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| Any form of nonsense or nonsense poem, from Lewis Carrol's "Jabberwocky" |
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| A tale of woe, sustained complaint, or rant |
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| A recurrent theme throughout a work or many works of an author. Ex. Bovaryism --> Flaubert |
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| Understatement in which negative assertion is used for emphasis. Ex. "Not bad" for "good" |
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| Use of local details, language, and environment of a region to add interest and authenticity to a story. |
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| The habit of using long words incorrectly. |
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| A figure of speech using understatement for emphasis, often ironically used in the attainment of simplicity |
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Figure of speech where name stands for thing.
Ex. Stage --> theater
Crown --> monarchy
Bench --> judiciary |
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| Representation of thing as distinct from the thing itself |
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Breaking away from the rules of literature since the late 19th c.
Ex. T.S. Elliot and Ezra Pound
- wanted to do something never done before |
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