| A | B |
|---|
| similie | comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | comparison not using like or as |
| personification | an object or an animal is given human characteristics |
| the four elements of persuasion | speaker; audience; designed for a specific occasion; means methods |
| aphorism | usuarry sentence that expresses some truth about life in terse |
| Poe's theory of composition | short enough to be read in one sitting; death of a beautiful woman; no wasted words; 2 characters removed; 2 becomes 1 |
| allusion | an indirect reference to another piece of art |
| alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| Colonial romanticism | 1608-1760; emphasis on soul |
| revolutionary romanticism | 1760-1800; emphasis on reason |
| early national | 1800-1860; emphasis on imagination |
| apostrophe | a piece of writing which directly addresses a person/ object/ animal |
| Richard Saunders | first made up character (Poor Richards Almanac) |
