Literary Terms #2

a writer/ speaker deliberately makes the situation less important or serious than it is

a main character who suffers a downfall

comparison between two or more things that are similar in some ways but other ways unalike

speech by one character, unlike a soliloquy, that is addressed to another character/characters

short musical narrative song/poem that usually recounts a single exciting/dramatic episode

story told in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or drama

caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something

interpretation of what is not human or personal in terms of human or personal characteristics

writing/speech that attempts to convince the reader to adopt a particular opinion or action

the feeling created by a literary work or passage

reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation in history or literature

in the middle of things

statement mostly based on limited knowledge about a large group of things, places, or people

act/instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast

an account of one's personal life or experiences