a flaw in character that brings about the downfall of the hero of a tragedy

the main idea or underlying meaning

a part is made to represent the whole

something that represents something else

a narrative mode or method that attempts "to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind" of a narrator

thoughts spoken out loud without addressing another

the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid using like or as

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices

extended, emotional piece of literature

a poem for someone who died

lines that are repeated throughout poetry

who is telling the story

giving human qualities to non human things

dealing with shepherds or rural life in a usually artificial manner and typically drawing a contrast between the innocence and serenity of the simple life and the misery and corruption of city and especially court life

an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter.

a statement that may seem contradictory but can be true

a short fictitious story that is presented to teach a religious principle, simple truth or moral lesson

a figure of speech that puts together opposite elements

a system that authors use to explore differences between groups of individuals, such as cultural, class or gender differences.

sound in writing

any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story

the use of a linked term to stand in for an object or concept

a comparison directly relating one thing to another unrelated thing

a situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality

the syntactic reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence

beginning an epic or other narrative by plunging into a crucial situation that is part of a related chain of events

extreme exaggeration

a defiant or arrogant attitude toward the gods

open form of poetry

The basic unit of measurement of accentual-syllabic meter

a sound device consisting of several words that are pleasing to the ear

a word or expression used in lieu of a harsher alternative

a short text honoring a deceased person

lengthy narrative poem

incomplete syntax at the end of a line

poem of serious reflection, usually a lament for the dead.

any speech of some duration addressed by a character to a second person

an audience's awareness of the situation in which a work's characters exist differs substantially from that of the characters'

lack of harmony or agreement between things

the linguistic choices a writer makes to effectively convey an idea, a point of view, or tell a story

literal definition of a word

the repetition of identical or similar consonants in neighboring words whose vowel sounds are different

the use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning

a cross between a metaphor or a simile

the use of informal words or phrases in writing or speech

cleansing

the fall in pitch of the intonation of the voice, and its modulated inflection with the rise and fall of its sound.

Harsh or discordant sounds

a poem that tells a story

a resemblance in the sounds of words/syllables either between their vowels or between their consonants

a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience

speech or address to a person who is not present or to a personified object

a brief saying or phrase that expresses an opinion or makes a statement of wisdom without the flowery language of a proverb

a protagonist of a drama or narrative who is notably lacking in heroic qualities

a sudden discourse transition from an important or significant idea to one considered trivial or ludicrous

the attribution of human characteristics, emotions, and behaviors to animals or other non-human things

a phrase, clause, or word that is later referred back to by an earlier word, noun, or phrase

a short story about a real person or event, usually serving to make the listeners laugh or ponder over a topic

literary technique in which two unrelated objects are compared for their shared qualities

when an author, deliberately or accidentally, puts historical events, fashions, technology, etc., in the wrong place.

a figure of speech that references a person, place, thing, or event

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables

simple story that represents a larger point about society or human nature, whose different characters may represent real-life figures