| Term | Definition |
|---|
| parallelism | the use of similar gramatical structures or word order |
| Personification | The use of human characteristics to describe animals, things, or ideas. |
| narrator | storyteller |
| point of view | the perspective that a narrator takes toward the events it describes |
| apostrophe | the direct address to an absent or dead person, or to an object, quality, or idea. |
| cliche | an expression that has been used so frequently it has lost its expressive power. |
| conceit | an elaborate parallel between two seemingly dissimilar objects. |
| hyperbole | a rhetorical figure in which emphasis is acheived through exaggeration |
| Euphony | A combination of pleasant words |
| Anaphora | the regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of two or more successive phrases or clauses. |
| Anastrophe | a rhetorical term for the inversion of the normal order of the parts of a sentence. |
| Paradox | a statement or expression so surprisingly self-contradictory as to provoke us into seeking another |
| Protagonist | The central character in a story. |
| Plot | The careful arrangement by an author of incidents in a narrative to achieve a desired effect. |
| metonymy | the substitution of one term for another that is generally associated with it |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words that sound like a noise |
| metaphor | figurative language that describes something as though it actually were something else |
| pun | a witty word-play which reveals that words with different meanings have similar or even identical sounds. |
| rhetoric | the art of persuasive writing; broadly, the art of all effective writing. |
| satire | writing that ridicules or holds up to contempt the faults of individuals or groups |
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