| A | B |
|---|
| ANECDOTE | SHORT SUMMARY OF A FUNNY EVENT |
| ARCHETYPE | A REPEATING PATTERN OR FORM IN LITERATURE |
| BALLAD | A SONG ABOUT SOMEONE FROM THE PAST |
| CLICHE | AN OVERUSED WORD OR PHRASE |
| DIALOGUE | CONVERSATION BETWEEN 2 OR MORE CHARACTERS |
| SYMBOL | SOMETHING SEEN THAT STANDS FOR SOMETHING UNSEEN |
| FICTION | STORIES ABOUT IMAGINARY PEOPLE, PLACES, AND EVENTS |
| FREE VERSE | POETRY WITHOUT A REGULAR PATTERN OF RHYTHM OR RHYME |
| LYRIC POETRY | SHORT POETRY, USUALLY ABOUT AN EMOTION, AND ONLY HAS ONE SPEAKER |
| OXYMORON | "sweet sorrow" "cold fire" |
| tone | the author's attitude toward the subject of the work |
| facetious | Mom was angered by his __ attitude. |
| irony | contrast between what is stated and what is meant |
| simile | making comparisons between two subjects using like or as |
| metaphor | one thing is spoken of as if it were something else |
| personification | a non-human subject is given human traits |
| alliteration | repetition of first sound (Peter Piper picked) - repeated at least two times |
| METAPHOR | SHE IS THE APPLE OF MY EYE. |
| ALLITERATION | LOVELY LILTING LINES OF LIKE LETTERS |
| alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration |
| PERSONIFICATION | THE SEA CALLED TO ODYESSEUS. |
| consonance | repetition of consonant sounds inside words or at the ends of words |
| ONOMATOPOEIA | BUZZ |
| SIMILE | "The warrior fought like a lion." |
| mood | feeling created (in the reader) by a work |
| SENTIMENTAL | EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL |
| Hyperbole | exaggeration |
| in medias res | in the middle of things |
| melancholy | sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom |
| epic | a long narrative poem about the adventures of an almost superhuman character |
| external conflict | when a character battles an outside force |
| ASSONANCE | HOW NOW BROWN COW |
| pun | Soldiers in plays like to Shakespeares. |
| pun | A former doctor, while auditioning for a play, broke his leg. But luckily, he could still make the cast. |
| THEY HAVE EARS BUT HEAR NOT. | PARADOX |
| PARALLELISM | REPETITION OF GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE |
| PROSE | OPPOSITE OF POETRY; WRITING IN SENTENCES |
| IMAGERY | WORD THAT PAINT A PICTURE AND RECREATE SENSORY EXPERIENCE |
| PARADOX | LOVE IS GENTLE AND ROUGH. |
| OXYMORON | SERIOUS VANITY; COLD FIRE |
| PORTENTOUS | FOREBODING; FORESHADOWING |
| ballad | "Lord Randal" |
| ballad | a poem about someone from the past; often set to music |
