Literary elements, devices, and propaganda techniques.
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| The sequence of incidents or events in a narrative. | ||
| The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. | ||
| In a narrative, the turning point in the action and/or the highest point of interest or excitement. | ||
| A kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics. | ||
| Beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same consonant sound. | ||
| General concept or idea, whether hidden or asserted, that the author is trying to convey to the audience. | ||
| A comparison of two unlike things not using like or as. | ||
| Combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression. | ||
| The place and time in which a narrative takes place. | ||
| The writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience. It may be serious, humorous, sarcastic, indignant, etc. | ||
| The main character in a literary work. | ||
| The perspective from which a speaker or writer recounts a narrative or presents information. | ||
| A struggle between opposing forces. Ex: man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. technology, etc. | ||
| Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses. | ||
| A shift in a narrative to an earlier event that interrupts the normal chronological development of a story. | ||
| Placing normally unassociated words, phrases, or ideas next to one another, often creating an effect or surprise or wit. | ||
| Part of the plot's structure, this builds to a climax. | ||
| Refers to the feelings and attitudes associated with a word. | ||
| This person or thing brings conflict to the main character. | ||
| A comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words like or as. | ||
| The use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated. | ||
| The dictionary definition of a word or a word's primary significance or reference. | ||
| The part of the plot in which the problem in the story is resolved. | ||
| The use of one object to represent or suggest something else. | ||
| An instance of using a word, phrase, or clause more than once in a short passage --dwelling on a point. | ||
| The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. | ||
| To compare in order to show differences. | ||
| The emotional atmosphere in a literary work. | ||
| The elements of a statement contradict each other. Although the statement may appear illogical, impossible, or absurd, it turns out to have a coherent meaning that reveals a hidden truth. | ||
| Choice and use of words in speech or writing. | ||
| The use of a word or phrase that is less expressive or direct but considered less distasteful or offensive than another. | ||
| A deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration. May be used for either serious or comic effect. | ||
| A device whereby authority, sanction, and prestige of something an individual might respect and revere is carried over to something a propagandist would have the individual accept. Symbols are often used. | ||
| Links a person or idea to a negative symbol. | ||
| Technique that warns that a negative outcome or disaster will result if the audience does not follow a particular course of action. | ||
| Citing individuals who are not qualified to make judgments about a particular issue. | ||
| "Everyone is doing it, and so should you." | ||
| Uses scientific words or phrases as an explanation while recognizing that the audience has no knowledge of the word. | ||
| An attempt to convince an audience that the propagandist and their ideas are "of the people." | ||
| This technique often uses "virtue" words to make an individual approve and accept without examining the evidence. |
