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One of the two “voices” of verbs. When the verb of a sentence is in the active voice, the subject is doing the acting, as in the sentence “Kevin hit the ball.” Kevin (the subject of the sentence) acts in relation to the ball. |
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| A story, play, poem, picture or other work in which the characters and events represent particular qualities or ideas, related to morality, religion or politics. |
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Alliteration "Around the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran." |
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| The use of the same consonant or vowel at the beginning of each word or stressed syllable in a phrase, often used in tongue twisters. |
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| A passing reference to or obscure mention of someone or some event. |
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| A comparison made to show similarity, especially used to clarify something unfamiliar by comparing it with something familiar. |
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| The principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero of a narrative or drama. |
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| A decline viewed in disappointing contrast with a previous rise |
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Words arranged to stress a contrast. |
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A digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea, as “O Death, where is thy sting?” |
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Non-scientific observations or studies, which do not provide proof but may assist research efforts |
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Words and phrases that were used regularly in a language, but are now less common are archaic. Such words and phrases are often used deliberately to refer to earlier times. For instance, the pronoun 'thou', which is very rarely used nowadays is an archaism, which is sometimes used to suggest biblical language or a dialect. |
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| A temporary departure from a main theme or topic, esp. a parenthetical comment or remark; short digression. |
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Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds in words, as in: "that dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea" (William Butler Yeats). |
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| The dominant mood or emotional tone of a work of art, as of a play or novel: the chilly atmosphere of a ghost story. |
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| The group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert: The audience was respectful of the speaker's opinion. |
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| A history of a person's life written or told by that person. |
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| A simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing. |
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| A particular tendency or inclination, esp. one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice. |
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| A written account of another person's life. |
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| Unrhymed verse, esp. the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse. |
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