1. allusion
2. empathy / sympathy
3. flashback
4. imply / suggest
5. diction
6. hyperbole
7. direct quote
8. irony
9. anecdote
10. non sequitur
11. understatement
12. frame tale
13. appeal to a higher authority
14. alliteration
15. pun
16. repetition, repetition
17. parallelism
18. Narrative Elements: characters, point of view, detail,
19. imagery
20. rhetorical questions
21. incongruity
Tonight: Finalize your presentation. Your job is to teach the essay to the class in an animated and enthusiastic manner by highlighting the essay's components and thesis and by getting the class to try writing a personal essay using your author's style.
