Glossary of literary terms meaning and definition

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Glossary of literary terms meaning and definition

absolute	absolute_meaning_and_definition.html
ad homiem argument	ad_homiem_argument_meaning_and_definition.html
adage	adage_meaning_and_definition.html
allegory	allegory_meaning_and_definition.html
alliteration	alliteration_meaning_and_definition.html
allusion	allusion_meaning_and_definition.html
analogy	analogy_meaning_and_definition.html
anaphora	anaphora_meaning_and_definition.html
anecdote	anecdote_meaning_and_definition.html
antecedent	antecedent_meaning_and_definition.html
antithesis	antithesis_meaning_and_definition.html
aphorism	aphorism_meaning_and_definition.html
apostrophe	apostrophe_meaning_and_definition.html
archetype	archetype_meaning_and_definition.html
argument	argument_meaning_and_definition.html
asyndeton	asyndeton_meaning_and_definition.html
balanced sentence	balanced_sentence_meaning_and_definition.html
bathos	bathos_meaning_and_definition.html
chiasmus	chiasmus_meaning_and_definition.html
cliché	cliche_meaning_and_definition.html
climax	climax_meaning_and_definition.html
colloquialism	colloquialism_meaning_and_definition.html
complex sentence	complex_sentence_meaning_and_definition.html
conceit	conceit_meaning_and_definition.html
concrete details	concrete_details_meaning_and_definition.html
connotation	connotation_meaning_and_definition.html
cumulative sentence	cumulative_sentence_meaning_and_definition.html
declarative sentence	declarative_sentence_meaning_and_definition.html
deductive reasoning	deductive_reasoning_meaning_and_definition.html
denotation	denotation_meaning_and_definition.html
dialect	dialect_meaning_and_definition.html
dialogue	dialogue_meaning_and_definition.html
diction	diction_meaning_and_definition.html
didactic	didactic_meaning_and_definition.html
dilemma	dilemma_meaning_and_definition.html
dissonance	dissonance_meaning_and_definition.html
elegy	elegy_meaning_and_definition.html
ellipsis	ellipsis_meaning_and_definition.html
epic	epic_meaning_and_definition.html
epigram	epigram_meaning_and_definition.html
epigraph	epigraph_meaning_and_definition.html
epiphany	epiphany_meaning_and_definition.html
epitaph	epitaph_meaning_and_definition.html
epithet	epithet_meaning_and_definition.html
eulogy	eulogy_meaning_and_definition.html
euphemism	euphemism_meaning_and_definition.html
exclamatory sentence	exclamatory_sentence_meaning_and_definition.html
expletive	expletive_meaning_and_definition.html
fable	fable_meaning_and_definition.html
fantasy	fantasy_meaning_and_definition.html
figurative language	figurative_language_meaning_and_definition.html
flashback	flashback_meaning_and_definition.html
flat character	flat_character_meaning_and_definition.html
foreshadowing	foreshadowing_meaning_and_definition.html
frame device	frame_device_meaning_and_definition.html
genre	genre_meaning_and_definition.html
homily	homily_meaning_and_definition.html
hubris	hubris_meaning_and_definition.html
hyperbole	hyperbole_meaning_and_definition.html
hypothetical question	hypothetical_question_meaning_and_definition.html
idiom	idiom_meaning_and_definition.html
imagery	imagery_meaning_and_definition.html
implication	implication_meaning_and_definition.html
inductive reasoning	inductive_reasoning_meaning_and_definition.html
inference	inference_meaning_and_definition.html
invective	invective_meaning_and_definition.html
irony	irony_meaning_and_definition.html
jargon	jargon_meaning_and_definition.html
juxtaposition	juxtaposition_meaning_and_definition.html
legend	legend_meaning_and_definition.html
limerick	limerick_meaning_and_definition.html
limited narrator	limited_narrator_meaning_and_definition.html
literary license	literary_license_meaning_and_definition.html
litotes	litotes_meaning_and_definition.html
malapropism	malapropism_meaning_and_definition.html
maxim	maxim_meaning_and_definition.html
metaphor	metaphor_meaning_and_definition.html
metonymy	metonymy_meaning_and_definition.html
mood	mood_meaning_and_definition.html
motif	motif_meaning_and_definition.html
motivation	motivation_meaning_and_definition.html
myth	myth_meaning_and_definition.html
narrative	narrative_meaning_and_definition.html
narrator	narrator_meaning_and_definition.html
non sequitur	non_sequitur_meaning_and_definition.html
omniscient narrator	omniscient_narrator_meaning_and_definition.html
onomatopoeia	onomatopoeia_meaning_and_definition.html
oxymoron	oxymoron_meaning_and_definition.html
parable	parable_meaning_and_definition.html
paradox	paradox_meaning_and_definition.html
parallelism	parallelism_meaning_and_definition.html
paraphrase	paraphrase_meaning_and_definition.html
parenthetical	parenthetical_meaning_and_definition.html
parody	parody_meaning_and_definition.html
pathos	pathos_meaning_and_definition.html
pedantic	pedantic_meaning_and_definition.html
personification	personification_meaning_and_definition.html
philippic	philippic_meaning_and_definition.html
plot	plot_meaning_and_definition.html
point of view	point_of_view_meaning_and_definition.html
polysyndeton	polysyndeton_meaning_and_definition.html
pun	pun_meaning_and_definition.html
resolutions	resolutions_meaning_and_definition.html
syllogism	syllogism_meaning_and_definition.html
symbol	symbol_meaning_and_definition.html
synecdoche	synecdoche_meaning_and_definition.html
synesthesia (or synaesthesia)	synesthesia_or_synaesthesia_meaning_and_definition.html
syntax	syntax_meaning_and_definition.html
tautology	tautology_meaning_and_definition.html
theme	theme_meaning_and_definition.html
thesis	thesis_meaning_and_definition.html
tone	tone_meaning_and_definition.html
topic	topic_meaning_and_definition.html
tragedy	tragedy_meaning_and_definition.html
trilogy	trilogy_meaning_and_definition.html
trite	trite_meaning_and_definition.html
turning point	turning_point_meaning_and_definition.html
understatement	understatement_meaning_and_definition.html
usage	usage_meaning_and_definition.html
vernacular	vernacular_meaning_and_definition.html