allegory
allusion
anachronism
analogy
anaphora
aphorism
archetype
apostrophe
bildungsroman
cacophony
catharsis
cliche
elision
epiphany
epithet
hamartia
homograph
homophone
hubris
hyperbole
idiom
verbal irony
situational irony
dramatic irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
juxtaposition
colloquialism
deus ex machina
dialect
diction
asyndeton
internal conflict
external conflict
indirect characterization
direct characterization
connotation
denotation
euphemism
malapropism
metaphor
metonymy
mood
motif
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
paradox
parody
pathetic fallacy
polysyndeton
portmanteau
pun
satire
simile
stream of consciousness
a method of narration that describes in words the flow of thoughts in the minds of the characters
symbol
synecdoche
theme
tone
understatement
verisimilitude