Literary and Rhetorical Terms

A favor or advantage granted in return for something.

( I will give you ___ if you give me ___.)

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

(Jumbo shrimp)

The repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence.

A literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story.

An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

the moral or life lesson focused on in a story

A figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.

(Does NOT use like or as)

A literary device where the audience knows more about a situation than the characters do.