Irony: Figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words which carry the opposite meaning. Lighter than sarcasm.
Dramatic Irony: A contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience or reader knows to be true.
Irony of situation: An event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the character or the reader.
Allusion: Reference in a work of literature to person, place, or thing in another work such as literature, music, history, painting, or mythology. Adds meaning to the story.
Willing suspension of disbelief: Reader voluntarily agrees to set aside what he knows to be true and accept what is presented as reality in the story.
Alliteration: Repetition of an initial consonant sound in two or more words of a phrase. Consonant is picked to enhance meaning. (Huge, hooting, howling, hissing, horrible, bellow)
Point of view: The way an author chooses to see and tell a story.
First-person narrative: A character tells the story referring to himself as "I" and presenting only what he knows about events.
Inference: Reasonable conclusion one can draw from facts or evidence given.
Caricature: The distortion or exaggeration of the peculiarities in a character’s personality. Often for humorous effect.
