- Action
- Ad Hominem
- Adage
- Adventure
- Allegory
- Alliteration
- Allusion
- Alter Ego
- Ambiguity
- Amplification
- Anachronism
- Anagram
- Analogy
- Anaphora
- Anecdote
- Antagonist
- Anthimeria
- Anthropomorphism
- Antithesis
- Antonomasia
- Aphorism
- Aphorismus
- Apologia
- Apologue
- Aporia
- Aposiopesis
- Appositive
- Archaism
- Archetype
- Argument
- Assonance
- Asyndeton
- Autobiography
- Bathos
- Burlesque
- Buzzword
- Cacophony
- Caesura
- Catharsis
- Character
- Chiasmus
- Chronicle
- Circumlocution
- Cliché
- Cliffhanger
- Climax
- Coherence
- Comedy
- Connotation
- Consonance
- Contrast
- Conundrum
- Denotation
- Denouement
- Deus ex machina
- Diacope
- Dialogue
- Diction
- Doppelganger
- Double Entendre
- Drama
- Dystopia
- Ellipsis
- Enjambment
- Enthymeme
- Epigram
- Epiphany
- Epistrophe
- Epitaph
- Epithet
- Eponym
- Equivocation
- Essay
- Etymology
- Euphemism
- Excursus
- Exemplum
- Exposition
- Extended Metaphor
- Fable
- Fairy Tale
- Fantasy
- Farce
- Figures of Speech
- Flashback
- Folklore
- Foreshadowing
- Genre
- Haiku
- Hamartia
- Homage
- Homophone
- Horror
- Hyperbaton
- Hyperbole
- Idiom
- Imagery
- Inference
- Innuendo
- Intertextuality
- Invective
- Irony
- Jargon
- Juxtaposition
- Kairos
- Limerick
- Lingo
- Literary Device
- Litotes
- Malapropism
- Maxim
- Metanoia
- Metaphor
- Metonymy
- Mnemonic
- Monologue
- Montage
- Motif
- Motto
- Mystery
- Narrative
- Nemesis
- Neologism
- Ode
- Onomatopoeia
- Oxymoron
- Palindrome
- Parable
- Paradox
- Parallelism
- Paraphrase
- Parody
- Pastiche
- Pathetic Fallacy
- Peripeteia
- Persona
- Personification
- Plagiarism
- Platitude
- Pleonasm
- Plot
- Poetry
- Polemic
- Polyptoton
- Polysyndeton
- Prologue
- Propaganda
- Prose
- Protagonist
- Proverb
- Pseudonym
- Pun
- Quest
- Rebus
- Red Herring
- Repetition
- Resolution
- Rhetoric
- Rhetorical Device
- Rhetorical Question
- Riddle
- Romance
- Sarcasm
- Sardonic
- Satire
- Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
- Setting
- Simile
- Soliloquy
- Sonnet
- Stanza
- Stereotype
- Style
- Subtext
- Surrealism
- Symbol
- Synecdoche
- Synonym
- Synopsis
- Tautology
- Theme
- Thesis
- Thriller
- Tone
- Trope
- Turning Point
- Understatement
- Utopia
- Verisimilitude
- Vernacular
- Vignette
- Villain
- Wit
- Zeugma