Style notes

Techniques used to clarify or intensify larger passages or ideas, continue the plot, or make connections.

A comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as'

A comparison between two things without using 'like' or 'as'

The comparison extends between two words.

The use of human characteristics to describe animals, things, or ideas is called what?

A play on words in which two words that sound similar are used with a purposely different meaning

The use of pleasant language to express unpleasant ideas, events, or actions

An excessive overstatement or intentional exaggeration of a fact

An expression used in a particular language that has a different meaning than its literal interpretation.

A reference within literature to an idea or event known in literature, history, or current events.