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Denouement-
The final unfolding of a plot.
Digressio-
Rhetorical term for narrative embellishment by departure from the main subject which is inserted for emphasis, to attract attention and to create suspense.
Apostrophe-
Speech addressed to a person, thing or idea, often exclamatory.
Euphemism-
Concealing unpleasant, embarrassing or frightening facts or words behind words or phrases which are less blunt, rude or terrifying.
Free Indirect Speech/Discourse-
A technique for narrating the thoughts or speech of a character through blending third- with first-person narrative.
Grammatical Gender-
Forms or groups of nouns sharing common characteristics in certain languages, e.g. Latin, may be said to be masculine, feminine or neuter irrespective of the gender of the objects or ideas they signify.
Irony-
Saying one thing but meaning something else.
Traductio-
A single word, phrase or idea that enters a text in a metaphorical sense and later occurs in a literal sense.
Prolepsis-
Anticipation of future events in the narrative
Diction-
The distinctive tone or tenor of an author’s writings OR the selection of certain words or phrases that become peculiar to a writer.
Circumlocution-
Words which move round about their subject rather than announcing it directly.
Periphrasis-
The use of excessive language and surplus words to convey a meaning that could otherwise be conveyed with fewer words and in more direct a manner.
Fabliau-
Comic tale in a verse, characterise by bawdiness.
Syntax-
The arrangement of words in appropriate grammatical form and order.
Satire-
Writing that exposes wickedness or folly by holding them up to ridicule.
Aphorism-
A generally accepted principle or truth expressed in short concise manner.
Archetype-
Recurrent interests, situations, plots and personalities which occur all in literature.
Bathos-
Ludicrous descent from the elevated to the ordinary and dull.
Effictio-
Rhetorical term for set-piece description of the hero or heroine in a narrative, usually complimentary.