Equality Unit Terms

An author's preference for one side of an issue over another

A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

A comparison without using like or as

an extreme exaggeration

doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention

A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness

when the audience knows something the characters do not

A kind of biased communication designed to influence people's thoughts and actions

to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text

giving human qualities to objects/animals

comparing two things using like or as

persuade, inform, entertain- reason the author had to write