| foreshadowing | To show beforehand | Shows that michael sits and at the church steps and tells us why later |
| allusion | A passing or casual reference | 20: when jenna keeps dreaming about amy and michael |
| simile | A figure of speech in which two unlikely things are compared as in like or as | 1: Michael was as guilty as a dog who tore of the cushion from a couch |
| metaphor | A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something is not applicable in order to suggest a resemblance | 2:The feeling Jenna gets when thinking about her father feels like its always raining outside? |
| idiom | An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning | 4:The feeling around amy was like sunshine shining in the room |