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| Spoken relation and preservation from one generation to the next. (history and ancestry) |
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| A lesson or principle contained in or taught by a story. |
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| a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.” |
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| a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.” (using like or as) |
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| A style of writing using simple words in clear order. (Puritans) |
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| Passing or casual reference. |
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the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
An intended or desired result; end; aim; goal. |
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Listeners or readers of ones literature.
Who one is writing for. |
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| Story giving by people in/or have been in captivity. |
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| (subjective report) One in which the evaluator's personal opinions can bias the result. |
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| An idea or feeling that a word invokes for a person in addition to it's literal meaning. |
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| The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and critisize someone's vices and stupidity. |
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| Quality of musical or vocal sound. |
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| Manner of expression; how a speaker or writer says what he says. |
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| Biography of a person written by themselves. |
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| Biography of a person written by someone else. |
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| Use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas. |
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| A metaphor introduced an further developed throughout the piece. |
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An excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
Something that is conceived in the mind; a thought; idea: He jotted down the conceits of his idle hours. |
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| A brief concise of a doctrine, principal, observation of a doctrine, principal, truth, or statement. |
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| Expression that uses language in a non-literal way. |
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| An annual publication or annual referecnce book. (Ben Franklin) |
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| The aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing. One such feature or trait; characteristic. |
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| Uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things. |
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| Uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things. |
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