Literary Techniques

any type of sound that does not specifically exist within the world of the film itself

A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuous.

a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or film. Each mode will have specific rules

A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line.

 When the protagonist attempts to solve the major problem and encounters serious obstacles

An action word

a figure of speech in which a writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question

The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of several clauses

A person, place, thing, or idea

the full significance of a character's words or actions is clear to the audience or reader but unknown to the character.

literary device where the author penning the story, poem or prose steps away from the text and speaks out to the reader.

a word that means the opposite of another word

appeals to the audience's reason, building up logical arguments

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

A principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a body of work

a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation.

repetition of the same word for emphasis

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

A common, often-used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. It's raining cats and dogs''

Animal attributes are imposed upon non-animal objects, humans and events

a word that describes/modifies a noun or pronoun

Sound that comes naturally from the world of the film or play

Appealing to the speaker or chaarcter's status or authority

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

assigning human emotions or characteristics to animals. They literally act as if human

the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza

describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

a sad or mournful poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

where a part stands for the whole. The captain commands one hundred sails" uses "sails" to refer to ships

A construction in which elements are presented in a series/list without conjunctions

the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural

A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions

the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically humorous

Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity

the final solution or untangling of the conflicts or difficulties that make up the plot of a literary work

A warning or indication of a future event

A comparison of two unlike things by transferring the qualities of one to the other by saying it is

occurring daily; commonplace

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines

A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of a thing that is associated with it

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

giving non-human characteristics to a human; opposite of personification

Appeals to the emotions in order to convince audience

the attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman, or representation of an abstract quality in human form