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| The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb. |
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A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one
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| The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words |
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| An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly an indirect or passing reference. |
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A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification. |
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| A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something |
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| A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events. |
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| A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else |
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| A punctuation mark (') used to indicate either possession |
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| are most often used to address controversial issues |
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| The expression anecdotal evidence has two distinct meanings |
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| Language belonging to an earlier time and generally no longer used |
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| To one side; out of the way: "he pushed his plate aside"; "they stood aside to let a car pass". |
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| the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables |
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| The tone or moood of a story |
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| The assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play |
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| An account of a person's life written by that person |
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| A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. |
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| stanza consisting of four lines with the first and third lines unrhymed iambic tetrameters and the second and fourth lines rhymed iambic trimeters |
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| Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. |
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| An account of someone's life written by someone else |
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| Verse without rhyme, esp. that which uses iambic pentameter |
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