Adage
A saying often in metaphorical form that embodies a common observation
Aestehtics
Of or relating, or dealing with the boeautiful/ Artistic/ Pleasing in appearance
Alliteration
The use of words that begin with the same sound near one another
Ambiguity
the quality or state of not being clear in meaning/ a word or expression that can be understodd in two or more possible ways
Anaphora
Repition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect
Anthropomorphism
An interpretation of what is not human or personal in terms of human or personal charachteristics
Archetype
the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies
Caesura
A break in the flow of sound in a verse caused by the ending of a word within a foot
Allusion
A statement that refers to something without mentioning it directly
Denouement
The final part of something or the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literally work
Dichotomy
A division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities also; the process or practice or making such a division
Didactic
Designed or intended to teach or to convey instruction and information as well as pleasure and entertainment
Double-Entendre
Ambiguity of meaning arising from language that lends itself to more than one interpretation
Elegy
A song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who is dead
Epigram
A concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
Epigraph
An engraved inscription/ a quotation set at the beginning of a literary work or one of its divisions to suggest its theme
Epiphany
A moment in which you suddenly see or understand something in a new or very clear way
Epistemology
The study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity
Epithet
A characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occuring in place of the name of a person or thing/ A disparaging or abusive word or phrase/ The part of a taxonomic name identifying a subordinate unite within a genus
Figure
An intentional deviation from the ordinary form or syntactical relation of words
Foil
In literature a charachter which serves as a contrast to another
Hermeneutics
The study of methodological principles of interpretation or a method or principle of interpretation
Hyperbole
An extravagent exaggeration or language which describes something as better or worse than it really is
Irony
The use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny
Kenning
A perceptible but small amount
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them
Meter
Systematically arranged and measured rhythm in verse (1): rhythm that continuously repeats a single basic pattern (2): rhythm charachterized by regular recurrence of a systematic
Metonymy
A figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which is an attribute or with which it is associated
Pathos
An element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
Pathetic Fallacy
The ascription of human traits or feelings to inanimate nature
Personification
Person who has a lot of a particular quality and who is the perfect example of someone who has that quality/ an imaginary person that represents a thing or idea/ the practice of representing a thing or idea as a person in art, literature, etc.
Pun
The usually humorous use of a word in such ways or phrase so that more than one meaning is suggested
Soliloquy
A long, usually serious speech that a charachter in a play makes to an audience and that reveals the charachter's thoughts
Trope
A word, phrase, image, or expression used in a different way to create an artistic effect or used in a figurative sense to represent a common or overused theme or device
Verisimilitude
The quality or state of seeming realistic
Digress
To turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument
Antithesis
The rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements or words, clauses, or sentences
Catharsis
The act or process of releasing a strong emotion especially through an art form, and which brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension
Conflate
To bring together or to combine into a composite whole
Fallacy
A deceptive appearance or the quality of being false or wrong
Ardent
Characterized by warmth of feeling typically expressed in eager zealous support or activity
Harbinger
A person sent ahead to provide lodgings
One that pioneers in or initates a major change
One that presages or foreshadows what is to come
Somethind that shows what is coming
Hubris
Exaggerated pride or self-confidence as well as a foolish amount of pride or confidence
Maxim
A general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct also a proverbial saying
Metaphysical
Of, relating to, or based on the transcendent or to a reality beyond what is perceptible to the senses
Reticent
Not willing to tell people about things or inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech
Ubiquitous
Seeming to be seen everywhere or existing or being everywhere at the same time
Vapid
Not lively or interesting, lacking liveliness, briskiness, or force
Analogy
A comparison of two things based on their being alike in some way/the act of comparing two things that are alike in some way
Assonance
1. Resemblance of sound in words or syllables
2 a) relatively close juxtaposition of similar sounds especially of vowels
b) repetition of vowels without repetition of consonants
Conceit
1) Too much pride in your own worth or goodness/an idea that shows imagination
2) individual opinion or favorable opinion
Consonance
1) harmony or agreement among components
2) correspondence or recurrence of sounds especially in words; specifically; recurrence or repetitions of consonants especially at the end of stressed syllables without the similar correspondence of vowels
Doppelganger
A look alike, or a ghost that looks like a living person
Enjambment
The running over of a sentence from one verse or couplet into another so that closely related words fall in different lines
Juxtapose
To place (different things) together in order to create an interesting effect or to show how they are the same or different
Litotes
Understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary
Anathema
Someone or something that is very strongly disliked or that is cursed
Deus Ex Machina
1. a god introduce by means of a crane in ancient Greek and Roman drama to decide final outcome
2. A person or thing that appears or is introduced suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty
Syntax
a : the way in which linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (as phrases or clauses)
b : the part of grammar dealing with this
Expeditious
Marked by or acting with prompt efficiency
Assiduous
marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application
obsequious
Marked by or exhibiting fawning attentiveness or eager to help or obey someone of imprtance
Diction
obsolete : verbal description
2
: choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness
3
a : vocal expression : enunciation
b : pronunciation and enunciation of words in singing