Style, Tone, Irony

taunting use of apparent approval or praise for actual disapproval or dispraise

the analogy of a metaphor--the part that "conveys" the comparison

the literal subject of a metaphor--the aspect that "holds" the meaning

the central idea conveyed in a literary work, either directly or indirectly

object, action, or event that represents something, or creates associations, beyond itself

an implication of alternative or more complex meaning that pervades a work

a narrator who continually interprets events in ways that the author signals are mistaken

sentence structure, the sequence and connection of the words, phrases, and clauses

underlying meaning that provides one of the chief challenges and gratifications of literature

implying a meaning different from, and often the complete opposite, the one explicitly stated

the audience is privy to knowledge that one or more of the characters lacks (tragic irony)

words and phrases used in ways that effect an obvious change in their standard meaning

word choice and phrasing in a work; formal, colloquial, abstract, concrete, literal, figurative

comparison made between distinct ideas without an explicit comparison word

comparison made using the word "like" or "as"

the evocation in the audience of its, tenderness, compassion, or sorrow

a deliberate contrast between two levels of meaning

the attitude that a literary speaker expresses toward his or her subject matter and audience

characters are led to embrace false hopes of aid or success to be defeated by some larger force