dominant idea |
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| The feeling or ambience of a piece of writing |
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| The people reached by a piece of writing |
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| The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds. Similar to rhyme. |
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| Repetition of the first sound of a word. E.G. "The dripping ducks dragged along" |
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| To hint at things to come |
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| To give an object human characteristics |
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| Use of vague language where multiple meanings are possible |
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| What is implied by a word. |
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