Allegory
noun
A story or poem that represents abstract ideas through concrete characters and e...
Archetype
noun
A universal character type, symbol, or story pattern found across cultures....
Allusion
noun
A reference to another work, person, event, or idea....
Ambiguity
noun
The quality of being unclear or having multiple interpretations....
Paradox
noun
A statement that seems contradictory but may be true when examined closely....
Juxtaposition
noun
The placement of two contrasting ideas or things side by side for effect....
Oxymoron
noun
A figure of speech that combines contradictory words....
Satire
noun
A technique that mocks or criticizes something through humor, irony, or exaggera...
Parody
noun
A humorous imitation of a serious work or style....
Elegy
noun
A poem or song expressing grief or lamentation, usually for a person who has die...
Sonnet
noun
A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme and meter....
Ballad
noun
A narrative poem or song that tells a story, often with a regular rhyme and mete...
Free Verse
noun
Poetry without regular rhyme scheme or meter....
Enjambment
noun
The continuation of a sentence or phrase beyond the end of a line or stanza in p...
Caesura
noun
A pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation....
Anaphora
noun
The repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses or lines....
Chiasmus
noun
A reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases....
Rhetorical Device
noun
A technique used to persuade or communicate effectively....
Ethos
noun
An appeal to credibility or character used in persuasive writing....
Pathos
noun
An appeal to emotion used in persuasive writing....
Logos
noun
An appeal to reason or logic used in persuasive writing....
Soliloquy
noun
A speech where a character expresses inner thoughts while alone, often in a play...
Dramatic Irony
noun
A situation where the audience knows something a character does not....
Unreliable Narrator
noun
A narrator whose account of events is not trustworthy or accurate....
Stream Of Consciousness
noun
A writing technique that mimics the natural flow of thoughts and feelings....