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a narrative that serves as an extended metaphor. Allegories are written in the form of fables, parables, poems, stories, and almost any other style or genre.
Ex: Animal Farm by Orwell |
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a pattern of sound that includes the repetition of consonant sounds. The repetition can be located at the beginning of successive words or inside the words.
Ex: Boiling bubbles |
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| Allusions are often indirect or brief references to well-known characters or events, like Barry makes to Carrol's looking glass. Specific examples of allusions can be found throughout Inferno. In a passage, Dante alludes to the Greek mythological figures, Phaethon and Icarus. Many allusions in AP english are Biblical like the puritans. |
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an error in chronology, or placing an event, person, item, or language expression in the wrong period.
Ex: Shakespeare in Caesar wrote the clock has struck 3, but in Rome at that time there were no clocks
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Almost like a simile. The relationship of similarity between two or more entities or a partial similarity on which a comparison is based.
Street lights and stars are similar, no purpose do they serve in the day time. |
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the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines.
We are Marshall. We are big. We are strong |
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| Foil for the antagonist, the "bad guy" or the person who is usually inciteful of the climax |
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the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun
Mr. Rogers was lazy. He was getting older |
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the opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite.
The small, large man |
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| statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. |
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| directly addressing an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction. |
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- a noun or noun substitute placed next to (in apposition to) another noun to be described or defined by the appositive.
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- -repetition of the same sound in words close together.
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| lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words. |
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| a novel of all-around self-development. |
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- harsh and discordant sounds in a line or passage in a literary work.
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- two corresponding pairs arranged not in parallels (a-b-a-b) but in inverted order (a-b-b-a)
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| the use of slang in writing, often to create local color and to provide an informal tone |
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| fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. |
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| is the repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, as in assonance. |
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| sentence in the form of a statement |
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| - is the choice of words used in speaking or writing |
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| Using someone's name, or directly addressing them. Romil, go clean the sink. |
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| Irony that the audience realizes but the characters in the story do not. |
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repeats the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end.repeats the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end.
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| repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses. |
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| is an adjective or adjective phrase appropriately qualifying a subject (noun) by naming a key or important characteristic of the subject. |
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| more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable. |
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| pleasant, mellifluous presentation of sounds in a literary work. |
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| xpresses strong feelings by making anexclamation. |
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| Earlier event inserted into the chronology of a story in order to bring importance to the past. |
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| character who contrasts with another character. Aslan and the Witch. |
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| Providing clues to the reader to know what will happen next. |
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| exaggeration, often humorous, it can also be ironic; the opposite of understatement. |
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| A set expression of two or more words that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words. |
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| the total effect of related sensory images in a work of literature. |
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| the command form of a sentence. No need to say, you, it is implied |
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| Sentences in the form of asking. |
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| A reversal of the usual order or words to receive some sort of emphasis. |
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| The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development. |
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| understatement, for intensification, by denying the contrary of the thing being affirmed |
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| structure in which a main clause is followed by one or more coordinate orsubordinate phrases and clauses |
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| a direct comparison between dissimilar things |
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| a figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea |
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| first meaning is grammatical and deals with verbal units and a speaker’s attitude. The indicative mood is used for only factual sentences. For example, “Joe eats too quickly.” The subjunctive mood is used for a doubtful or conditional attitude. For example, “If I were you, I’d get another job.” The imperative mood is used for commands. For example, “Shut the door!” the second meaning of mood is literary, meaning the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work. Setting, tone, and events can affect the mood. In this usage, mood is similar to tone and atmosphere. |
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| the repetition or variations of an image or idea in a work used to develop theme or characters. |
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| An account of a sequence of events, usually in chronological order. |
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| words that sound like the sound they represent |
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| - an image of contradictory term |
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| A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense, but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. |
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also referred to as parallel construction or parallel structure
This can involve, but is not limited to, repetition of a grammatical element such as a preposition or verbal phrase. |
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- a final form of hyperbaton, consists of a word, phrase, or whole sentence inserted as an aside in the middle of another sentence.
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| A complex sentence in subordinate clause, followed by the main clause |
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| the assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts |
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| the repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses. |
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| The good guy, the character whom the story is based around |
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| play on words that often has a comic effect. Associated with wit and cleverness |
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| the duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern. |
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| - one that does not expect an explicit answer. It is used to pose an idea to be considered by the speaker or audience. |
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| a mode of writing based on ridicule, that criticizes the foibles and follies of society without necessarily offering a solution |
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| the pattern of rhyme used in a poem, generally indicated by matching lowercase letters to show which lines rhyme. |
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| indirect comparison that uses the words like or as to link the differing items in the comparison |
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| An occasion in which the outcome is significantly different from what was expected or considered appropriate. |
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| a narrative mode that seeks to portray an individual's point of view by giving the written equivalent of the character's thought processes, either in a loose interior monologue, or in connection to his or her actions. |
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| something in a literary work that stands for something else. |
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| Describing sensation in terms of another. Colors were very sour. sweet sound. |
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| a figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole |
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| the arrangement or structure of poetry or prose |
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| something that is repeated without necessary cause. |
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| the underlying ideas the author illustrates through characterization, motifs, language, plot, etc. |
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- - the author’s attitude toward his subject.
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| the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy |
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| the usage of figurative language in literature, or a figure of speech in which words are used in a sense different from their literal meaning. |
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| When intended statements differ from the actual and the statement is understood |
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| Use of 2 different words in a grammatically same way, with incongnuous way, where the ideas are represented with the same structure but they differ completely in meaning. |
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