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| The narration of a piece of literature. |
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| A unifying or dominant idea. |
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| Using "like" to compare two unlike things. |
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| A common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable |
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| An elaborate and fanciful metaphor. |
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| A similarity between the features of two things; a comparison. |
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| A symbolic narrative with reference to spiritual and or biblical events or figures. |
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| Listeners, group of spectator, person reached to in books/stories. |
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| Monologue (talking by one person) that reveals aspects of themselves. |
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| Writing with a special meaning, figures of speech. |
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| Logic or assumptions that arrive at a conclusion. |
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| A comparison to suggest the resemblance using, "is, a" |
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| A humorous or satirical imitation. |
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| To give human like qualities to an object. |
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| A specified position or view. |
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| A particular kind, type or form. |
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| The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language. |
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| Dramatic composition dealing with a serious theme through a flawed character. |
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| A character defect that causes their downfall. |
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| Virtuous hero in a dramatic tragedy who's destined for downfall. |
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| The vocal mood, characteristic of speech |
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Repetition in the same letter in each word within a word group.
EX: Sally sells seashells. |
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| Universal thought or idea. |
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| The act and process of capitalizing. |
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| A pair of verses with the same length and rhyme. |
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| the accent, inflection, intonation, and speech-sound quality manifested by an individual speaker; enunciation. |
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| (n) two characters who contrast; opposite personality type that serves to emphasize another character |
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| The formation of mental images. |
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| Use of words to convey opposite meaning or literal meaning. |
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| The state or feeling in a general text or audience. |
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| Use of conventional grammatical marks. |
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| Reason for which something exists. |
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| The use of irony and sarcasm to make fun of foolishness. |
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| Speech where someone is talking to themselves. |
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| A 14 line poem with a formal rhyme scheme. |
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| Four quatrains with four lines, ending with a couplet. |
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| Octave (8 lines) followed by a sestet (6 lines) |
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The substitution of the name of an attribute.
EX: Business suit -> Business Executive. |
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| Biased or misleading nature to promote or publicize |
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| Main mass of communication. |
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