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| Language that expesses and idea or intangible reality, as opposed to a specific object or occurance or a concrete reality. |
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A literary work in which all or most of the characters, settings, and events stand for ideas, qualities, or figures beyond themselves. |
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| A major unit of drama, or a play. Modern dramas generally have one, two, or three acts. Older dramas often have five acts. |
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| The repetition of consonant sounds, generally at the beginnings of words. |
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| A reference to a well-known characer, place, or situation from history, music, art, or another work of literature. |
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| the stat of having more than one meaning. |
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| A comparison that shows similarities between two things that are otherwise dissimilar. |
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| A short written or oral account of an event from a person's life. |
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| A person or a force in society or nature that opposes the protagonist, or central character, in a story or drama. |
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