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#Allegory
A story or picture with two or more different meanings – a literal meaning and one or more symbolic meanings. The setting, characters, and things that happen inside an allegory are symbols for ideas or qualities.
#Alliteration
The repeating of consonant sounds. The repetition can be put side by side (for example, "sleepy sun sank slowly over the sea").
#Allusion
A figure of speech which refers indirectly to a situation, and leaves the reader (or audience) to make the connection.
#Analogy
New words, ideas, or pronunciations become like the pattern of older or more familiar ones. Comparing two different things. The purpose of an analogy is to describe something unfamiliar or new with something that is more familiar.
#Antagonist
The character who the main character has the most conflict with. The antagonist is not always a person or animal, however: for example, the main character could have the most conflict against nature.
#Anecdote
A short and humorous (funny) story about a real event or person.
#Antihero
A protagonist who does not have many heroic qualities. For example, Tom Jones in Henry Fielding's book Tom Jones is an antihero. Sometimes antagonists who are surprisingly likable are called antiheroes, too.
#Antonym
A word that has the opposite meaning of another word (for example, up and down)
#Archetype
The good example, pattern, blueprint, or model of a type or group. All other things of the same kind are made from this.
#Argumentation
The conversation or discourse in which the writer logically presents an argument. It sometimes has the same meaning as persuasion.
#Aside
In a play, an aside is a speech that the actor says in a way that the other characters are supposed not to hear it. It usually shows the person's inner thoughts. Similar to the function of the ancient Greek chorus.
#Autobiography
A form of nonfiction. In an autobiography, a person tells his or her own life story. For example, Benjamin Franklin wrote his own famous autobiography.
#Audience
A group of people that experience a work of art or literature.
#Ballad
A song or poem that tells a story in short stanzas and repeated simple words.
#Bard
A poet hired by a patron such as a ruler or nobleman to write or sing about the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own works.
#Biography
A form of nonfiction in which a writer tells the life story of a different person.
#Blank_verse
Poetry that does not rhyme. Most of Shakespeare's plays are in blank verse. Milton's Paradise Lost is also written in blank verse.
#Carpe_diem
Latin expression which means "seize the day". Literary works with a carpe diem theme are about seizing the moment because life is uncertain. "Do it now" is the sense of the phrase.
#Character
A person or an animal who is part of the action of a literary work. The main character is the one the work focuses on. The person with whom the main character has the most conflict is the antagonist. They are the enemy of the main character, who is usually called a protagonist.
#Characterization
Characterization is the manner in which an author develops characters and their personalities. Characters can be presented by description. They can also be presented through their speech, thoughts, or actions.
Top Classicism
A way of thinking in literature and other arts which especially focuses on the importance of reason, balance, clearness and neat, orderly form, like the arts of Greece and Rome.
#Conflict
A struggle between two forces against each other. It can be internal or external. When a conflict happens inside a character, it is called internal conflict. For example, in Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre, Jane is asking herself whether she should live with Mr. Rochester, whom she loves, or if she should go away. An external conflict is usually a conflict that is easy to see, happening between the protagonist and antagonist. Conflict is one of the most important elements of narrative literature.
#Contradiction
Two statements that do not seem to agree with one another. "I heard a soundless shout" is a contradiction.
#Crisis or climax
The moment or event in the plot where it is or he/she is in stress. Here, the main character usually "wins" or "loses". After the climax, there is a denouement (falling action).
#Denotation
The real, direct meaning of a word, like a "dictionary definition". For example, the word "dog" denotes a mammal from the family Canidae with four legs that is often kept as a pet.
#Dialectic
Looking at and thinking about opinions or ideas logically, often by questions and answers.
#Digression
Using material that is not related to the subject of the work. Henry Fielding often used digression in his novels.
#Drama
A story written to be performed by actors. The person who writes the play writes dialogue for the characters to speak and directions for costumes, lighting, setting, and the character's movements.#Dramatic_monologue
A poem or speech in which an imaginary character speaks to a silent listener.
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