Alliteration
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
Mood
The emotional quality of the literary work
Hyperbole
An exaggeration for effect
Simile
A comparison between two things using the words like or as.
Metaphor
A comparison between two things not using the words like or as
Symbol
A object that takes on a deeper meaning or greater idea.
Pun
Words that are alike in sound but different in meaning
personification
The attribution of human qualities to something non-human.
Antithesis
an opposition or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction.
onomatopoeia
The use of words or phrases that sound like the things being described.
Oxymoron
The combining of words that contradict each other
Repetition
The repeating of a word, sound, or phrase.
Paradox
An assertion that seems like a contradiction, but may nevertheless be true.
Tone
The attitude adopted by the speaker, narrator or author of a literary work toward the reader of the work
Allusion
Reference without specific identification, to a person, place, or event, or to another literary work.
Synecdoche
A part of something is used to signify the whole or (rarely) the whole is used to signify a part.
Allegory
Story like narrative in a passage alluding to a second meaning
Explicate
to give a detailed explanation.