A rhetorical figure that juxtaposes two opposite or apparently contradictory words to represent an emphatic and dramatic paradox.

• Oxymoron
• Juxtaposition

• Polysyndeton

• Synecdoche

• Verisimilitude

A sudden revelatory experience, or spiritual manifestation, of a character in a story.

• Epiphany
• Antagonist
• Caesura
• Denotation
• Form

A literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, images, or characters are placed side by side in order to provide a comparison or contrast.

• Juxtaposition
• Oxymoron

• Polysyndeton

• Synecdoche

• Verisimilitude

The appearance or semblance of truth; believability.

• Verisimilitude
• Juxtaposition

• Oxymoron

• Polysyndeton

• Synecdoche

Either the general type, genre, or the unique structure of a literary work.

• Form
• Antagonist
• Caesura
• Denotation
• Epiphany

A pause in a line of poetry indicated by natural speaking rhythm.

• Caesura
• Antagonist
• Denotation
• Epiphany
• Form

The use of a number of conjunctions in close succession.

• Polysyndeton
• Juxtaposition

• Oxymoron

• Synecdoche

• Verisimilitude

The character pitted against the protagonist in a literary work.

• Antagonist
• Caesura
• Denotation
• Epiphany
• Form

A word’s literal meaning, independent of any emotional associations evoked by the word.

• Denotation
• Antagonist
• Caesura
• Epiphany
• Form

A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole, or the whole for a part.

• Synechdoche
• Juxtaposition

• Oxymoron

• Polysyndeton

• Verisimilitude