1. Characterization
Means by which an author develops a character

2. Connotation
What a word suggests beyond its basic meaning. Overtones of meaning
Example: Hate would have a negative effect on someone, Like would have a neutral effect on someone, while Love would have a positive effect on someone.

3. Couplet
Two consecutive lines that rhyme in a poem

4. Fantasy
A kind of fiction or drama that pictures creatures or events beyond the boundaries of known reality

5. Verbal Irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

6. Dramatic Irony
An incongruity or discrepancy between what a character says or thinks and what the reader knows to be true

7. Onomatopoeia
The use of words that mimic their meaning

8. Paradox
A statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements

9. Soliloquy
A speech in which a character, alone on stage, addresses himself; dramatic means of letting an audience know a character’s thought and feelings

10. Epiphany
Moment of sudden realization

11. Prose Non-metrical language
Prose is usually written in paragraph form, and doesn't rhyme. Novels are written in prose.

12. Poetry
Metrical language
Songs and poems are written in poetry.