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| A sentence is considered to be in the active voice if the SUBJECT is the DOER of the action. |
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| a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another. |
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| the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration), as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration), as in each to all. |
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| 1. | a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: an allusion to Shakespeare. |
| 3. | Obsolete. a metaphor; parable. |
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| A figure of speech making a reference to something that is analagous. |
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The anti-climax is anti-climactic. |
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| the direct opposite (usually fol. by of or to): Her behavior was the very antithesis of cowardly. |
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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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| 1. | pertaining to, resembling, or containing anecdotes: an anecdotal history of jazz. |
| 2. | (of the treatment of subject matter in representational art) pertaining to the relationship of figures or to the arrangement of elements in a scene so as to emphasize the story content of a subject. Compare narrative (def. 6). |
| 3. | based on personal observation, case study reports, or random investigations rather than systematic scientific evaluation: anecdotal evidence. |
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Old, archaic, caveman-esque. [image] |
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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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| The feeling and vibe of a literary work. |
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The viewers of something. |
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| When somebody write a book about themselves. |
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