What Is...
Story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or abstract ideas or qualities.
What is Allegory
A Poem consisting of four lines or four lines of poetry that work as a unit.
What is Quatrain.
What is Protagonist.
Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence. Fancy word for INVERSION.
"Do or do not. There is no try."
What is Anastrophe.
Another word for Personification.
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What is Anthropomorphism.
Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
What is alliteration.
In general, a story in which an idealized hero or heroine undertakes a quest and is successful.
What is Romance.
The struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story.
What is Conflict.
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Adjective or adjective phrase applied to a person or thing that is frequently used to emphasize a characteristic quality.
"Swift-footed Achilles" OR "Rosy-fingered dawn"
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What is Epithet.
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Extreme exaggeration.
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What is Hyperbole
Brief story, told to illustrate or serve as an example of something, often shows character of an individual.
What is Anecdote.
A type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions to bring attention or change. Makes fun.
What is Satire.
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
What is Free Verse.
Long narrative poem, written in heightened language recounting the heroic deeds of a character.
The Odyssey
What is Epic.
A form of contrast writers use to call attention to dissimilar ideas or images or metaphors.
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Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike.
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What is Analogy.
An outrageously exaggerated, humorous story that is obviously unbelievable.
What is Tall Tale.
What is Periodic Sentence.
Words used without conjunction for emphasis.
X, Y, Z.
dogs, cats, birds.
What is Asyndeton.
The use of words whose sound echos their sense.
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What is Onomatopoeia
Balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure.
What is Antithesis.
An element, subject, or concept that is constantly present through the entire body of literature.
What is Motif.
A person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something more than itself.
What is Symbol.
In poetry, a type of rhetorical balance in which the second part is balanced against the first with parts reversed.
"Flowers are lovely, love is flowerlike."
What is Chiasmus.
A long speech made by a character in a play while no other characters are on stage.
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What is Soliloquy.