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Allusion is a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art. Casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event.
An allusion may be drawn from history, geography, literature, or religion.

Example:
Stephen Vincent Benet's story "By the Waters of Babylon" contains a direct reference to Psalm 137 in the Bible 

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Literature Schools, Styles, and Forms

Literature Schools, Styles, and Forms

elegy

mournful or melancholy poem

epic

long poem or story describing heroic deeds

farce

light comedy

myth

legendary story, person, etc.

novel

long fictional narrative

parody

comic imitation of a literary or musical work

Literary & Grammar Terms

Literary & Grammar Terms

genre

class or category of artistic work

hubris

excessive pride

hyperbole

obvious exaggeration

imagery

mental images collectively

irony

the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning

juxtaposition

placing expressions or ideas close together, for comparison or contrast

metaphor

word or phrase applied to an object or concept in order to suggest comparison

meter

the rhythmic element in music and poetry

monologue

talk by a single speaker

motif

recurring subject or theme

narrative

story or account of events

onomatopoeia

the formation of a word by the imitation of a sound

pathos

the quality or power of arousing pity

personification

attributing a human character or quality to an animal, idea, or thing

plot

the main story of a novel, play, etc. 

 

 

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Types of Point of View

Point of View

An automobile accident occurs. Two drivers are involved. Witnesses include four sidewalk spectators, a policeman, a man with a video camera who happened to be shooting the scene, and the pilot of a helicopter that was flying overhead. Here we have nine different points of view and, most likely, nine different descriptions of the accident.

In short fiction, who tells the story and how it is told are critical issues for an author to decide. The tone and feel of the story, and even its meaning, can change radically depending on who is telling the story.

Remember, someone is always between the reader and the action of the story. That someone is telling the story from his or her own point of view. This angle of vision, the point of view from which the people, events, and details of a story are viewed, is important to consider when reading a story.

What is the point of view in "A Jury of Her Peers?" Is it fixed or does it change? Does it stay the same distance from the events of the story, or does it zoom in and zoom out, like a camera lens? Who is telling the story?

Funy Status Quotes

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

- Mark Twain

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
- Oscar Wilde

Life is too important to be taken seriously.
- Oscar Wilde

The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
- Bette Midler

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Literary & Grammar Terms

Literature Schools, Styles, and Forms

elegy

mournful or melancholy poem

epic

long poem or story describing heroic deeds

farce

light comedy

myth

legendary story, person, etc.

novel

long fictional narrative

parody

comic imitation of a literary or musical work

prose

ordinary language as distinguished from verse

rhyme

agreement in the end sounds of lines or words

satire

the use of irony or ridicule in exposing vice, folly, etc.

sonnet

poem of 14 lines

tragedy

  serious drama with an unhappy ending 

 

 

 

Literary & Grammar Terms

Linguistics and Writing Systems

acronym

word formed from successive initials or groups of letters, as NATO

analogy

comparison between like features of two things that are otherwise dissimilar

antonym

word of opposite meaning

colloquial

appropriate to casual rather than formal speech or writing

dialect

pronunciation or words peculiar to an area

dictionary

resource that lists the words of a language with their meanings

idiom

expression peculiar to a language

jargon

vocabulary meaningful only to a particular profession or group

semantics

the study of meaning in language

synonym

word meaning the same as another

syntax

the arrangement of words into sentences and phrases

theme

short essay; subject of discussion or art

vernacular

language used locally or in everyday speech 

 

 

 

 

Literary Characters and Practitioners

antagonist

adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work

archetype

original pattern or model

character

person in a novel, play, etc.

hero

the main typically male character in a story, play, etc.

heroine

main female character in a story, play, etc.

muse

the inspiration motivating a poet, artist, etc.

protagonist

the main character

pseudonym

fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name

Ode

Ode (from the Ancient Greek ὠδή) is a type of lyrical verse. A classic ode is structured in three major parts: the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode. Different forms such as the homostrophic ode and the irregular ode also exist. It is an elaborately structured poem praising or glorifying an event or individual, describing nature intellectually rather than emotionally.

Contrary to a few scholars, the Greek odes did not lose their musical quality; they were originally symphonic orchestras accompanied by a poem sung. As time passed on, they gradually became known as simple poems whether sung or recited (with or without music). Most likely the instrument of choice was the aulos. The written ode, as it was practiced by the Romans, returned to the lyrical form of the Lesbian lyricists. This was exemplified, exquisitely, by Horace and Catullus; the odes of Horace deliberately imitated the Greek lyricists such as Alcaeus and Anacreon, and the poetry of Catullus was particularly inspired by Sappho.