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A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose.

A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language

A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited

The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death

A concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement

Inflated, pretentious language used for trivial subjects

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.

"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.

Similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is.

A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value

A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic, metaphorical, or possibly an ethical meaning

A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative

The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases.

A kind of poetry without rhymed lines, rhythm, or fixed metrical feet

An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form

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

Poetry written in iambic pentameter, the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton

A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea, often stated in figurative language

Grating, inharmonious sounds

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.

Breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing, some abstract quality, an inanimate object, or a nonexistent character.

A person, scene, event, or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set

A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse, often (but not always) marked by punctuation

A unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line.

A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity

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Description	Match:
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
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
A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea, often stated in figurative language	Conceit
Breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing, some abstract quality, an inanimate object, or a nonexistent character.	Apostrophe
The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases.	Antithesis
A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited	Ballad
Poetry written in iambic pentameter, the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton	Blank Verse
A unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line.	Foot
A kind of poetry without rhymed lines, rhythm, or fixed metrical feet	Free Verse
A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value	Elegy
Grating, inharmonious sounds	Cacophony
A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse, often (but not always) marked by punctuation	Caesura
A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language	Adage
Inflated, pretentious language used for trivial subjects	Bombast
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
An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form	Archetype
A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative	Frame
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
"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
A concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement	Epigram
The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death	Hubris
A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic, metaphorical, or possibly an ethical meaning	Allegory
Similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is.	Verisimilitude
A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose.	Farce
A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity	Humanism