- theme of acting
- colloquial expressions/vernacular
- hyperbole
- voice
- tone
- mores
- amplifying setting/context
- using conventions of fiction. For example, dialogue
- establishing her persona--a strong, self-confident child
- humor/sarcasm
- particular diction (always quote in an essay) that establishes a theme
- imagery
- specific diction used to establish theme(s)
