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| A work in which concrete elements such as characters, objects, or incidents represent abstract qualities. This form of writing is often used to teach religious principles or ethical behavior or to espouse political agendas. |
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| Repetition at close intervals of consonant sounds in phrases or lines of poetry. |
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| An indirect reference to literature, a historical event, a famous person or character, or a work of art. |
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| In tragedy, the point at which a character reaches recognition, discovery, or self-awareness; the change from ignorance to knowledge |
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| Comparison of things otherwise thought to be dissimilar; point by point comparison |
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| An opposing force or character; that element which opposes or clashes with the main character or protagonist |
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| A literary work, usually a play, that ends happily and that often includes humor and laughter |
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| The opposition between protagonist and antagonist in a play or narrative; the opposition between the protagonist and another force, either within him or himself or without |
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| Suggestive, implied, or emotional meaning of a word or phrase |
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| The dictionary, literal, or exact meaning of a word |
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| Speech or speech patterns of a particular region, occupational or social group, or culture |
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| In literature, a sudden manifestation or revelation of meaning |
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| The beginning or opening of a play or a story; the introduction of characters, conflicts, and other information important to the reader |
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| First person point of view |
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| A break in the chronological presentation of a story to return to the past or to an earlier episode |
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| A character who is not fully developed; the character is often one dimensional |
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| A mental or visual impression that employs an appeal to one of the five senses |
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| Contradiction; discrepancy or contrast between what is implied and what is real. |
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| Figure of speech that uses an implied comparison between two distinctly different things |
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| Literally all-knowing point of view whereby the author can recall the thoughts and actions of all characters and can be in several places at one time |
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| Figurative language giving an inanimate object, animal, or abstraction human characteristics |
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| The perspective from which a story is narrated |
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| The main or central character in fiction or drama |
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| A literary work that ridicules some aspect of society or some human folly or vice |
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| The time, place, and physical and cultural environment of a story, play or poem |
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| The person who speaks in a poem |
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| The use of symbols in a literary work |
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| Major idea, moral precept, or abstract principle underlying a work |
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| Narration of a story in the third person strictly limited to the thoughts and perceptions of a single character |
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| Third person limited point of view |
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| The teller of a story whose narration is biased or limited |
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