Noun - a person, place or thing , Verb - an action , Adjective - a word that describes , Imagery - descriptions that appeal to the five senses , Simile - comparing two unlike objects/people using like or as, Metaphor - a figure of speech that compares two dissimilar items or people., rhetorical question - A question asked with no expectation of an answer., hypophora - A question that is asked and then immediately answered., lexical (or semantic) field - a group of words that pertain to one topic, symbolism - using an image to figuratively represent an idea or quality , pathetic fallacy - using the weather to set a particular mood or tone, rule of three (or three part list) - three items and adjectives used in conjunction with one another to describe or explain , motif - a symbol or idea that appears frequently throughout a story, personification - giving human qualities to an inanimate or non-human object, juxtaposition - two ideas placed near to each other with contrasting meaning, rhyme scheme - a pattern established at the end of lines of poetry , Irony - when an author conveys a meaning the opposite of what is said or expected, foreshadowing - hints or clues about what will occur in a narrative, foil - a character that presents a striking contrast to another , flashback - an interruption in the narrative to recall events that happened in the past, diction - a writer's choice of words or language, antagonist  - rival or opponent of the protagonist, sibilance - alliteration of the 's' sound , alliteration - repetition of the same letter sound at the beginning of words, asyndeton - a sentence containing a long list, joined together with commas, polysyndeton - a long list joined by conjunctions (and, but, or),

DP Literature: Literary Conventions

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