Definitions
Motif
A recurring image, word, idea, object, etc. used throughout a work, unifying the work by tying situations together or trying the new ideas to the theme.
Comparison between two things to show that they are alike
The following is an example of...
"Boom!"
Onomatopoeia
Jim Burden, Antonia Shimerda, Lena Lengard
My Antonia
Plot of Hamlet
He is the Prince of Denmark, his uncle killed his father, he goes crazy and seeks revenge.
Refrain
A word, phrase or line that is repeated
An address to a dead person, or inanimate object in poetry
Apostrophe
The following is an example of...
"The flowers waved hello"
Personification
Claudius, Gertrude, Horatio
Hamlet
Poem with no rhyme in Iambic pentameter
Blank Verse
Anecdote
A story about a real person or situation
An understatement where the positive is emphasized by the negation of a negative form
Litotes
The following is an example of...
The sun is a beautiful thing
The sun is warm
The sun is continually there
Refrain
Is a work of literary merit
All of the Books we've read
A story type that ends with all of the main issues being resolved, has humorous elements
Comedy
Asyndenton
Commas used without conjunction to separate a series of words, thus emphasizing the parts equally.
Pause in a line of verse, indicated by natural speech patterns rather than due to specific metrical patterns
Caesura
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Fable
Regan, Goneril, Cornwall
Themes or Motifs from Wuthering Heights
Duality, repetition, nature, names.
Good versus Evil, Chaos and Order, Selfishness, Betrayal, Obsession
Epithet
An adjective or adjective phrase applied to a person or thing that is frequently used to emphasize a characteristic quality.
The juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas
Antithesis
Chocolate cake is my Achilles Heel
Allusion
Dora, David, Betsey
David Copperfield
Who is Ying Ying's daughter in Joy Luck Club and what are each of their stories
Lena St. Clair, mother is the Moon Lady, daughter is the girl who asks too many questions--she has to translate for her parents, she lives next to the Italian family that yells.