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One of the two “voices” of verbs (see also passive voice). 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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| an allegory is a narrative where similarities between the narrative are used symbolically to suggest something else; a journey could be used allegorically to suggest a person's journey through life, etc |
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| The use of words beginning with the same letter to achieve a poetical effect. |
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| The act of alluding; indirect reference: Without naming names, the candidate criticized the national leaders by allusion. |
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| a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump |
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| a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary. |
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| . A sudden descent in speaking or writing from the impressive or significant to the ludicrous or inconsequential, or an instance of it |
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| opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction. |
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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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| pertaining to, resembling, or containing anecdotes: an anecdotal history of jazz. |
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| forming the earliest stage; prior to full development: the archaic period of psychoanalytic research. |
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| on or to one side; to or at a short distance apart; away from some position or direction: to turn aside; to move the chair aside. |
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| a surrounding or pervading mood, environment, or influence: an atmosphere of impending war; a very tense atmosphere |
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| person or persons receiving a speech or piece of writing |
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| any light, simple song, esp. one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody. |
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| a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation |
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an account of the series of events making up a 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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