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A comedy extended metaphor
Aboriginal comic relief external conflict
active compare and
voice contrast comparison F
allegory conflict fable
alliteration connotation falling action
allusion consonance* fantasy
analogy contrast farce
antagonist couplet figurative language
anti-climax First Nation
antithesis D First Peoples
apostrophe denotation first person point of view
argumentative essay dénouement flashback
anecdotal evidence descriptive essay flat character
archaic language dialect foil
aside dialogue foreshadowing
assonance diary form
atmosphere diction formal essay
audience didactic formal language
autobiography dilemma frame story
direct presentation free verse
B dissonance
ballad drama G
ballad stanza dramatic irony genre
bias dramatic monologue graphic text
biography dramatic form
blank verse dynamic character H
hero
C E historical reference
cacophony editorial hyperbole
caricature elegy
case study emotional appeal I
catastrophe epic iambic pentameter
cause and effect epilogue idiom
character epiphany image
characterization epigram imagery
character foil epitaph indeterminate ending
chorus euphemism indirect presentation
chronological order euphony informal essay
cliché expert testimony informal language
climactic order exposition interior monologue
climax expository essay internal conflict
colloquialism internal rhyme
colloquial language Inuit
irony

* consonance is defined in two ways:

1) the repetition of consonant sounds before and after differing vowels, such as “flip-flop,” “feel-fill.”

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2) the repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of words only, as in “east-west,” or “hid-bed.”
Literary Terms: A Dictionary 3rd ed. (Karl Beckson, Arthur Ganz, 1989)

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J passive voice setting
jargon pastoral simile
juxtaposition pathos slang
personal essay soliloquy
L personification sonnet
legend persuasive essay speaker
limited persuasive technique stanza
omniscient plot stream of consciousness
point of view point of view statistical evidence
literal pro and con static character
language lyric argument prologue stereotype
propaganda stock / stereotyped
M protagonist character story within a
melodrama proverb story
metaphor purpose style
Métis pun stylistic technique
metre subjective (language tone etc.)
monologue Q surprise ending
mood quatrain suspense
mystery question and answer symbol
myth symbolism
R
N refrain T
narrative repetition text
narration research theme
narrator resolution thesis
rhetorical question thesis statement
O rhyme third person point of view
objective (language tone etc.) rhyme scheme tone
objective point of view rhythm tragedy
octave rising action
ode round character U
omniscient point of understatement
view onomatopoeia S
oxymoron sarcasm V
satire voice
P sestet
paradox W
parallelism wit
parody

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