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- abstract
- Having an intellectual and affective artistic content that depends solely on intrinsic form rather than on narrative content or pictorial representation
- allegory
- The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form; a symbolic representation; a short moral story
- antecedent
- The word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to
- allusion
- An instance of indirect reference
- ambiguity
- Doubtfulness or uncertainty as regards interpretation
- analogy
- Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
- anecdote
- A short account of an interesting or humorous incident.
- archetype
- An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned; a prototype
- cliche
- A trite or overused expression or idea
- concrete
- Of or relating to an actual, specific thing or instance; particular
- connotation
- An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing
- denotation
- The most specific or direct meaning of a word, in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings
- diction
- Choice and use of words in speech or writing; degree of clarity and distinctness of pronunciation in speech or singing; enunciation
- dialectic
- The art or practice of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments; the contradiction between two conflicting forces viewed as the determining factor in their continuing interaction
- didactic
- Intended to instruct; morally instructive
- essay
- A short literary composition on a single subject, usually presenting the personal view of the author; the part of a play that provides the background information needed to understand the characters and the action.
- euphemism
- The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive
- expository
- A statement or rhetorical discourse intended to give information about or an explanation of difficult material; the part of a play that provides the background information needed to understand the characters and the action
- figurative
- Based on or making use of figures of speech; metaphorical
- genre
- A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content
- hyperbole
- A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect
- idiom
- A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements
- imagery
- The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas
- inference
- The act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true
- irony
- The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning