The act of assigning letters in the alphabet to demonstrate the rhyming lines in a poem.

The events of a dramatic or narrative plot preceding the climax.

An incident which creates tremendous growth signifying a transition from adolescence to adulthood

A character who is developed over the course of the book.

Solution to the conflict in literature

A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit; the goal is to change the behavior/issue.

A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as.

A kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech, made up typically of short-lived coinages and figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard terms for added raciness, humor, irreverence, or other effect.

A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener. Typical in plays.

A poem with fourteen lines. The Italian version subdivides into two quatrains and two tercets; while the English version subdivides into three quatrains and one couplet.

The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.

Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.

A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances.

Reflects how the author feels about the subject matter or the feeling the author wants to instill in the reader.