The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a line of poetry.

Ambiguity

When a character speaks to a character or object that is not present or is unable to respond.

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines in a poem.

An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing.

The repetition of the same vowel sound in a phrase or line of poetry.

Ex: Go slow over the road.

The protagonist's adversary.

Name for unrhymed iambic pentameter

The turning point in the plot or the high point of action.

A short story or joke told at the beginning of a speech to gain the audience's attention.

When the ending of the plot in poetry or prose is unfulfilling or lackluster.

Informal, conversational language.

Term that refers to a character or force that appears at the end of a story or play to help resolve conflict. The word means, "god from a machine."

Two lines of poetry

The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot.

Word choice or the use of words in speech or writing.

Epiphany

The alter ego of a character- the suppressed side of one's personality that is usually unaccepted by society.

Epistolary

The act of substituting a harsh, blunt, or offensive comment for a more politically accepted or positive one.

A succession of words which are pleasing to the ear.

A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters, animals that speak and act like humans

Term that refers to an unstressed extra syllable at the end of a line of iambic pentameter

Speech or writing that departs from the literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning.

When a character remembers a past event that is relevant to the current action of the story.

A literary character whose personality can be defined by one or two traits and does not change over the course of the story.

A character that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another.

The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally.

The metrical length of a line of poetry

Iamb

Has two syllables. The first is stressed and the second is unstressed.

Has three syllables beginning with a stressed syllable; the other two are unstressed.

Has three syllables. The first two are unstressed with the third stressed.

Clues in the text about incidents that will occur later in the plot. This creates anticipation in a novel.

Type of verse that contains a variety of line lengths, is unrhymed, and lacks a traditional meter.

a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by distinctive style, form, or content.

A genre of fiction characterized by mystery and supernatural horror, often set in a dark castle or other medieval setting.

A woman noted for courage and daring action or the female protagonist.

Used in Greek tragedies, refers to excessive pride that usually leads to a hero’s downfall

A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or comic/dramatic effect.

Language that avoids meaning of the words. For example, if two characters are discussing a storm on the surface it may seem like a simple discussion of the weather, however, the reader should interpret the underlying meaning-that the relationship is in turmoil, chaos, is unpredictable.

The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas.

A story that begins in the middle of things.

In poetry is an intentional digression from ordinary word order which is used to maintain regular meters. For example, rather than saying “the rain came” a poem may say “came the rain”. Meters can be formed by the insertion or absence of a pause.

When one thing should occur, is apparent, or in logical sequence but the opposite actually occurs. Example: A man in the ocean might say, “Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.”

Stressed extra syllable at the end of a line.

An account of the personal experiences of an author.

The measured arrangement of words in poetry, as by accentual rhythm, syllabic quantity, or the number of syllables in a line.

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison; this comparison does not use like or as.

The use of a word or phrase to stand in for something else which it is often associated.

A dominant theme or central idea

Someone who tells a story.

A short novel usually under 100 pages.

Language opposite from emotive language as it is literal or even objective in nature.

Imperfect rhyme scheme.

A lyric poem of some length, usually of a serious or meditative nature and having an elevated style and formal stanzaic structure.

Onomatopoeia

Paradox

Parody

Personification

Poetic justice

A literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel.

Prologue

Protagonist

Ordinary speech or writing without metrical structure, written in paragraph form. EX:/ Novels and short stories

Pun

The repetition of sounds in words

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.