Allusion

a brief reference to another work, person, event, or place, often from myth or religion

Conflict 

the problem or struggle facing the main characters and driving the plot of a story

Context

the information or situation surrounding a word, passage or event that help to clarify its meaning

Dynamic

characterized by change or development

Figurative

a non-literal use of words and images

a character serving to contrast and highlight certain qualities in another character

Hyperbole 

exaggeration or overstatement used for sensational effect, or to emphasize a point

Irony

When what is said, or happens, is just what would not be expected

Juxtaposition

to place close together to emphasize the similar or contrasting qualities

Lyric

expressing a writer's emotions

Metaphor –

a figure of speech in which a comparison is made by analogy, without using like or as

Narrative

 tells a story; a written account of connected events

Narrator

 the person, character or entity who tells the story

Personification 

giving human or life-like characteristics to non-human entities

Propaganda 

Media used to influence people's opinions and actions

Satire

The literary art of ridiculing human flaws, foolishness or immorality in order to expose or correct it.  

Simile

a figure of speech, using the word like or as, to make a direct comparison of two things

Speaker 

the narrator of a poem

Stanza 

 a division of lines in poetry, comparable to the paragraph in prose

Static

 characterized by lack of change or movement

Symbolism

when one thing stands for or represents another thing or idea

Theme 

a topic, major idea or focusing question that carries throughout a literary work

Thesis –

a theory or statement of opinion

Tone

the attitude a writer or speaker takes towards a subject or character