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| A comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar. Metaphors and similes are tools used to draw a/an __________. |
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| A meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Words carry cultural and emotional associations or meanings in addition to their literal meanings or denotations. |
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| Means “appearance” or “manifestation”. In literary terms, a/an __________ is that moment in the story where a character achieves realization, awareness, or a feeling of knowledge after which events are seen through the prism of this new light in the story. |
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| Diction refers to the choice of words in a particular situation while __________ determines how the chosen words are used to form a sentence. Most often than not, adopting a complex diction means a complex __________ structure of sentences and vice versa. |
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| A morning love song (as opposed to a serenade, which is in the evening), or a song or poem about lovers separating at dawn. |
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| A literary device defined as un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter. |
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| A literary device that can be defined as poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm and does not rhyme with fixed forms. |
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| Refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase. |
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| A thought, sense, phrase or clause in a line of poetry that does not come to an end at the line break but moves over to the next line. |
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| A rhetorical device that is a memorable, brief, interesting and surprising satirical statement. |
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| A line of poetry. An iamb is a foot or beat consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, or a short syllable followed by a long syllable. |
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| A character trait that brings about the downfall of the protagonist; ironically, in some works, this is the character's greatest strength taken to an extreme. |
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| A poetic device defined as a metrical foot in a line of a poem that contains three syllables wherein the first two syllables are short and unstressed followed by a third syllable that is long and stressed. |
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| A rhetorical device which can be defined as a disappointing situation or a sudden transition in discourse from an important idea to a ludicrous or trivial one. |
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| The repetition of a vowel sound or diphthong in non-rhyming words. |
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| The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter. |
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| A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes. |
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| A literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part. |
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| Derived from Latin’s “Latira”. It means “letters of alphabet”. It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series. |
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| A protagonist or other notable figure who is conspicuously lacking in heroic qualities. |
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| An emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal or achieve a state of liberation from anxiety and stress. |
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| A literary device which can be defined as the resolution of the issue of a complicated plot in fiction. |
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| A polite expression used in place of words or phrases that otherwise might be considered harsh or unpleasant to hear. |
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| Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. |
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| Interruptions that writers do to insert past events in order to provide background or context to the current events of a narrative. |
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| Derived from a Greek word meaning “over-casting” is a figure of speech, which involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. |
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| A figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics. |
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| A technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. |
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| The adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work. |
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| A typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such a universal pattern of human nature. |
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| A behavior a person adopts toward other people, things, incidents, or happenings. In literature, this can be defined as the tone an author has toward something. |
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| Style off speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or writer. |
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| Two-dimensional characters in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change through the course of a work. |
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| A character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character. |
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| A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is going to come later in the story. |
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| Extreme pride and arrogance shown by a character that ultimately brings about his downfall. |
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| The literary term used for language and description that appeals to our 5 (7 according to Dylan-Sensei) senses. |
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| A stereotypical person whom audiences readily recognize frequent recurrences in a literary tradition. |
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| The central topic of the text. |
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| An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. It is usually conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a subject. |
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| Any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody. OR A simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing. OR Any poem written in similar style. |
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| The inclusion of a humorous character, scene, or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension. |
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| A metrical foot, or a beat in a line, containing three syllables in which first one is accented followed by second and third unaccented syllables (accented/unaccented/unaccented) in quantitative meter such as in the word “humanly.” |
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| A literary device which can be defined as having two successive rhyming lines in a verse and has the same meter to form a complete thought. It is marked by a usual rhythm, rhyme scheme and incorporation of specific utterances. |
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| This perspective would mean the main character would be written as "I". Visually, in __________ perspective, the view of the camera is precisely the view of the main character. |
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| A traditional form for English poetry, commonly used in epic and narrative poetry, and consisting of a rhyming pair of lines in iambic pentameter. |
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| A poetic device which can be defined as metrical lines in which its middle words and its end words rhymes with each other. It is also called middle rhyme, since it comes in the middle of lines. |
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| Must have: the rhyme scheme of Petrarchan sonnet has first eight lines called octet that rhymes as abba -abba –cdc-dcd. The remaining six lines called sestet might have a range of rhyme schemes. |
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| Poems with a musical rhythm; their topics often explore romantic feelings or other strong emotions. You can usually identify a __________ poem by its musicality: if you can imagine singing it, it's probably ___________. |
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| A form of poetry that tells a story, often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the entire story is usually written in metered verse. |
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| A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Unlike a metaphor, a __________ draws resemblance with the help of the words “like” or “as”. |
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