vocabulary

2. compare
5. a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as.
8. the act of analyzing a complex notion into simpler ones
10. representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form
11. the productions of a poet
14. exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
15. the way in which linguistic elements (such as words) are put together to form constituents (such as phrases or clauses)

1. a story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel.
3. vocal or musical sound of a specific quality
4. choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness
6. to tell (a story) in detail
7. a figure of speech in which a series of phrases or sentences is arranged in ascending order of rhetorical forcefulness
9. mental struggle resulting from incompatible or opposing needs, drives, wishes, or external or internal demands
12. a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (such as cruel kindness)
13. a subject or topic of discourse or of artistic representation