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abstract
a summary of points (as of a writing) usually presented in skeletal form; something that summarizes or concentrates the essentials of a larger thing or several things
anticlimax
a letdown at the highest point of tension within a story
archaism
the use of writing that is today considered outdated or old fashioned
ballad
a poem with a musical quality
denotation
the literal meaning of a word
epic
a long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds
euphony
the combining of words to create a pleasing sound
foot
the basic unit of measurement of accentual-syllabic meter
foreshadowing
a narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted
gothic novel
a genre associated with the mystery and intrigue surrounding the supernatural and the unknown
hyperbole
deliberate exaggeration in order to create humor or emphasis
irony
contrast between what is stated and what is really meant
masculine rhyme
a monosyllabic rhyme or a rhyme that occurs only in stressed final syllables
nemesis
someone who has villainous qualities and/or does something that stymies the main character’s (protagonist) goals
paradox
a statement that seems to contradict itself but that turns out to have a rational meaning
personification
giving characteristics of life to inanimate object
pun
a figure of speech that plays with words that have multiple meanings, or that plays with words that sound similar but mean different things
simile
a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”
symbolism
a literary device in which a writer uses one thing–usually a physical object or phenomenon–to represent something more abstract
travesty
the treatment of a noble and dignified subject in an inappropriately trivial manner
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