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caricature
a depiction in which a characters characteristics or features are so deliberately exaggerated as to render them absurd
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chiasmus
a figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of two parallel clauses is reversed in the second
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colloquial
ordinary language, the vernacular
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conceit
a comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature,in particular an extended metaphor within a poem
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connotation
what is suggested by a word, apart from what it explicitly describes, often referred to as the implied meaning of a word
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consonance
the repetition of a sequence of two or more consonants, but with a change in intervening vowels
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couplet
two rhyming lines of iambic pentameter that together present a single idea or connection
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dactylic
a merical foot in poetry that consists of to stressed syllables followed by one unstressed syllable
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denotation
a direct and specific meaning often referred to as the dictionary meaning of a word
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dialect
the language and speech idiosyncrasies area, region, or group of people
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diction
the specfic word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose, or effect
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dramatic monologue
a monolouge that is set in a specfic situation and spoken to an imaginary audience. another term for this could be soliloquy
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elegy
a poetic lament upon the death of a particular person, usually ending in consolation
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enjambment
the countinuation of a sentence from one line or couplet of a poem to the next
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epic
a poem that celebrates, in a continuous narrative, the achivements of mighty heros and heriones , often concerned with the founding nation or developing culture; it uses elevated language and grand, high style
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exposition
the part of the structure that sets the scene,introduces and identifies characters , and establishes the situation at the beginning of the story or play
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extended metaphor
a detailed and complex metaphor that extends over a long section of a work, also known as a conceit
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