| Term | Definition |
| metaphor | compare two things |
| simile | like a metaphor, with "like" or "as" |
| personification | human stuff to non-hum things |
| hyperbole | over exaggeration |
| compare-contrast | similaritise and differences |
| problem-solution | something is wrong, and you try to fix it |
| cause-effect | something happens in response to something else |
| mood | how you feel |
| tone | how you sound |
| connotations | what a word makes you think of |
| bibilcal allusion | allusion to the bible |
| classical allusion | allusion to greek mythology |
| historical allusion | allusion to something that happened in the past! |
| symbolism | asdf |
| dramtic irony | audience knows something the characters dont |
| situational irony | asdf |
| verbal irony | adf |
| the american dream archetype | asd |