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One of the two voices of verbs. Active Voice is when the subject is doing the acting. |
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The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form. |
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| The commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group |
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| The passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication. |
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| a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump. |
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| An event, conclusion, statement, etc., that is far less important, powerful, or striking than expected. |
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| Opposition; contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong. |
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The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition.
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| Non-scientific observations or studies, which do not provide proof but may assist research efforts. |
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| Words or phrases that were once used commonly, but now are less common are archaic. |
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| A part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience. |
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| Rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words, as in penitent and reticence. |
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The dominant mood or emotional tone of a work of art, as of a play or novel: the chilly atmosphere of a ghost story. To give an atmosphere to: The author had cleverly atmosphered the novel for added chills. |
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| A regular public that manifests interest, support, enthusiasm, or the like; a following: Every art form has its audience. |
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| The history of a persons life, written or told by that person |
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| Any light, simple song, esp. one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody. |
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| A particular tendency or inclination, esp. one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice. |
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| A written account of another person's life |
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| Unrhymed verse, esp. the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse. |
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