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One of the two “voices” of verbs. When the verb of a sentence is in the active voice, the subject is doing the acting, as in the sentence “Kevin hit the ball.” |
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| Anything which represents by suggestive resemblance |
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| the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter |
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| a 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 |
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| The principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero of a narrative or drama |
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| an event, conclusion, statement, etc., that is far less important, powerful, or striking than expected |
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antithesis “Give me liberty or give me death.” |
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| the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in |
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| a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea |
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| non-scientific observations or studies, which do not provide proof but may assist research efforts |
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| commonly used in an earlier time but rare in present-day usage except to suggest the older time, as in religious rituals or historical novels. Examples: thou; wast; methinks; forsooth. |
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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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| Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds in words |
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| The dominant mood or emotional tone of a work of art |
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| The persons reached by a book |
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| A history of a person's life written or told by that person. |
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| Any poem written in similar style |
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| A particular tendency or inclination, esp. one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question |
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A written account of another person's life
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| Verse consisting of unrhymed lines, usually of iambic pentameter |
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