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| using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an absraction in addition to the literal meaning. |
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| The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. |
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| the opposite or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite. |
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| statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principal. |
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| A rhetoric device where a reversal in order of words in two otherwise parallel phrase. |
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| the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing; conversational tone; not for formal writing |
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| A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between dissimilar objects; intellectual cleverness as a result of the unusual comparison being made. |
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| a work that closey immitates the style or content; comic effect/ridicule; exploits another author's expression |
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| The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning or words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another. |
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| when one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another. |
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