| A | B |
|---|
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| understatement | statement to make a situation less serious or important |
| tone | overall feeling created by the writer |
| mood | the feeling aroused in the audience |
| characterization | the process in which the writer introduces characters |
| setting | time and place, context |
| foreshadowing | hints about what may happen later |
| conflict | problem or struggle in a story |
| theme | fundamental/universal idea explored in a text |
| motif | repeated idea or symbol in a text |
| symbolism | object represents something greater than itself |
| allusion | reference to a well-known place, event, object, etc. |
| connotation | implied meaning of a word |
| metaphor | comparison of two unalike things NOT using like/as |
| simile | comparison of two unalike things using like/as |
| oxymoron | combination of contradictory terms |
| paradox | statement contradictory to common sense but is true |
| antithesis | contrast of ideas in a balanced structure |
| imagery | vivid, sensory description |
| personification | giving non-human objects human characteristics |
| onomatopeia | using a word whose sound suggests its meaning |
| synecdoche | substituting one word for another that represents part of the whole |
| metonymy | substituting one word for another closely related to it |
