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| Mood or manner of expression in a literary work which conveys an attitude toward the works subject. |
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| A statement that one thing is something else, which, in a literal sense, it is not. Creates a close association between the two entities and underscores some important similarity between them. |
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| A comparison of two things, indicated by some connective, usually like, as, or than, or a verb such as resembles. A simile usually compares two things that initially seem unlike but are shown to have a significant resemblance. |
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| a manner of speaking that implies a discrepancy |
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| an indirect reference to any person, place, or thing- fictitious, historical, or actual |
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| a word or series of words that refers to any sensory experience; its a direct or literal recreation physical experience and adds immediacy to literary language |
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| a figure of speech in which a thing, an animal, or an abstract tern is made human |
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| exaggeration used to emphasize a point |
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| an ironic figure of speech that deliberately describes something in a way that is less than the case |
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| a statement that at first strikes one as self contradictory, but that on reflection reveals some deeper sense. |
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| words that sound like what they mean "buzz" |
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| repetition of initial consonant sounds "mini mouse" |
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| repetition of vowel sounds "murmuring of innumerable bees" |
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| repetition of consonant sounds "blank think strong string" |
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| A narrative in verse or prose in which the literal events (person, places, things) consistently point to a parallel sequence of symbolic ideas. |
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| A recurring symbol, character, landscape, or event found in myth and literature across different cultures and eras. |
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| a song that tells a story |
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| The most common and well-known meter of unrhymed poetry in English. Contains 5 iambic feet per line and is never rhymed. |
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| A poem written as a speech made by a character at some decisive moment. |
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| an expression or comparison that relies not on its literal meaning, but rather on its connotation and suggestions. |
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| A short poem expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker. Often written in the first person, lyric poetry traditionally has a songlike immediacy and emotional force. |
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| A recurrent, regular, rhythmic pattern in verse. Stresses recur at fixed intervals. |
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| traditional narrative of anonymous authorship that arises out of a cultures oral tradition. |
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| 14 lines, popular for love poetry |
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| basic organizational principle, a reoccurring pattern of 2 or more lines of verse |
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| person, place, or thing that suggests meanings beyond its literal sense. |
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| comparison of one thing to another |
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| character in opposition to the protagonist |
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| changing point, time of greatest intensity |
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