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| a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, eachfoot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable |
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an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements,as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the tableround for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
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physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured,or otherwise made visible. [image]
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| the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: thedim imagery of a dream. [image] |
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a cliff hanger ending that is not determined
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| a way by which the author's character in the story is described through his actions. [image] |
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| refers to slang or colloquialism in communication. [image] |
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| written for pleasure and enjoyment, uses a less rigid style but has a proper organized plan. [image] |
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Literature. a form of stream-of-consciousness writing that represents the inner thoughts of acharacter. [image]
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psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character, the resolution ofwhich creates the plot's suspense: Hamlet's inaction is caused by internal conflict. [image]
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| a rhyme created by two or more words in the same line of verse. [image] |
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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 all weekend. [image] |
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| the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medicaljargon. [image] |
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| the body of stories of this kind, especially as they relate to a particular people, group, or clan: thewinning of the West in American legend. [image] |
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| an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. [image] |
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| Limite omniscient point of view |
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| when the author tells a story in third person, but tells it from the point of view of one character in the story. [image] |
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| language that is not precieved as metorphorical or ironic. [image] |
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| (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlikeoutpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry. [image] |
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