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Iambic Pentameter
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A common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable. |
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An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements or from the grammatical rules of a language. |
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Concrete details and figures of speech that help the reader to form vivid sense impressions of what is being described. |
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| Representation through language of sense experience. Most often suggests a mental picture, but may also represent a sound, smell, taste, or tactical experience. |
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Indeterminate Ending
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| Literature with an uncertain ending or where some problem or conflict may remain undecided. |
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Indirect Presentation
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| The writer presents the character in action, allowing the reader to draw his or her own conclusions about the personality of that character. |
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| An essay that does not follow the restrictions of a formal paper. Personal pronouns and casual, spoken language are acceptable. |
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Informal Language
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Interior Monologue
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| A type of stream of consciousness that depicts the inner thoughts of a character. |
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Internal Conflict
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| The problem or struggle that takes place in the main character's minds (person vs. self). |
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| Rhyme which comes within lines. |
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| A literary device which reveals concealed or contradictory meanings. |
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| Language especially the vocabulary peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group. |
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| An act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. |
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| A story handed down from the past about a specific person, usually someone of heroic accomplishments. |
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limited omniscient point of view
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| Author tells the story in third person, but from the viewpoint of a single character. The thoughts and feelings of other characters are not shown. |
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| What is said is based exactly in reality without the comparisons used in figurative language. |
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| Any short poem intended mainly to express a state of mind or feeling. |
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