Literary Terms List

·                       Allegory

·                       Alliteration

·                       Allusion

·                       Anagram

·                       Analogy

·                       Anastrophe

·                       Anthropomorphism

·                       Antithesis

·                       Aphorism

·                       Archetype

·                       Assonance

·                       Bildungsroman

·                       Cacophony

·                       Caesura

·                       Characterization

·                       Chiasmus

·                       Circumlocution

·                       Conflict

·                       Connotation

·                       Consonance

·                       Denotation

·                       Deus ex Machina

·                       Diction

·                       Doppelganger

·                       Epilogue

·                       Epithet

·                       Euphemism

·                       Euphony

·                       Flashback

·                       Foil

·                       Foreshadowing

·                       Hubris

·                       Hyperbole

·                       Imagery

·                       Internal Rhyme

·                       Inversion

·                       Irony

·                       Juxtaposition

·                       Kennings

·                       Malapropism

·                       Metaphor

·                       Metonymy

·                       Mood

·                       Motif

·                       Nemesis

·                       Onomatopoeia

·                       Oxymoron

·                       Paradox

·                       Pathetic Fallacy

·                       Personification

·                       Plot

·                       Point of View

·                       Prologue

·                       Puns

·                       Rhyme Scheme

·                       Rhythm & Rhyme

·                       Satire

·                       Setting

·                       Simile

·                       Spoonerism

·                       Stanza

·                       Stream of consciousness

·                       Suspense

·                       Symbol

·                       Synecdoche

·                       Synesthesia

·                       Syntax

·                       Theme

·                       Tone

·                       Tragedy

·                       Understatement

·                       Verisimilitude

·                       Verse