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| Narrative form in which characters and actions have meanings outside themselves; characters are usually personifications of abstract qualities |
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| A figure of speech which makes brief, even casual reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or object to create a resonance in the reader or to apply a symbolic meaning to the character or object which the allusion consists |
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| Comparison of two things that are alike in some respects. Metaphors and similes are both included |
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| Regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successivve phrases or clauses. For example: 'we shall fight in the trenches. we shall fight on the oceans. we shall fight in the sky.' |
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| Character or force in a literary work that opposes the main character |
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| the juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words or phrases |
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| The implication of a word |
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| A particular word pattern or combination of words used in a literary work to evoke a desired effect or arouse a desired reaction in the reader |
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| An author's choice of words to convey a tone or effect |
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| An imaginary place where people live dehumanized, often fearful lives |
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| Quote sat at the beginning of a literary work or at its divisons to set the tone or suggested theme |
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| A piece of writing in praise of a deceased person |
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| an overstatement characterized by exaggerated language |
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| Sensory details in a work; the use of figurative language to evoke a feeling, call to mind an idea, or describe an object. Involves the five senses. |
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| A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis and intensity. 'she is not a bad cook' |
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| a form of writing that tells a story |
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| recurrent syntactical similarity where several parts of a sentence or several sentences are expressed alike to show that the ideas in the parts or sentences equal in importance. It also adds balance, rhythm, and clarity to the sentence. 'i have always searched for, but never found the perfect painting for that wall' |
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| the language of work and its style (style = diction / syntax / imagery / fig. lang) |
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| particular use of word patterns and styles used to clarify, make associations, and focus the writing in a piece of literature. Ex: expletives / parallelism / metaphor / analogy / assonance |
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| A direct comparison of one thing to another, usually using the words 'like' or 'as' to draw the connection |
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| a person, place, thing, event, or pattern in a literary work that designates itself and at the same time figuratively represents something else. The use of one object to suggest another hidden, object or idea. |
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| The central or dominant idea or concern of a work; the main idea or meaning |
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| the attitude a literary work takes towards its subject and theme. It reflects the narrator's attitude. |
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| An imaginary place of ideal perfection |
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