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| noun | | the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "'The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice" [ant: passive] |
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- The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.
- A story, picture, or play employing such representation. John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Herman Melville's Moby Dick are allegories.
- A symbolic representation: The blindfolded figure with scales is an allegory of justice.
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| 1. | the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration), as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration), as in each to all. Compare consonance (def. 4a). |
| 2. | the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in apt alliteration's artful aid. |
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| 1. | a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: an allusion to Shakespeare. |
| 3. | Obsolete. a metaphor; parable. |
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| 1. | a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump. |
| 2. | similarity or comparability: I see no analogy between your problem and mine. |
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| 1. | a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary. |
| 2. | the adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work: Iago is the antagonist of Othello. |
| 3. | Physiology. a muscle that acts in opposition to another. Compare agonist (def. 3). |
| 4. | Dentistry. a tooth in one jaw that articulates during mastication or occlusion with a tooth in the opposing jaw. |
| 5. | Pharmacology. a drug that counteracts the effects of another drug. |
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| 1. | an event, conclusion, statement, etc., that is far less important, powerful, or striking than expected. |
| 2. | a descent in power, quality, dignity, etc.; a disappointing, weak, or inglorious conclusion: After serving as President, he may find life in retirement an anticlimax. |
| 3. | a noticeable or ludicrous descent from lofty ideas or expressions to banalities or commonplace remarks: We were amused by the anticlimax of the company's motto: “For God, for country, and for Acme Gasworks.” |
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| 1. | opposition; contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong. |
| 2. | the direct opposite (usually fol. by of or to): Her behavior was the very antithesis of cowardly. |
| 3. | Rhetoric. | a. | 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 “Give me liberty or give me death.” |
| b. | the second sentence or part thus set in opposition, as “or give me death.” |
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| 1. (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost." |
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adj. - also an·ec·dot·ic (-dŏt'ĭk) or an·ec·dot·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) Of, characterized by, or full of anecdotes.
- Based on casual observations or indications rather than rigorous or scientific analysis: "There are anecdotal reports of children poisoned by hot dogs roasted over a fire of the [oleander] stems" (C. Claiborne Ray).
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| 1. | marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion. |
| 2. | (of a linguistic form) 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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| 1. | on or to one side; to or at a short distance apart; away from some position or direction: to turn aside; to move the chair aside. |
| 2. | away from one's thoughts or consideration: to put one's cares aside. |
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| 2. | Also called vowel rhyme. Prosody. 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 feeling or vibe of a literary word |
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| Somthing you write about your self |
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A poem or story set to music [image] |
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Bias is a term used to describe a tendency or preference towards a particular perspective, ideology or result, especially when the tendency interferes with the ability to be impartial, unprejudiced, or objective. [image] |
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The study of orgaisms [image] |
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Blank verse is a type of poetry , distinguished by having a regular meter , but no rhyme . commonly used with blank verse has been iambic … |
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