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| An extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface story. EX: Star wars as World War II |
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| The Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close to one another, EX: Beautiful Blossoms Blooming Between the Bushes. |
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| A Refrence to another work or famous figure that is assumed to be well-known enough to be recognized by the reader. EX: Harriet Tubman was called the Moses of her time |
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| The immediate revelation to the audience of the setting and other background information necessary for understanding the plot "one of the 4 modes of discourse" EX: Beginning of most stories |
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| Language that contains figures of speech, "AKA: similes/ metaphors" to make imagineative instead of literal comparisons EX: busy as a bee, you are what you eat, snap crackle pop. |
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| Elements of figurative language. simile, metaphor, personifications ect |
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| Traditional stories, songs, sances, and customs that are preserved among a people. EX: brier rabbit |
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the use of a hint or clue to suggest a larger event that occurs later in the work.
EX: The witches in Macbeth signifying the later evil. |
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a type of literary work, such as a novel or poem.
EX: science fiction, Non fiction, fantasy, mystery. |
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| The excessive pride or ambition that leads a tragic hero to doom and their ultimate downfall. EX: after Odysseus escapes from the cyclops, telling him his real name and thus incurring the wrath of Poseidon. |
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Anything that causes laughter or amusement
EX: A penguin walks into a bar... |
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| Deliberate exaggeration in order to create humor or emphasis EX: They ran like greased lightning |
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A short descrtiptive narrative, usually a poem, about an idealized country life, Also called a Pastoral. EX: Come live with me and be my Love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That hills and valleys, dale and field,
And all the craggy mountains yield. |
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