What is asyndeton?
Where conjunctions are left out between words or parts of a sentence, often creating a list-like style.
What is chiasmus?
When words, grammatical constructions or concepts are repeated in reverse order
What is denouement?
The resolution of conflict in a narrative plot structure
What is a euphemism?
A word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word.
What is hamartia?
The flaw in character which leads to the downfall of the protagonist in a tragedy.
What is hubris?
Excessive pride or self-confidence
What is litotes?
An understatement used for rhetorical effect.
What is metonymy?
A figure of speech that refers to something by using a word that describes its qualities or is closely associated with it
What is an omniscient narrator?
A narrator who is all-knowing about the plot and characters.
What is polysyndeton?
The overuse of the same connective
What is prolepsis?
Where the order of events in a narrative is disrupted so that a future plot point is told earlier in the narrative than it actually occurs
What is a synecdoche?
A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
What is a tautology?
The use of different words to say the same thing twice in the same statement
What is a volta?
A change in mood or focus in a poem
What is a malapropism?
The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one of similar sound, often with humorous results
