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__allusion:__ a reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work. __attitude__: a speaker's, author's, or character's disposition toward or opinion of a subject __details__ (also choice of details): items or parts that make up a larger picture or story __devices__ of sound: the techniques of deploying the sounds of words, especially in poetry. __diction__: word choice __figurative language__: writing that uses figures of speech (as opposed to literal language or that which is actual or denoted) such as metaphor, simile, and irony. __imagery__: the images of literary work; the sensory details of a work; the figurative language of a work. __irony__: a figure of speech in which intent and actual meaning differ. specific types are situational, verbal and dramatic __metaphor__: a figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparative term like "as," "like," or "than." __narrative technique__: the methods involving telling a story: the procedures used by a writer of stories or accounts. __omniscient point of view__: the vantage point of a story in which the narrator can know, see, and report whatever he or she chooses __point of view__: any of the several vantage points from which a story is told: first, third person limited or omniscient __resources of language__: a general phrase for the linguistic devices or techniques that a writer can use __rhetorical__ __techniques__: the devices used in effective or persuasive language. The most common devices include contrast, repetitions, paradox, understatement, sarcasm, rhetorical questions. __satire__: writing that seeks to arouse a reader’s disapproval of an object by ridicule __setting__, the background to a story the physical location of a play story, or novel. __simile__: a directly expressed comparison; a figure of speech comparing two objects, usually with like, as or than. __strategy__ (or rhetorical strategy): the management of language for a specific effect. (establishing disposition/tone or mood for the purpose of contrast) __structure__: the arrangement of materials within a work; the relationship of the parts of a work in the whole; the logical divisions of a work: __style__: the mode of expression in language; the characteristic manner of expression of an author; style also includes the selective use of language and rhetorical techniques __symbol__: something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else. __syntax__: the structure of a sentence: the arrangement of words in a sentence __theme__: the main thought expressed by a work. __tone__: the manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude the intonation of the voice that expresses meaning.