Literary Terms Vocabulary Words

ad hominem

alliteration

anaphora

anastrophe

antithesis

apostrophe

apposition

archaism

assonance

asyndeton

bathos

cacophony

chiasmus

colloquialism

dialectic

discourse

epigraph

epithet

eponym

eristic

euphemism

euphony

hyperbole

hypothesis

invective

irony

jargon

litotes

maxim

metaphor

metonymy

non sequitur

onomatopoeia

oxymoron

paradox

parallelism

parenthesis

parody

personification

pleonasm

rebuttal

repetition

simile

syllogism

synecdoche

tautology

thesis

trope

understatement

zeugma

alliteration

allusion

ambiguity

analogy

apostrophe

caricature

cliche

contradiction

flashback

foreshadowing

hyperbole

irony

juxtaposition

metaphor

oxymoron

paradox

parody

personification

pun

repetition

sarcasm

satire

simile

symbolism

understatement

allegory

alliteration

allusion

ambiguity

anachronism

analogy

anaphora

anticlimax

antithesis

aphorism

apostrophe

apposition

archaism

assonance

asyndeton

bathos

caricature

catharsis

chiasmus

circumlocution

cliche

consonance

contradiction

deus ex machina

double entendre

elision

ellipsis

encomium

epigraph

euphemism

flashback

foreshadowing

hyperbole

inversion

irony

juxtaposition

litotes

metaphor

metonymy

mimesis

neologism

non sequitur

onomatopoeia

oxymoron

paradox

parody

personification

pleonasm

pun

repetition

sarcasm

satire

simile

symbolism

synecdoche

trope

understatement

verisimilitude

zeugma

alliteration

allusion

anaphora

apostrophe

assonance

chiasmus

conceit

connotation

consonance

denotation

enjambment

envoy

hyperbole

invocation

irony

litotes

metaphor

metonymy

motif

onomatopoeia

oxymoron

paradox

parody

pastiche

pathetic fallacy

persona

personification

repetition

rhyme

simile

symbolism

synecdoche

tone

trope

zeugma

anapest

blank verse

canto

couplet

dactyl

enjambment

foot

free verse

hexameter

iamb

iambic

meter

octave

pentameter

quatrain

refrain

scan

scansion

sestet

spondee

stanza

stress

terza rima

tetrameter

trochee

ballad

chanson de geste

dirge

doggerel

eclogue

elegy

epic

epithalamium

free verse

haiku

hymn

idyll

lament

lay

limerick

lyric

madrigal

ode

panegyric

pastoral

prose poem

rondeau

sonnet

tanka

autobiography

ballad

biography

comedy

drama

dystopia

epic

essay

fable

fantasy

folklore

folktale

haiku

memoir

mystery

myth

novel

novella

ode

poetry

sonnet

thriller

tragedy

utopia

apocalyptic

autobiography

ballad

bildungsroman

biography

comedy

drama

dystopia

elegy

epic

epistolary

epitaph

essay

fable

fantasy

farce

folklore

folktale

gothic

haiku

homily

lyric

melodrama

memoir

mystery

myth

novel

novella

ode

parable

parody

pastoral

picaresque

poetry

romance

satire

sonnet

thriller

tragedy

utopia

adaptation

agitprop

antagonist

aside

catharsis

chorus

comedy

conflict

denouement

deus ex machina

dialogue

dramatic irony

dramaturgy

ensemble

entr’acte

farce

foil

genre

hamartia

hubris

melodrama

monologue

naturalistic

pantomime

peripeteia

plot

prologue

proscenium

protagonist

scene

setting

soliloquy

tableau

thespian

tragedy