Literary Devices and Terms to Know

the writer's attitude toward their audience/work (how author feels while they are writing)

a character's sudden flash of insight (an "aha" moment)

a figure of speech in which two opposite words are used together to create an effect

reoccurring ideas in a story (the one word "building blocks" of theme )

Something that represents or stands for something else 

It is a statement that contradicts itself and still seems true somehow. 

A literary device in which a writer gives advanced hint of what is to come later in the story.

 is a reference to a person, place, thing or idea in history, culture, literature or politics. 

to say a person, place, thing is something else; a comparison without using like or as 

an expression that cannot be understood literally (it's raining cats and dogs)

the dictionary meaning of a word

the reason that explains why a character did something

a comparison that develops over the course of a literary work

It's a comparison using like or as

a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story or the main part of a story

language that creates sensory details (the author plays on the reader's five senses)

A nice, more pleasant way of wording something (reformatory instead of jail) 

personal unreasoned judgement for or against a person or idea

language unique to a specific region or group 

An intentional exaggerated statement

the implicit meaning of a word - the emotions the reader connects or associates with a word

It's when an author causes you to recall an event that already happened.

the feeling created in the reader

The writing style and techniques of the author (what skill an author is good at)