literary
a narrative either verse or prose in which characters actions and sometimes represent concepts apart from the litesl meaning of the story
Allegory
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Alliteration
A brief reference to a person event place in history or to a work of art/ literature
Allusion
A comparison made between two items situation or ideas that are somewhat alike but unalike in most respects
Analogy
figure of repetition the occurs when the first words or set of words in one sentence clause or phrase is repeated at or very near beginning of successive sentences clause or phrases
Anaphora
A character in a story or play who opposes the chief character or known as the protagonist
Antagonist
A figure of speech in which a character directly addresses and absent person or personified quality, object, or idea
Apostrophe
A character an action or situation that seems to represent common parts of human life often include a symbol a theme or character.
Archetype
in drama a few words or a short passage spoken by one character to the audience while other characters on stage pretend the characters cannot hear the speakers words
Aside
The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by a different constant sounds stressed syllables or words
Assonance
The omission of conjunctions from constructionss in which they would normally be used
Asyndeton
The mood feeling of the literary work created for the reader by the writer
Atmosphere
I narrative poem that usually includes a repeated refrain
Ballad
unrhymed iambic pentameter,a line of five feet
Blank verse
use of words in poetry that uses sharp harsh missing or unmelidous sounds
Cacophony
A pause within a line of poetry
Caesura
Latin for "seize of day," the name applied to a theme frequently found in lyric poetry
Carpe Diem
purification or purging of emotions (pity or fear)
Catharsis
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction
Character
The method an author uses to aquaint the reader with his or her characters
Characterization
A scheme in which the author introduces words or concepts in a particular order then later repeats those terms or similar ones in reverse or backwards order
Chiasmus
an expression or phrase that is overuse as to become trite and meaningless
Cliché
Turning point in the story or play when the action changes course and a result begins to resolve itself
Climax
elaborate figure of speech combining possible metaphor simile hyperbole or oxymoron
Conceit
The struggle between two opposing forces a /major problem
Conflict
The emotional associations surrounding a word as opposed to its literal meaning or denotation
Connotation
A pair of rhyming lines with identical meter
Couplet
the strict literal meaning of a word
Denotation
The resolution of the plot
Denouement
The conversation between two or more people in a literary work
Dialouge