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| an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances | ||
| a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story | ||
| extravagant exaggeration | ||
| using words that imitate the sound they denote | ||
| representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature | ||
| repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses | ||
| a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') | ||
| a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity | ||
| the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author | ||
| Essays (and frequently other literary works) written to persuade or set forth an argument, to explain or inform, to express feelings or convey emotions, or to entertain. Determining an author's intent or rhetorical purpose is essential to determining the meaning and/or the effect of an essay. | ||
| using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in 'he ran and jumped and laughed for joy') | ||
| give an indication beforehand; be a sign of (what is coming); portend; prefigure |
