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| a repeated part of a poem, particularly when it comes either at the end of a stanza or between two stanzas |
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| of a sound, syllable, word, phrase, line, stanza, or metrical pattern is a basic unifying device in all poetry. |
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| the part in a story or plot in which the conflict and/or problems are being resolved |
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Rhetoric Question
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| A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. |
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| correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, esp. when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry. |
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| the pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem or song. |
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| a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound. |
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| a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest |
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| a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author. |
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| the use of irony to mock or convey contempt. |
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| the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. |
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the last six lines of a sonnet.
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| the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. |
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| a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid |
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a type of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people.
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| an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, esp. by a character in a play. |
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| a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. |
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a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
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stream of consciousness
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a person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow.
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Statistical Evidence
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| a set or collection of numbers that prove a theory or story to be true. |
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| a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop. |
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| a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing |
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stock / stereotyped character
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| A character that is based on a common literary or social stereotype. |
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story within a story
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| a literary device in which one character within a narrative himself narrates. |
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the literary element that describes the ways that the author uses words — the author's word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement all work together to establish mood, images, and meaning in the text. |
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stylistic technique
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| The use of any of a variety of techniques to give an auxiliary meaning, idea, or feeling to the literal or written. |
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| based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions. |
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| a radical change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a novel, film, television series, comic, video game, or other work of narrative. |
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| a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen. |
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| a thing that represents or stands for something else, esp. a material object representing something abstract. |
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| the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. |
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