| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Abstract | Short summary or outline of a longer work. |
| Allegory | A narrative technique in which characters representing objects or abstract ideas are used to convey a message or teach a lesson. |
| Alliteration | The repitition of a speech sound in a sequence of nearby words. |
| Allusion | A passing reference, without explicit identification, to a literary or historical person,place or event, or to another literary work or passage. |
| Analogy | A comparison of two things made to explain something unfamiliar through its similarities to somethin familiar, or to prove a point about one thing based upon it similarity to another. |
| Anatagonist | The major character in a narrative or drama who works against the hero or protagonist |
| Anti-hero | A central character in a work of literature who lacks traditional heroic qualities such as courage, physical prowness and fortitude. |
| Apostrophe | A statement, question, or request addressed to an inanimate object or concept or to a nonexistent or absent person |
| Archetype | An image a descriptive detail a plot pattern or a character type that occurs frequently in literature, myth religion or folklore and is, therefore, believed to evoke profound emotions because it touches the unconscious memory and thus calls into play illiogical but strong responses |
| Aside | A comment made by a stage performer tat is intended to be heard by the audience or by select other characters that are present. |
| Assonance | The same or simliar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonants. |
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