A | B |
Style | the way a writer uses language |
Figures of Speech | expressions that are not literally true but suggest something |
Simile | comparison using "like" or "as" |
Metaphor | comparison that doesn't use "like" or "as" |
Personification | giving human characteristics to non-human things |
Irony | the opposite of what is expected |
Kinds of Irony | verbal, situational and dramatic |
Dramatic Irony | when the reader knows something the character does not know |
Verbal Irony | when you say the opposite of what you mean |
Situational Irony | when the opposite of what you expect to happen occurs |
Symbol | people, places or events that represent a meaning beyond themselves |
Dialect | manner of speaking from a particular place or group of people |