alliteration
the repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close together .
allusion
a reference to a statement a person ,religion, mythology , politics , sports , or science .
autobiograthy
the story of a person's life, written or told by that person .
biography
they story of a real person' life written or told by another person
character
a person or an animal in a story ,play, or other literary work .
conflict
( external and internal ) a struggle of clash between opposing characters or forces
connotation
the feelings and associations that have come to be attached to a word denotation - dictionary definitions
description
the kind of writing that creates a create image of something usually by using details that appeal to one or more of the senses sight ,hearing ,smell , taste ,and ,trash and touch
dialect
- a way of speaking characteristic of a particular religion 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 practical lesson about how to succeed in life .
fantasy
- imaginative writing that carries the reader into an invented world where the laws of native as we know them do not operate .
figure of speech
- a word of phrase that describes one thing in terms of something else and is not literally true
flashback
- a scene that breaks the normal order of the plot to show a past event .
folk tale
a story with no known author originaly passed on from one generation to another by word of mouth .
fores hadoning
the use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later .
free verse
poetry that is free of a regular meter and rhyme scheme .
imagery
- language that appeals to the sense - sight , hearing ,touch and smell
irony
a contrast between what is expected and what really happens