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Zuegma (Syllepsis)
When a single word governs or modifies two or more other words, and the meaning of the first word must change for each of the other words it governs or modifies.
Parenthetical Idea
Parentheses are used to set off an idea from the rest of the sentence.
Parody
An exaggerated imitation of a serious work for humorous purposes.
Persona
The fictional mask or narrator that tells a story. Do not confuse with alter-ego.
Poetic device
A device used in poetry to manipulate the sound of words, sentences or lines.
Alliteration
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words.
Assonance
The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds.
Consonance
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the end of words or within words.
Onomatopoeia
The use of a word which imitates or suggests the sound that the thing makes.
Internal rhyme
When a line of poetry contains a rhyme within a single line.
Slant rhyme
When a poet creates a rhyme, but the two words do not rhyme exactly – they are merely similar.
End rhyme
When the last word of two different lines of poetry rhyme.
Verbal Irony
When you say something and mean the opposite/something different.
Sarcasm
A generally bitter comment that is ironically or satirically worded.
Dramatic Irony
When the audience of a drama, play, movie, etc.
Mood
The atmosphere created by the literature and accomplished through word choice (diction).
Motif
a recurring idea in a piece of literature.
Oxymoron
When apparently contradictory terms are grouped together and suggest a paradox – “wise fool,” “eloquent silence,” “jumbo shrimp.”
Pacing
The speed or tempo of an author’s writing.
Paradox
A seemingly contradictory situation which is actually true.
Parallelism
Sentence construction which places equal grammatical constructions near each other, or repeats identical grammatical patterns.
Anaphora
Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences or clauses in a row.
Chiasmus
When the same words are used twice in succession, but the second time, the order of the words is reversed.
Antithesis
Two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses, or even ideas, with parallel structure.
Metonymy
Replacing an actual word or idea, with a related word or concept.
Synecdoche
A kind of metonymy when a whole is represented by naming one of its parts, or vice versa.
Simile:
Using words such as “like” or “as” to make a direct comparison between two very different things.
Synesthesia
A description involving a “crossing of the senses.”
Personification:
Giving human-like qualities to something that is not human.
Foreshadowing
When an author gives hints about what will occur later in a story.
Genre
The major category into which a literary work fits.
Gothic
Writing characterized by gloom, mystery, fear and/or death.
Imagery
Word or words that create a picture in the reader's mind.
Invective
A long, emotionally violent, attack using strong, abusive language.
Irony
When the opposite of what you expect to happen does.
Juxtaposition
Placing things side by side for the purposes of comparison.
Vernacular
Language or dialect of a particular country or group.
Didactic
Fiction, nonfiction, or poetry that teaches a specific lesson or moral.
Adage
A folk saying with a lesson.
Allegory
A story where characters, things, and events represent qualities or concepts.
Aphorism
A terse statement expressing a general truth or moral principle.
Ellipsis
The deliberate omission of a word or phrase from prose for effect.
Euphemism
A more agreeable substitute for unpleasant words or concepts.
Figurative Language
Writing not meant to be taken literally.
Analogy
A comparison of one pair of variables to a parallel set of variables.
Hyperbole
Exaggeration.
Idiom
A common expression that doesn't make sense if taken literally.
Metaphor
Making an implied comparison.
Active Voice
The subject of the sentence performs the action.
Allusion
An indirect reference to something with which the reader is supposed to be familiar.
Alter-ego
A character used by the author to speak the author's own thoughts.
Anecdote
A brief recounting of a relevant episode.
Antecedent
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Classicism
Art or literature characterized by a realistic view of people and the world.
Comic Relief
When a humorous scene is inserted into a serious story to lighten the mood.
Diction
Word choice, particularly as an element of style.
Colloquial
Ordinary or familiar type of conversation.
Connotation
The associations suggested by a word, rather than the literal meaning.
Denotation
The literal, explicit meaning of a word.
Jargon
The diction used by a group which practices a similar profession or activity.
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