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allusion
a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication
antagonist
a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary.
complication
the act of complicating.

something that introduces, usually unexpectedly, some difficulty, problem, change, etc.: Because of the complications involved in traveling during the strike, we decided to postpone our trip.
dynamic character
in literature or drama, a character who undergoes a permanent change in outlook or character during the story; also called [ developing character ]
folklore
the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people.
folktale
a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, esp. one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
legend
a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
metaphor
comparison not using like or as
realism
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
dialogue
conversation between two or more persons.
drama
a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, esp. one intended to be acted on the stage; a play.
flashback
a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
simile
a comparison using like or as
thesis statement
an explanation of the topic or purpose of a research paper
monologue
a prolonged talk or discourse by a single speaker, esp. one dominating or monopolizing a conversation.
plot
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, esp. a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose
resolution
a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group
rising action
a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
round character
a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.
short story
a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words.
allegory
a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.
alliteration
the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter

ex. big bob
aside
on or to one side; to or at a short distance apart; away from some position or direction: to turn aside; to move the chair aside.
assonance
resemblance of sounds
rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words, as in penitent and reticence.
Authorial Intrusion
substantial length (not just a brief aside in a novel) and they are addressed to you (the reader).
Consonance
the use of the repetition of consonants or consonant patterns as a rhyming device.
conventional symbols
water=change
Denouement
the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel.
Dramatic Irony
irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
end rhyme
rhyme of the terminal syllables of lines of poetry.
hubris
excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
hyperbole
obvious and intentional exaggeration.
iamb
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
imagery
the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream.
Catharsis
the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music.
moral
of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
motif
a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., esp. in a literary, artistic, or musical work
novella
a tale or short story of the type contained in the Decameron of Boccaccio.
parody
a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy
soliloquy
an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present (often used as a device in drama to disclose a character's innermost thoughts): Hamlet's soliloquy begins with “To be or not to be.”
anecdote
a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical.
Bildungsroman
type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist.
archetype
the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
Thrust/Three Quarter Round Theater
to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
Marxist
an adherent of Karl Marx or his theories.
Feminist/Gender
the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
Structuralism/Formalism/New Criticism
any theory that embodies structural principles.
Historical/Biographical
having once existed or lived in the real world, as opposed to being part of legend or fiction or as distinguished from religious belief: to doubt that a historical Camelot ever existed; a theologian's study of the historical Jesus.
Psychoanalytic
a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
Mythic
pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
Epiphany
a Christian festival, observed on January 6, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles in the persons of the Magi; Twelfth-day.
Onomatopoeia
Boom!
Buzz!
Pow!
Paradox
a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Satiric Comedy
indulging in or given to satire
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
epic
noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style: Homer's Iliad is an epic poem.
limerick
a kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet.
haiku
a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
parallelism
agreement in direction, tendency, or character; the state or condition of being parallel.
quatrain
a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.
sestet
Prosody . the last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit.
sonnet
poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
villanelle
a short poem of fixed form, written in tercets, usually five in number, followed by a final quatrain, all being based on two rhymes.