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- . A very typical example of a certain person or thing.
- An original that has been imitated
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| A particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group. |
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| a literary character who remains basically unchanged throughout a work |
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| a word that names or signifies something specific |
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a poetic form in which a single character, addressing a silent auditor at a critical moment, reveals himself or herself and the dramatic situation. |
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| any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality |
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an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.” |
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| the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning |
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a written evaluation of a work of literature |
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a fictional prose narrative that is longer and more complex than a short story; a short novel. |
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a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.” |
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a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
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| agreement in direction, tendency, or character; the state or condition of being parallel |
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| the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art |
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the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse. |
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a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. |
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