| A | B |
|---|
| person/force opposing the protagonist | antagonist |
| repetition of vowel sounds | assonance |
| prevailing mood/feeling of a literary work, usually created by the setting | atmosphere |
| all the emotions & associations that a word may arouse | connotation |
| contrast b/t what is stated and what is actually meant | verbal irony |
| information is known to the audience but not to one/all the characters | dramatic irony |
| contrast b/t what is expected to happen & what actually occurs | situational irony |
| short narrative used to make a point | parable/fable/anecdote |
| pithy statement that contains a universal truth | aphorism |
| type of writing intended to make the audience adopt an opinion/perform an action | persuasive |
| appeal based on author's/speaker's personal integrity | ethos |
| appeal based on reason, used to convince people | logos |
| appeal based on emotion | pathos |
| phrase in which the describing word opposes the word described | oxymoron |
| type of writing that holds up to ridicule/contempt the weaknesses/wrongdoings of individuals/groups/institutions/humanity in genral | satire |
| use of actual speech patterns to narrate a work | dialect |
