![]() allusion A figure of speech that makes a reference to or a representation of people, places, events, literary works, myths, or works of art, either directly or by implication. alliteration Repetition of the initial sounds of words, as in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers". ![]() allegory A type of writing in which the settings, characters, and events stand for other specific people, events, or ideas. aisling A poetic genre based on dreams and visions that developed during the 17th and 18th centuries in Irish-language poetry. ![]() Typically ending in -ly, adverbs answer the questions when, how, and how many times. adverb A descriptive word used to modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb. (Similar to aphorism and proverb.) adjective Any word or phrase which modifies a noun or pronoun, grammatically added to describe, identify, or quantify the related noun or pronoun. adage An adage expresses a well-known and simple truth in a few words. act An act is a major division of a theatre work, including a play, film, opera, or musical theatre, consisting of one or more scenes. Example: An Acrostic (1829) by Edgar Allan Poe. acrostic A poem or other form of writing in which the first letter, syllable, or word of each line, paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text spells out a word or a message. Nursery rhymes and the less well-known skipping-rope rhymes are the most common form of accentual verse in the English language. accentual verse Accentual verse is common in children's poetry. According to Herbert Tucker of the website "For Better For Verse", the accent is on the first and last syllable of the word, making its pronunciation: AborA. ![]() For example, there has been disagreement over the pronunciation of "Abora" in line 41 of "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. accent Any noun used to describe the stress put on a certain syllable while speaking a word. acatalexis An acatalectic line of verse is one having the metrically complete number of syllables in the final foot. Terms and concepts used in language, literature, and literary analysis LiteratureĪ abecedarius A special type of acrostic in which the first letter of every word, strophe or verse follows the order of the alphabet. ![]()
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