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| The repetition of initial consonant sounds or any vowel sounds within a formal grouping, such as a poetic line or stanza, or in close proximity in prose. | ||
| A style of writing in which the subject is broken into its components and the components are subjected to detailed scrutiny. | ||
| A formal written defense of something you believe in strongly | ||
| The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, usually in successive or proximate words. | ||
| The works of an author that have been accepted as authentic; the works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied | ||
| Ordinary language; the vernacular. For example, depending on where in the United States you live, a sandwich is called a sub, a grinder, or a hero. | ||
| A sentence that withholds its main idea until the end. For example: Just as he bent to tie his shoe, a car hit him. | ||
| Movement away from the main story or them of a piece of writing. | ||
| A sudden or intuitive insight or perception into the realtiy or essential meaning of something usually brought on by a simple or common occurrence or experience. | ||
| An indication or a sign. | ||
| A person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast. | ||
| An overstatement characterized by exaggerated language. | ||
| A situation or statement characterized by significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant. | ||
| A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to name or designate something, as in, "The White House announced today...". | ||
| Desire to return in thought or fact to a former time. | ||
| Recurrent syntactical similarity where several parts of a sentence or several sentences equal in importance. e.g. "I have always searched for, but never found the perfect painting for that wall". | ||
| Information or rumor deliberately spread to help or harm a person, group, or institution. | ||
| Looking back on things past. | ||
| A direct comparison of one thing to another, usually using the words like or as to draw the connection. | ||
| The central or dominant idea or concern of a work; the main idea or meaning. | ||
| An imaginary place of ideal perfection. | ||
| The use of harsh or discordant sounds in literary composition, as for poetic effect | ||
| A smooth, pleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds |
