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| A literary device which creates interest by the recurrence of initial consonant sounds of different words within the same sentence |
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| When the different meanings are not intentional, they are considered to be "vague," rather than ambiguous |
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| A comparison between two things, or pairs of things, to reveal their similarities |
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| A literary technique in which the author gives human characteristics to non-human objects |
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| A short, pithy and instructive statement of truth |
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| The close repetition of similar vowel sounds, in successive or proximate words, usually in stressed syllables |
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| parallel ideas are first stated in one order, and then repeated in reverse order |
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| unusual, elaborate or startling analogy |
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| a suggested, implied or evocative meaning |
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| movement in literary criticism which denies that literature has any objective, enduring, or universal meaning |
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| explicit or literal meaning of a word in order to emphasize a specific, important fact |
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| The final outcome or unraveling of the main dramatic complications in a play, novel, or other work of literature |
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| conflict was resolved through a means that seems unrelated to the story |
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| distinctive vocabulary of a particular author |
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| temporary departure from the main subject or narrative in order to focus on a related matter |
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| literary device which consists of a double meaning, especially when the second meaning is impolite or risqué |
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| meditative poem in the classical tradition of certain Greek and Roman poems, which deals with more serious subject; often begins with an appeal to a muse for inspiration and includes allusions to classical mythology. |
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| picturesque tag or nickname associated with a certain character; a mnemonic device to remember and distinguish different characters |
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| the person for whom something is named |
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| general explanation of the meaning of a literary work; applied to poetry, it may also be called "explication" |
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| 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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| A comic misuse of common words |
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| (figure ofm speech)something is referred to by one of its distinct characteristics |
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| the speaker in a work of poetry. Not to be confused with or assumed to be the poet, it may be an animal or an inanimate object |
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| for the pessimistic, contemporary worldview which began in the 1960s, rejecting tradition, resisting authority, and denying any final or enduring meaning and purpose in life (and literature); tends to focus upon the way in which institutions and traditions use (and have used) their power to deny individuals and minorities of their freedom |
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| writer expresses a character’s thoughts and feelings as a chaotic stream, with no apparent order or logic. The text is held together through psychological association and realistic characterization |
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| (figure of speech)a part of something refers to the whole |
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| author’s distinctive literary style, basic vision and general attitude toward the world |
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