Alliteration
The repetition of the same or very similar constant sounds in words that are close together.
Allusion
A reference to a statement, 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
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.
EXTERNAL CONFLICT
a struggle between a character or SOME OUTSIDE FORCE
INTERNAL CONFLICT
a struggle between opposing desires of emotions within a person
Connotation
The feelings and associations that come to be attached to a word
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 characteristic 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 lesson about how to succeed in life
Fantasy
Imaginative writing that carries the reader into an invented world where the laws of nature as we know it do not operate
Figure of Speech
A word or phase that describes one thing something else and is not literally true
Flashback
a scene that breaks the normaI time order of the plot to show a past event.
Folk Tale
A story passed on with no known author, originally passed on from one generation to another by word of mouth