Part 1

Abstract (style): A writing style that is complex and discusses intangible qualities like good and evil, often without specific examples.

Academic (style): A dry, theoretical writing style, often used in scholarly contexts.

Accent: The emphasis or stress placed on a syllable in a word, or on a word in a sentence.

Aesthetic, Aesthetics: The principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty in art, literature, and design.

Allegory: A narrative in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities, often conveying a moral lesson.

Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words (e.g., "She sells sea shells").

Allusion: A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work that the author expects the reader to recognize.

Anachronism: An error in chronology, where something is placed in the wrong time period (e.g., a smartphone in a medieval setting).

Analogy: A comparison between two things to highlight a point of similarity, often used to explain something unfamiliar.

Anecdote: A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person, used to illustrate a point.

Antecedent: The noun or noun phrase that a pronoun refers to in a sentence.

Anthropomorphism: Attributing human characteristics to animals, gods, or inanimate objects.

Anticlimax: A disappointing end or outcome, often less significant than expected.

Antihero: A central character who lacks traditional heroic qualities and virtues.

Aphorism: A concise statement that expresses a general truth or principle (e.g., "Actions speak louder than words").

Apostrophe: A figure of speech in which the speaker directly addresses someone absent, dead, or a personified object or idea.

Archaism: The use of an outdated word or phrase, often used to evoke a sense of the past.

Aside: A remark or passage in a play intended to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters.

Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words (e.g., "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain").

Atmosphere: The overall feeling or mood in a work of literature, often created by the setting and language.

Ballad: A narrative poem that tells a story, often in a musical or rhythmic way.

Black Humor: Humor that treats serious, often morbid, subjects in a light or satirical manner.

Bombast: Pompous or overly rhetorical language that is more about sound than meaning.

Burlesque: A work that ridicules a subject by exaggerating it in a humorous way, often through imitation.

Cacophony: Harsh, discordant sounds used in writing, often to convey disorder or discomfort.

Cadence: The rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words, often used in poetry and prose.

Canto: A major division in a long poem, equivalent to a chapter in a novel.

Caricature: A description or portrayal that exaggerates or distorts a character’s features or traits for comic or satirical effect.

Catharsis: The emotional release or purging that an audience experiences during and after a tragedy.

Chorus: A group of performers in Greek drama who comment on the main action, often reflecting the audience's thoughts.

Colloquialism: Informal language or slang used in everyday speech, often region-specific.

Conceit: An extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem.

Connotation: The associations, emotions, or secondary meanings that a word suggests, beyond its literal definition.

Consonance: The repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words that do not rhyme (e.g., "blank" and "think").

Couplet: Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and typically have the same meter.

Decorum: The appropriate and proper behavior or style according to the setting, subject, or character.

Denotation: The literal, dictionary definition of a word, without its connotations.

Diction: The choice and use of words and phrases in writing or speech.

Dirge: A mournful song, piece of music, or poem, typically performed at a funeral.

Dissonance: The use of harsh, inharmonious sounds in writing, often to create tension or discomfort.

Doggerel: Crude, simplistic, and often humorous verse, often with an irregular rhythm.

Dramatic Irony: When the audience knows something that the characters do not, creating tension or humor.