19/02/2023
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.
The repeating of consonant sounds. The repetition can be put side by side (for example, "sleepy sun sank slowly over the sea").
A figure of speech which refers indirectly to a situation, and leaves the reader (or audience) to make the connection.
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.
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.
A short and humorous (funny) story about a real event or person.
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.
A word that has the opposite meaning of another word (for example, up and down)
The good example, pattern, blueprint, or model of a type or group. All other things of the same kind are made from this.
The conversation or discourse in which the writer logically presents an argument. It sometimes has the same meaning as persuasion.
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.
A form of nonfiction. In an autobiography, a person tells his or her own life story. For example, Benjamin Franklin w
