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| An article in a newspaper or other periodical presenting the opinion of the publisher, editor, or editors. |
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| (in modern literature) a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. |
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| An argument that appeals to the reader's emotions |
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| a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation. |
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| a section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened. |
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| The moment in the story where a character achieves realization, awareness or feeling of knowledge after which events are seen through the prism of this new light in the story. |
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| A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way. |
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| a phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone. |
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| A mild or pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive. |
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| The quality of being pleasing to the ear. |
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| a witness who has knowledge not normally possessed by the average person concerning the topic that he is to testify about |
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| a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory. |
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Expository Essays
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1) A genre of essay that requires the student to investigate an idea, evaluate evidence, expound on the idea, and set forth an argument concerning that idea in a clear and concise manner.
2) An essay which explains something via facts, rather than opinions.
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Extended metaphor
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| A metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of a literary work, especially a poem (see picture: Robert Frost's The Road not Taken) |
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External conflict
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| a struggle occurring outside the mind of a character |
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| A short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as the main characters. |
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| The events of a drama after the climax (or crisis) but before the denouement (or resolution) |
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| The faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things. |
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| a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations. |
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Figurative language
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| A word or phrase that departs from everyday literal language for the sake of comparison, emphasis, clarity, or freshness. Things like metaphor, simile, hyperbole, synecdoche, puns, and personification can be used in it. |
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First person point of view
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| Narration from the perspective of "I" or "We." Narrators may be involved with the action or may simply observe it; they may also be reliable or unreliable. |
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| a scene in a film, novel, etc. set in a time earlier than the main story. |
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| a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story. |
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| A minor character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story. |
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| a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character. |
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| an advance sign or warning of what is to come in the future. |
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| The structure and style of text. |
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An essay relating to or involving outward form or structure.
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| a language designed for use in situations in which natural language is unsuitable, as for example in mathematics, logic, or computer programming. |
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| a story told within a frame or a story constituting a frame for another story or a series of other stories (a story withen a story) |
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| poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular rhythm. |
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