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| a comparison, like a simile but usually implied and without a comparative word such as like or as. |
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| The use of the name of one thing for that of another associated with or suggested by it. |
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| burlesquing or mocking heroic manner, action, or character. |
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| a verse written in one-foot lines. |
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| the atmosphere of the literary work. |
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| a fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes or the causes of natural phenomena. |
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| the telling of any story, or the story itself; the plot. |
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| Natural Order of a Sentence |
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| this involves constructing a sentence so the subject comes before the predicate. |
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| a fictional prose narrative, usually long enough to be published in a book by itself. |
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| the use of words that sound like what they mean. |
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| a figure of speech in which opposites or contradictory ideas or terms are combined. |
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| a brief story, usually with human characters, that teaches a moral lesson. |
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| a statement that seems contradictory, unbelieveable, or absurd but that may actually be true in fact. |
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| refers to a grammatical or structural similarity between sentences or parts of a sentence; refers to the repeated use of phrases, clauses, or sentences that are similar in structure and meaning. |
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| a literary work that imitates and makes fun of another work, type of work, or specific author. |
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| an unnecessary display of scholarship lacking in judgment or sense of proportion. |
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| a verse written in five-foot lines. |
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| makes sense only when the end of the sentence is reached. |
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| the treatment of an object or an abstract idea as if it were a person. |
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| the person or intelligence the writer creates to tell the story to the reader. |
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| the ordinary form of written or spoken language, without rhyme or meter. |
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| the science or art of versification, including the study of metrical structure, rhyme, stanza forms, etc. |
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| play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings. |
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| a device in which words, soudns, and ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm and create emphasis; saying again, and again, and again. |
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