Alliteration
The repetition of the same or very similar consonant sound in words that are very close together.
Allusion
A reference to a state, a person a place or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, or science.
Autobiography
The story of a person's life, written or told by that person.
Biography
The story of a real person's life, written or told by another person.
Character
(external and internal)- a struggle of clash between opposing characters or forces external- a struggle between opposing character and some outside forces, internal-a struggle between opposing desires or emotions within a person.
connation
The feelings and associations that have come to be attached to a word denotation- dictionary definitions.
Description
The kind of writing that creates a clear image of something, usually by using details that appeal to one or more of the senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
Dialect
A way of speaking charcteristic of a particular region or a particular group of people.
Dialogue
Conversation between two or more characters.
Fable
A very brief story in prose or verse that teaches a moral or a partical lesson about how to succeed in life.
Fantasy
Imaginative writing that carries the readers invented worlds where the laws of nature as we know them do not operate.