All the meanings, associations, or emotions that have come to be attached to some words, in addition to their literal dictionary definition. School: Homework, bells, tests, prom, etc.

there is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true. The audience knows something that the character does not.

The central message, insight, or opinion in a work

form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group; the way we speak

the atmosphere or feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage; the way the reader feels while reading the text.

literary device where something stands for or represents something else

Prose writing that deals with real people, things, events, and places. True writing.

the writer's attitude toward his/her audience and subject; it can be described as formal, informal, serious, playful, bitter, or ironic

a figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison of two basically unlike ideas; she runs like a cheetah.

an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience.

words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses (describes the way things look, smell, taste, feel, and sound)

To guess, to conclude from evidence.