Pronography

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Allegory

A figure of speech in which abstract ideas are represented through characters, events, or narratives, often used to convey moral or political messages.

Alliteration

The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a sequence of words or syllables, often used for poetic effect.

Analogy

A comparison between two different things that highlights similarities, often used to explain a concept or idea in relatable terms.

Anecdote

A short, amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person, often used to illustrate a point or engage an audience.

Apostrophe

A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing, often used to express emotion or to emphasize a point.

Archetype

A typical example or model of a concept, character, or theme frequently used in literature and storytelling.

Aside

a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.

Assonance

in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence, reticence ).

Bildungsroman

a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education.

Ballad

a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next.

Carpe diem

used to urge someone to make the most of the present time and give little thought to the future.

Chorus

(in ancient Greek tragedy) a group of performers who comment on the main action, typically speaking and moving together.

Concrete poem

a type of poetry where the visual arrangement of words and letters on the page forms an image that reflects the poem's subject, combining visual art with literary expression

Connotation

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Consonance

the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity (chiefly as used in prosody).

Denotation

the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.

Climax

an orgasm.

Diction

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

Dramatic Irony

a literary device where the audience or reader knows something that a character in the story does not

Enjambment

(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.

Ethos

establishing credibility through expertise, character, or shared values, persuading an audience to trust the speaker or their message

Denouement

the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.

Euphemism

a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

Exposition

the introductory part that provides essential background information for the reader, revealing the setting, characters, and basic circumstances before the main plot unfolds

Farce

a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.

Foil

prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding.

Framed Tale

a literary device where a main story (the "frame") sets up and contains one or more smaller stories within it, like a picture frame holding a painting

Hubris

excessive pride or self-confidence.

Hyperbole

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Idiom

a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).

Imagery

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

In medias res

into the middle of a narrative; without preamble.

Irony (verbal)

a figure of speech where you say the opposite of what you actually mean

Irony (situational)

when the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what's expected, creating a surprising or absurd twist