| repetition | | the time and place in which the story takes place |
| style | | a person to whom secrets are confided or with whome private matters and problems are discussed |
| oxymoron | | an outcome that turns out to be very different from what is expected |
| point of view | | Opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction |
| abstract | | something that has the appearance of being true or real. |
| personification | | the people in the story |
| characters | | What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young. George Bernard Shaw (literary device) |
| satire | | I must be cruel only to be kind. Shakespeare, Hamlet (literary device) |
| confidante | | to present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand |
| resolution | | Apostrophe: when animals, inanimate objects, or ____ ideas are addressed directly. |
| understatement | | implied comparison achieved through a figurative use of words; the word is used not in its literal sense, but in one analogous to it. |
| hyperbole | | an event or scene taking place before the present time is inserted into the chronological structure of a text |
| simile | | attribution of personality to an impersonal thing |
| denouement | | expression of something which is contrary to the intended meaning; the words say one thing but mean another |
| synecdoche | | an explicit comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as'. |
| foil | | Justice hung her head (literary device) |
| metonymy | | the entire sequence of events that occur in the story. |
| symbol | | the overall message of the story |
| euphemism | | saying less than is true. |
| apostrophe | | When I am dead, I hope it may be said his sins were scarlet, but his books were read. (literary device) |
| allusion | | the way the author writes |
| euphemism | | Substitution of one word for another which it suggests. |
| crisis | | universal inclusiveness in scope or range; unbounded versatility. |
| personification | | Veni, vidi, vici. - Julius Caesar (literary device) |
| antithesis | | a person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast |
| pun | | a dominant mood or emotional tone |
| paradox | | something used for or regarded as representing something else |
| setting | | The glory that was Greece, the grandeur that was Rome. (literary device) |
| synecdoche | | exaggeration for emphasis or for rhetorical effect |
| antithesis | | Alliteration is the _______________ of the same sound begeinning several words in a sequence. |
| irony | | reference to something else, usually some other literature. |
| alliteration | | the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot |
| theme | | the author's view of the characters and events. |
| verisimilitude | | a dramatic emotional or circumstantial upheaval in a character's existence |
| universality | | Losing his job meant he could sleep late. (literary device) |
| atmosphere | | The U.S. won three gold medals. (Instead of, The members of the U.S. boxing team won three gold medals.) (literary device) |
| metaphor | | apparent paradox achieved by the juxtaposition of words which seem to contradict one another. |
| simile | | *Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage. Shakespeare, Macbeth. (literary device) |
| oxymoron | | the way in which the story ends |
| climax | | an assertion seemingly opposed to common sense, but that may yet have some truth in it. |
| allusion | | Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean, roll! |
| personification | | England expects every man to do his duty. Lord Nelson (literary device) |
| plot | | the use of irony, sarcasm or ridicule in exposing folly |
| paradox | | She has passed away (died) (literary device). |
| understatement | | a passing or casual reference |
| diction | | Brutus: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (literary device) |
| stereotype | | a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group: ie: The cowboy and Indian |
| allusion | | a _____ is a play on words. |
| onomatopoeia | | use of words to imitate natural sounds; accommodation of sound to sense. |
| flashback | | Reason is to faith as the eye to the telescope. D. Hume (literary device) |
| foreshadowing | | style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words |
| verbal irony | | understanding one thing with another; the use of a part for the whole, or the whole for the part. (A form of metonymy.) |
| situational irony | | The substitution of an agreeable or at least non-offensive expression for one whose plainer meaning might be harsh or unpleasant. |
| metonymy | | a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |
| metaphor | | the point in the story when the characters try to solve the main problem |
| pun | | The pen is mightier than the sword. (literary device) |
