Found in a story
Coming of Age story
Bildungsroman
an error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece.
think dogs in gladiator
anachronism
a saying, image, or idea which has been used too much
cliche
a poem that doesn't follow any certain meter
blank verse
"The human heart is like a pump"
analogy
notable figure who is conspicuously lacking in heroic qualities. think Hannibal lector
anti-hero
refers to a grammatical structure that inverts a previous phrase. flip the words around in the sentence
chiasmus
a break or pause in the middle of a line of verse
national anthem
caesura
large, hard, and red describing an apple
adjective
repetition of a word or expression
"We will rise" from Amanda Gorman's 2021 inauguration speech
anaphora
superhero, villian, sidekick
character types
any stanza of five lines written in any type of verse
a lot of Edgar Allen Poe poems
cinquain
skipping one or more conjunction
asyndeton
words that modify meaning
think how, when, where, why
adverb
Inversion of the usual syntactical order of words for rhetorical effect
jfk speech
anastrophe
a universally recognized, recurring symbol, character type, or theme
archtype
the use of informal words or phrases in writing or speech
colloquialism
metrical foot in poetry consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.
anapest
repetition of usually initial consonant sounds
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
alliteration
figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses someone who isn't present and cant respond
apostrophe
one that opposes another
antagonist
interpretation of what is not human or personal in terms of human characteristics
anthropomorphism
combination of words with loud, harsh sounds
think of the song "labour"
cacophony
something that is implied
"he has the Midas touch" is an ___ to king Midas
allusion
remark or passage in a play, novel, or other work spoken by a character that is heard by the audience but not by other characters present in the scene.
breaking the fourth wall
aside