Literary Techniques

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

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

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

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

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

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

Appealing to the speaker or chaarcter's status or authority

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

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

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

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

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

occurring daily; commonplace

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

a word that describes/modifies a noun or pronoun

A person, place, thing, or idea

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

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

a word that means the opposite of another word

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

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

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

repetition of the same word for emphasis

A warning or indication of a future event

Appeals to the emotions in order to convince audience

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

An action word

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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