Rhetoric/Meaning
What message is the author intending to convey, and what devices does he or she use to convey it?
Figurative Language
Speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid
Sounds
Language that relates to sounds
Diction
Authors word choice
Prose
What
Mood
What
Main Point
What
Personification
Used to make abstractions more clear and vivid to the reader
Irony
Used to create poignancy or humor
Hyperbole
Often produces irony
Apostrophe
May add familiarity or emotional intensity
Symbols
Natural symbols (occurrences in nature), Conventional symbols (meaning from a group), Literary symbols (found in a variety of works)
Paradox
intriguing effect
Understatement
Frequently a humorous or emphatic effect
Synechdote
Part used to represent a whole
Simile
makes comparisions
Conceit
displays intellectual cleverness
Extended Metaphor
Oxymoron
can be used for humor
Otomoteopia
What
Euphemisms
What
Tone
The way the author speaks
Setting
Where the narration is set.
Invective
Plain
Ornate
Informal
Formal
Caricatures
What
Apostrophe
What
Synesthesia
What
Atmosphere
What
Events
Things that happen in the narration
Imagery
What
Attittude
What
Themes
What
Imagery
What
Didactic
What
Point of View
What
Irony
What
Thesis
What
Witty
What
Verbal
What
Colloquialisms
What
Hyperbole
What
Pedantic
What
Situational
What
Dramatic
What
Sarcastic
What
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