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| The commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group |
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A passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication
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A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary
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On or to one side; to or at a short distance apart; away from some position or direction: to turn aside; to move the chair aside.
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The prevailing tone or mood of a novel, symphony, painting, or other work of art
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A group of spectators or listeners, esp at a public event such as a concert or play
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A narrative poem in short stanzas of popular origin, originally sung to a repeated tune
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| Mental tendency or inclination, esp an irrational preference or prejudice |
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Unrhymed verse, esp in iambic pentameters
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| [image]A person in a novel. |
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[image]The arrangement of things following one after another in time. |
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| [image]a trite, stereotyped exspression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse, |
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[image] A decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot. |
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[image] characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal. |
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| [image]a play, novel, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion. |
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| [image]to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences: |
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to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition;
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The associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: |
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to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., |
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