| A | B |
| Magic Three | Three examples in a row that have similar ending (I spent my morning listening, wondering and dreaming) |
| Figurative Language | metaphors (He was a rolling stone) , similes (He howled like the wind), alliteration (The lion laid low on the lawn) |
| Repetition for effect | Repeating the same word many times in several sentences in the work |
| Expanded Moment | When you explain every detail of a particular situation |
| Humor | Using puns, play on words to make something funny |
| Specific details for effect | You need to use lots of adjectives and descriptive words to describe a situation |
| Hyphenated Modifier | Lots of words linked by hyphens (He had the I-love-poptarts-in-the-morning smile. |
| Full-Circle Ending | The beginning of your writing has a particular incident and example that you bring up again in the end of the writing. |