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| A saying that sets forth a general truth and that has gained credit through long use. See Synonyms at saying. See Usage Note at redundancy. |
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| The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables, as in "on scrolls of silver snowy sentences" (Hart Crane). Modern alliteration is predominantly consonantal; certain literary traditions, such as Old English verse, also alliterate using vowel sounds. |
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| 1. The act of alluding; indirect reference: Without naming names, the candidate criticized the national leaders by allusion. 2. An instance of indirect reference: an allusion to classical mythology in a poem |
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| 1. A collection of literary pieces, such as poems, short stories, or plays. 2. A miscellany, assortment, or catalog, as of complaints, comments, or ideas anthological adj. |
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| n. 1. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero. 2. A literary or dramatic composition that resembles an extended narrative poem celebrating heroic feats. 3. A series of events considered appropriate to an epic: the epic of the Old West. adj. 1. Of, constituting, having to do with, or suggestive of a literary epic: an epic poem. 2. Surpassing the usual or ordinary, particularly in scope or size |
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| A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton. |
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| 1. Having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama 2. Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental; histrionic 3. Characterized by false pathos and sentiment. melodramatically adv. |
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| 1. to attribute human characteristics to (a thing or abstraction) 2. to represent (an abstract quality) in human or animal form 3. (Art Terms) (of a person or thing) to represent (an abstract quality), as in art or literature 4. to be the embodiment of personifiable adj personifier n |
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A fictitious name, especially a pen name.
pseudonymity n.
pseudonymous adj.
pseudonymously adv. |
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To write or publish in serial form.
serialization n. |
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