| Figurative Language |
| #1 |
The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. A statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea. |
Irony |
| #2 |
A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated; also, the rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things around it. |
Metonymy |
| #3 |
A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea, often stated in figurative language |
Conceit |
| #4 |
Breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing, some abstract quality, an inanimate object, or a nonexistent character. |
Apostrophe |
| #5 |
The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. |
Antithesis |
| Language |
| #1 |
Grating, inharmonious sounds |
Cacophony |
| #2 |
A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse, often (but not always) marked by punctuation |
Caesura |
| #3 |
A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language |
Adage |
| #4 |
Inflated, pretentious language used for trivial subjects |
Bombast |
| #5 |
A sentence containing a deliberate omission of words. In the sentence "May was hot and June the same," the verb "was" is omitted from the second clause |
Ellipsis/Elliptical Construction |
| Narrative |
| #1 |
An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form |
Archetype |
| #2 |
A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative |
Frame |
| #3 |
A person, scene, event, or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set |
Anachronism |
| #4 |
"In the middle of things"--a Latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events, but at some other critical point. |
in medias res |
| #5 |
A concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement |
Epigram |
