Literary Terms

Narrative Elements Rhetorical Devices

• Exposition • Diction
• Rising action • Syntax/Sentence Structure
• Climax • Balance
• Falling action • Repetition
• Denouement • Parallelism
• Thematic Parallel
Literary Elements • Antithesis
• Plot • Rhetorical Question
• Characterization • Pathos
• Protagonist
• Antagonist Sound Devices
• Foil • Rhyme
• Tragic hero • Rhythm
• Anti–hero • Alliteration
• Setting • Assonance
• Theme • Consonance
• Tone • Onomatopoeia
• Mood • Rhyme Scheme
• Meter
Literary Devices • Slant Rhyme
• Imagery
• Metaphor Poetic Styles and Genres
• Simile • Couplet/Heroic Couplets
• Personification • Sonnet
• Apostrophe • Blank Verse
• Hyperbole • Sprung Rhythm
• Metonymy • Free Verse
• Synecdoche • Ode
• Allusion • Elegy
• Symbolism • Ballad
• Irony • Concrete Poetry
• Paradox
Prose Terms
• Point of view
• Narrative distance
• Narrative shift

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