Character:
A person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a
story.
Characterization:
The act of creating and describing
characters in literature.
Understatement:
A literary device by which a
particular quality of a person,
object, emotion, or situation is
downplayed or presented as being
less than what is true to the
situation.
Connotation:
A feeling or idea that a word has, in
addition to its literal or
main meaning.
Denotation:
The objective meaning of a word.
Archetype:
A character archetype in novel terms is a type of character
who
represents a universal pattern, and therefore appeals to our
human
;collective unconscious.
Euphemism:
A euphemism is a word or phrase that softens an
uncomfortable topic.
Cliche:
Can refer to any aspect of a literary narrative—a
specific
phrase, scenario, genre, or character.
Consonance:
Agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions.
Paradox:
A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement
or
proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to
be well
founded or true.
Assonance:
The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in a
series
of words, phrases, and/or syllables.
Allegory:
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal
a
hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Propaganda:
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature,
used
to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of
view.