Figurative Language - Oxymoron

Logos

A Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic

Irony

A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result.

Oxymoron

A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms.

Inversion

A sentence in which the verb comes before the subject.

Imperative sentence

A sentence that requests or demands.

Modifier

A word, phrase, or clause that qualifies or describes another word, phrase, or clause.

Omniscient Narrator

An all-knowing, usually third-person narrator.

Occasion

An aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing

Figure of speech

An expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying literal meaning.

Hyperbole

Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis.

Juxtaposition

Placement of two things side by side for emphasis.

Induction

Reasoning from specific to general

Narration

Retelling an event or series of events

Figurative language

The use of tropes or figures of speech; going beyond literal meaning to achieve literary effect

Nominalization

Turning a verb or adjective into a noun

Hortatory

Urging, or strongly encouraging.

Imagery

Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses (sight,smell,taste,touch,hearing)

Metaphor

a comparison of two unlike things, not using like or as. "Your eyes are stars"

Fragment

a word, phrase, or clause that does not form a full sentence.

Metonymy

use of an aspect of something to represent the whole