Literary terms

157586330	alliteration	use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
157586331	allusion	a reference to another work of literature, person, or event
157586332	onomatopoeia	the use of words that imitate the sounds they make (i.e. buzz, sizzle, hiss, gurgle)
157586333	chiasmus	a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.")
157586334	hyperbole	Exaggeration
157586335	antagonist	the character who works against the protagonist in the story
157586336	personification	the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
157586337	anaphora	The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
157586338	caesura	a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line
157586339	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds
157586340	oxymoron	a figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms
157586341	consonance	repetition of consonant sounds
157586342	paradox	(logic) a self-contradiction
157586343	(metronym) metonymy	when a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by something associated with the concept. Ex: you can't fight city hall
157586344	antithesis	the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
157586345	scansion	the analysis of verse in terms of meter
157586346	trochee	stressed, unstressed
157586347	soliloquy	monologue where speaker is alone
157586348	sonnet	14 line poem
157586349	syntax	sentence structure
157586350	meter	patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables
157586351	polysyndeton	using a number of conjunctions close together
157586352	epiphany	Aha! moment
157586353	simile	like or as statement
157586354	lyric	short poem expressing intense emotion
157586355	Imagery	language that appeals to the senses
157586356	parable	a short moral story (often with animal characters)
157586357	colloquial	characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
157586358	dactylic	unstressed, unstressed, stressed pattern
157586359	tone	mood
157586360	rising action	events leading up to the climax
157586361	apostrophe	address to an absent or imaginary person
157586362	In Media res	in the middle of things
157586363	Iambic	unstressed, stressed
157586364	motif	recurrent device, used to symbolize something
157586365	ellipsis	omission of words to express complete thought (...)
157586366	theme	main idea
157586367	synthesia	describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")
157586368	euphonious	pleasing in sound
157586369	Falling action	denouement metaphor
157586370	Denotation	the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
157586371	connotation	implied meaning of a text
157586372	foreshadowing	the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
157586373	blank verse	unrhymed iambic pentameter
157586374	conceit	Extended Metaphor
157586375	exposition	introduces characters, situations at story's start, introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation
157586376	litotes	a form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity
157586377	synecdoche	using a part of something to represent the whole thing
157586378	pathos	a style that has the power to evoke feelings
157586379	cacophonous	consonants (unpleasant noises)
157586381	end stop	and odd line corresponds with natural speech pause
157586382	free verse	poetic line is its basic rhythmic unit so it's no different than a line of prose