story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.
What is allegory?
100
a recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation used throughout a work (or in several works by one author), unifying the work by tying the current situation to previous ones, or new ideas to the theme.
What is a motif?
100
the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds especially in words that are together.
What is assonance?
100
has only one or two personality traits. They are one
dimensional, like a piece of cardboard. They can be summed up in one phrase.
What is a flat character?
200
repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
What is alliteration?
200
a very short story told in prose or poetry that teaches a practical lesson about how to succeed in life.
What is a fable?
200
Device of repetition in which the same expression (single word or phrase) is repeated at the end of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences (it is the opposite of anaphora).
What is EPISTROPHE?
200
has more dimensions to their personalities---they are
complex, just a real people are.
What is a round character?
200
an elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different. Often an extended metaphor.
What is conceit?
300
reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture. An indirect reference to
something (usually from literature, etc.).
What is allusion?
300
a poem of mourning, usually about someone who has died. A Eulogy is great praise or commendation, a laudatory speech, often about someone who has died.
What is an elegy?
300
device of repetition in which the same expression (single word or phrase) is repeated both at the beginning and at the end of the line, clause, or sentence.
Voltaire: “Common sense is not so common.”
What is EPANALEPSIS?
300
is one who changes in some important way as a
result of the story’s action.
What is a dynamic character?
300
Balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure
What is antithesis?
400
deliberately suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting, meanings in a work. An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way this is done on purpose by the author, when it is not done on purpose, it is vagueness, and detracts from the work.
What is ambiguity?
400
brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life, or of a principle or accepted general truth.
What is aphorism?
400
Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer’s point more coherent.
What is anaphora?
400
is one who does not change much in the course of a
story.
What is a dynamic character?
500
Repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical
What is ANTIMETABOLE?
500
calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea. If the character is asking a god or goddess for inspiration it is called an invocation.
What is APOSTROPHE?
500
the repetition of words or phrases that have
similar grammatical structures.
What is parallelism?
500
A character who acts as contrast to another character. Often a funny side kick to
the dashing hero, or a villain contrasting the hero.
What is FOIL(s) (characters)?
500
a metaphor that has been used so often that the comparison is no longer vivid: “The head of the house”, “the seat of the government”, “a knotty problem” are all dead metaphors.