Red
A grotesque or grossly inferior imitation
What is Travesty
A work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner
What is Parody
In poetry, refers to the stressed portion of a word.
What is Accent
Standard or clichéd character types: the drunk, the miser, the foolish girl, etc.
What is Stock Characters
A brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone
What is Epitaph
The word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers.
What is Antecedent
A word that is used to stand for something else that it has attributes of or is associated with
What is Metonym
Speech or writing that sounds grand or important but has little meaning
What is Bombast
A major division of a long poem
What is Canto
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
What is Allusion
A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
What is Dirge
Of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way)
What is Lyric
The repetition of vowel sounds
What is Assonance
The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
What is Personification
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
What is Couplet
A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
What is Aphorism
A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
What is Satire
Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
What is Free Verse
A device in literature where an object represents an idea.
What is Symbolism
The repetition of one or more phrases or lines at definite intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza
What is Refrain
Latter two syllables of first word rhyme with latter two syllables of second word (ceiling appealing)
What is Feminine Rhyme
A narrative technique that records a character's internal flow of thoughts, memories, and ideas; a longish passage of uninterrupted thought
What is Interior Monologue
When a single speaker in literature says something to a silent audience.
What is Dramatic monologue
A figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms
What is Oxymoron
Informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing
What is Colloquialism