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| a type of understatement in which something is expressed by negating its opposite |
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| a sentence that is grammatically complete before its end, normally consisting of an independent clause followed by one or more dependent clauses |
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| the mistake substitution of one word for another which sounds similar |
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| a concise statement, often offering advice; an adage |
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| a direct comparison of two different things |
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| substituting the name of one object for another object closely related with it |
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| the emotional atmosphere of a work; or, the author's emotional attitude towards the subject |
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| a standard theme, element, or dramatic situation that recurs in various works |
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| a character's incentive or reason for behaving in a certain matter; that which impels a character to act |
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| a traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes which help explain natural events |
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| a story or narrated account |
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| the one who tells the story; may be first- or third-person, limited or omniscient |
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| an interference that does not follow logically from the premises |
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| a narrator who is able to know, see, ad tell all, including the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters |
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| a word formed from the imitation of natural sounds |
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| an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined |
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| a simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson |
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| an apparently contradictory statement which actually contains some truth |
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| the use of corresponding rammatical or syntactical |
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| a restatement of a text in a different form or in different words, often for the purpose of clarity |
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| a humorous imitation of a serious work |
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| a comment that interrupts the immediate subject, often to qualify or explain |
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| the quality in a work that prompts the reader to feel pity |
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| the opposite of a loose sentence, a sentence that is not grammatically complete before its end |
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