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| Background information presented in a literary work |
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| A simple, symbolic story, usually employing animals as characters. |
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| the body of devices that enables a writer to operate on levels other than the literal one |
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| A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts, events, episodes |
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| A metrical unit in poetry; a syllabic measure of a line. (ie.: iamb, trochee, anapest, dactyl, and spondee) |
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| Hints of future events in a literary work |
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| The shape or structure of a literary work |
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| Poetry without a defined form, meter, or rhyme scheme |
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| A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one |
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| A type of lyric poem which extols the virtues of an ideal place or time |
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| A verbal approximation of sensory impression, concept, or emotion |
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| Writing that reflects a personal image of a character, event, or concept |
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| An unexpected twist or contrast between what happens and what was intended or expected to happen. |
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| A type of poetry characterized by emotion, personal feelings, and brevity; a large and inclusive category of poetry that exhibits, rhyme, meter, and reflective thought |
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| A type of literature that explores narratives by and about characters who inhabit and experience their reality differently from what the term the objective world |
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| A direct comparison between dissimilar things |
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| Refers to the work of poets like John Donne who explore highly complex, philosophical ideas through extended metaphors and paradox |
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| A pattern of beats in poetry |
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| A figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea |
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| A speech given by one character |
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| The repetition or variations of an image or idea in a work which is used to develop theme or characters |
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| A poem that tells a story |
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| The speaker of a literary work |
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| An eight-line stanza, usually combined with a sestet in a Petrarchan sonnet |
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| A formal, lengthy poem that celebrates a particular subject |
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| Words that sound like the sound they represent |
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| An image of contradictory terms |
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| A story that operates on more than one level and usually teaches a moral lesson |
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| A set of seemingly contradictory elements which nevertheless reflects an underlying truth |
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| A secondary story line that mimics and reinforces the main plot |
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| A comic imitation of a work that ridicules the original |
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| The aspects of a literary work that elicit pity from the audience |
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| The assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts |
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| A sequence of events in a literary work |
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