7)Analysis- a method in which a work or idea is separated into its parts, and those parts given rigorous and detailed scrutiny.
8)Anaphora- a device or repetition in which a word or words are repeated at the beginning of two ore more lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences.
9)Anecdote- a very short story used to illustrate a point.
10)Antagonist- a person or force opposing the protagonist in a drama or narrative.
11)Antithesis- a balancing of one term against another for emphasis or stylistic effectiveness.
12)Aphorism- a terse, pointed statement expressing some wise or clever observation about life.
13)Apologia- a defense or justification for some doctrine, piece of writing , cause , or action; also apology
14)Apostrophe- a figure of speech in which an absent or dead person, an abstract quality, or something inanimate or nonhuman is addressed directly
15)Argument(action)- the process of convincing a reader by proving either the truth or the falsity of an idea or proposition; also, the thesis or proposition itself.
16)Assumption- the act of supposing, or taking for granted that a thing is true.
17)Audience- the intended listener or listeners
18)Characterization- the means by which writer reveals a character's personality.
19)Chiasmus- a reversal in the order off words so that the second half of a statement balances the first half in inverted word order.
20)circumlocution- a roundabout or evasive speech or writing, I which many words are used but a few would have served.
21)Classicism- art, literature, and music reflecting the principles of ancient Greece and Rome: tradition, reason, clarity, order, and balance
22) Cliché- a phrase or situation overused within society..
23)Climax- the decisive point in the narrative or drama; the pint of greatest intensity or interest at which plot question is answered or resolved.
24)Colloquialism- folksy speech, slang words or phrases usually used in informal conversation.
25)Comedy- originally a nondramatic literary piece of work that was marked by a happy ending; now a term to describe a ludicrous, farcical, or amusing event designed provide enjoyment or produce smiles and laughter.
26)Conflict- struggle or problem in a story causing tension
27)Connotation- implicit meaning, going beyond dictionary definition
28)Contrast- a rhetorical device by which one element (idea or object) is thrown into opposition to another for the sake of emphasis or clarity.
29)Denotation- plain dictionary definition
30)Denouement- loose ends tied up in a story after the climax, closure, conclusion.
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