allegory

alliteration

allusion

ambiguity

analogy

aphorism

apostrophe

atmosphere

colloquial language

conceit

denotation

diction

didactic text

equivocation

euphemism

extended metaphor

figurative language

foil

foreshadowing

generic conventions

genre

homily

hyperbole

imagery

infer (inference)

invective

irony

verbal irony

situational irony

dramatic irony

juxtaposition

metaphor

metonymy

mood

moral

motif

narrative

onomatopoeia

oxymoron

paradox

parallelism

parody

pedantic

personification

reification

point of view

prose

pun

repetition

rhetorical modes

simile

style

syllogism

symbol (symbolism)

synaesthesia

synecdoche

syntax

theme

thesis

tone

transition

understatement

litotes

wit