archetype
a type of character,detail,image, or situation that appears in literature throughout history
soliloquy
a long expression of thoughts of a character alone on stage
Metonomy
a figure of speech in which the name of one object substitutes for another closely associated with it
malapropism
a type of pun that results when 2 words become jumbled in the speakers mind
interjection
is an abrupt remark, made especially as an aside or interruption
Preposition
a word governing and usually preceding a noun or pronoun and expressing a reaction to another word or element in the clause
idiom
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind used to make a description more empathetic or vivid; uses like or as
Metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Personification
the attribution of a personal nature to a human characteristics to something nonhuman or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
a voice
the writers or speakers distance use of language in a text
Hubris
the flow that leads to the downfall of the tragic hero
nonfiction
writing that tells about real people, places, and events and things
biography
an account of someone's life written by someone else
Setting
The time and place of a story or play
Pun
A play on words
Protagonist
the main character in a literary work
point of view
the perspective from which a story is told
Parallelism
the repetition of a grammatical structure in order to create a rhythm and make words have memorability
Plot
Sequence of events in a story
paradox
a statement that seems contradictory but is actually express a deeper truth
Irony
the general term for literary techniques to portray differences between appearance and reality or expectation
Imagery
descriptive or figurative language is used in the literature to create word pictures for the reader
Monologue
a long speech by one character that unlike a soliloquy is addressed to another character or characteristics
Assonance
the repetition of similar vowel sounds that are followed by different constant sound especially in words that are close together in a poem
Diologue
the repetition of similar vowel sounds that are followed by different constant sound especially in words; two people talking to each other
Dialect
a form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Connotation
a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which describes it explicitly
Conflict
A struggle between opposing forces
character
A person, animal, or thing in a story
memoir
a written factual account of one's personal life
autobiography
writing about a person's life written by that person
Allusion
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
Foreshadowing
a device in which a writer glues in advance hint of what is to come in the story
Foil
a character that shows qualities of another character
Flashback
and insertion of past events in order to provide background knowledge
figure of speech
figurative language in a form of a single word or phrase
Exposition
a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters, or other elements of a work to the audience or readers
Diction
a style of speaking or writing a determined by the choice of words by Speaker or writer