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English verbs can either be the Active or the Passive voice. Voice shows the relationship between the verb and the noun phrases. In a sentence in the active, the person or thing that performed the action is the Subject of the Verb
Example: I wrote the letter |
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| A narrative where similarities between the narrative are used symbolically to suggest something else; a journey could be used allegorically to suggest a person's journey through life. |
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The use of words beginning with the same letter to achieve poetical effect. Example: Sally sells seashells by the seashore |
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A brief reference to a person, event, place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art. Casual reference to a famous, historical or literary figure or event. An allusion may be drawn from history, geography, literature or religion. Example: Stephen Vincent Benet's story "By the Waters of Babylon" contains a direct reference to Psalm 137 in the bible. |
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The comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship. The key is to ascertain the relationships between the first so you can choose the correct second pair. Part to whole, opposites, results are types of relationships you should find. Example: Hot is to Cold as Fire is to Ice hot;cold;fire;ice |
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| A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary. |
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| A decline viewed in disappointing contracts with a previous rise. |
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| Opposition or contrat of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction |
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| A sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person or personified abstraction absent or present. |
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Anecdotal Evidence
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| Pertaining to, resembling, or containing anecdotes; and anecdotal history of jazz |
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| Words and phrases that were used regularly in a language, but are now less common are archaic. Such words and phrases are often used deliberately to refer to earlier times. For instance, the pronoun 'thou', which is very rarely used nowadays in an archaism, which is sometimes used to suggest biblical language or a dialect |
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| An actor's speech directed to the audience, that is not supposed to be heard by other actors on stage. An aside is used to let the audience know what a character is about to do or what he or she is thinking |
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The repetition of vowel sounds, but not consonant sounds as in consonance. Example: "Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese" |
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| A distractive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air" |
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The particular group of readers or viewers that the writer is addressing. A writer considers his or her audience when deciding on a subject. |
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| A form of non-fiction in which a person tell the story of his or her life |
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| A poem that is meant to be recited in the form of a song |
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| A preference or inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgement |
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| An account of a person's life written, composed or produced by another person |
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| Blank Verse is in unrhymed iambic pentameter which is a type oof meter in poetry in which there are 5 iambs to a line |
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