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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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| An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor. |
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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; an adversary |
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an event, conclusion, statement, etc., that is far less important, powerful, or striking than expected. |
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| the direct opposite (usually followed by of or to ): Her behavior was the very antithesis of cowardly. |
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| the sign ('), as used: to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced, as in o'er for over, or pronounced, as in gov't for government. |
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10. Argumentative Essay
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| Argumentative essays are most often used to address controversial issues. |
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11. Anecdotal Evidence
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| The expression anecdotal evidence has two distinct meanings.. |
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12. Archaic Language
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| Language belonging to an earlier time and generally no longer used. |
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| A remark by a character in a play intended to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters. |
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| In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables. |
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| The mood set by the surrounding action. |
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| The assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, etc. |
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17. Autobiography
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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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19. Stanza Ballad
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| A 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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