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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 FORMATION OF MENTAL IMAGES, FIGURES,OR LIKENESSES OF THINGS, OR OF SUCH IMAGES COLLECTIVE: ( THE DIM IMAGERY OF A DREAM). |
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MEANINGS WHICH THOUGH UNEXPRESSED IN THE LITERAL TEXT MAYBE UNDERSTOOD BY THE READER, IMPLIED (OPPOSITE OF EXPLICIT) |
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A JUDGEMENT BASED ON REASONING RATHER THAN A DIRECT OR EXPLICIT STATEMENT. (READING BETWEEN THE LINES). |
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IT IS NONFICTION, PRIMARILY WRITTEN TO CONVEY FACTUAL INFORMATION |
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| THE USE OF WORDS TO CONVEY A MEANING THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF ITS LITERAL MEANING:(THE IRONY OF HER REPLY, "HOW NICE!" WHEN I SAID I HAD TO WORK" |
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AN UNVERIFIED STORY HANDED DOWN FROM EARLIER TIMES, ESPECIALLY ONE POPULARLY BELIEVED TO BE HISTORICAL. |
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| A KIND OF HUMOROUS VERSE OF FIVE LINES, IN WHICH THE FIRST, SECOND AND FIFTH LINES RHYME WITH EACH OTHER, AND THE THIRD AND FOURTH LINES, WHICH ARE SHORTER, FORM A RHYMED COUPLET. |
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| TOOLS USED BY THE AUTHOR TO ENLIVEN AND PROVIDE VOICE TO THE WRITING (DIALOGUE, ALLITERATION, ETC..). |
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THE ESSENTIAL TECHNIQUES USED IN LITERATURE ( CHARACTERIZATION, SETTING, PLOT, THEME, ETC..). |
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A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH A WORD OR PHRASE THAT ORDINARILY DESIGNATES ONE THING IS USED TO DISIGNATE ANOTHER, THUS MAKING AN IMPLICIT COMPARISON,AS IN "A SEA OF TROUBLES" OR " ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE" (SHAKESPEARE). |
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| POETIC MEASURE; ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS IN REGULARLY MEASURED, PATTERNED, OR RHYTHMIC LINES OR VERSES. |
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| A DISTINCTIVE EMOTIONAL QUALITY OR CHARACTER. THE MOOD OF THE MUSIC WAS ALMOST FUNEREAL. |
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| TEXT WHICH CONVEYS A STORY OR WHICH RELATES EVENTS OR DIALOGUE (CONTRAST WITH EXPOSITORY TEXT). |
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HAVING TOTAL KNOWLEDGE; KNOWING EVERYTHING: AN OMNISCIENT DEITY; THE OMNISCIENT NARRATOR. |
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| THE FORMATION OF A WORD, AS CUCKOO OR BOOM, BY IMITATION OF A SOUND MADE BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH ITS REFERENT. |
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| A RESTATEMENT OF A TEXT OR PASSAGE GIVING THE MEANING IN ANOTHER FORM, AS FOR CLEARNESS; REWORDING |
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| A PERSON OR THING TYPIFYING A CERTAIN QUALITY OR IDEA; AN EMBODIMENT: "HE'S INVISIBLE, A WALKING PERSONIFICATION OF THE NEGATIVE" (RALPH ELLISON) |
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| THE STUCTURE OF THE STORY. THE SEQUENCE IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ARRANGES THE VENTS IN A STORY. ( THE STRUCTURE USUALLY INCLUDES; THE RISING ACTION, THE CLIMAX, THE FALLING ACTION, AND THE RESOLUTION). |
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| THE WAY IN WHICH THE AUTHOR REVEALS THAT CHARACTERS, EVENTS AND IDEAS IN TELLING A STORY; THE VANTAGE POINT FROM WHICH THE STORY IS TOLD (FIRST-PERSON, SECOND-PERSON, ETC...). |
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