literary technique
technique used in literature
assonance
repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences; one of the building blocks of verse
universal translator
fictional technology that translates spoken language instantaneously
lipogram
constrained writing or word game consisting of writing paragraphs or longer works in which a particular letter or group of letters is avoided
Christ figure
type of character
encyclopedism
outlook that aims to include a wide range of knowledge in a single work
product displacement
removal or intentional avoidance of depictions of trademarked products in media
caesura
complete pause in a line of poetry and in a musical composition
cut-up technique
literary technique based on rearranging text
afterword
notes by the author or editor at the end of a work
bathos
literary term for anticlimax of amusing failed attempts at sublimity, or pathos
self-insertion
literary device where the author writes himself into his fictional story
epilogue
closing text of a narrative
oneiric vision
literary genre/technique
Scene and sequel
types of written passages used by authors
poetic device
A form of literary device used in poetry; composite of structural, grammatical, rhythmic, metrical, verbal, and visual elements; tools that a poet uses to create rhythm, enhance a poem's meaning, or intensify a mood or feeling
retroactive continuity
revision of existing facts in fiction by succeeding work
fictionalisation
presentation of real events that is not completely based on facts but also on the imagination of the author
metalepsis
figure of speech
euphuism
an affected bombastic style of language
anti-fairy tale
fairy tale which has a tragic ending, rather than a happy one
distinction
a figure of speech through which the act of cognition is designated, reflecting the objective difference between real objects and elements of consciousness; In formal logic, one of the logical devices that can be used instead of defining
distancing effect
performing arts concept
language of flowers
means of artistic, poetic, emotional, literary or cryptological communication through the use of or arrangement of flowers
figurative language
literary technique
interior monologue
narrative mode
foreshadowing
literary technique in which a storyteller gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story
word play
form of wit in which words used become the main subject of the work
non-sequitur
conversational literary device
imagery
author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work
false protagonist
literary technique
Emphasis
stylistic device
constrained writing
composition with constraints
sentence arrangement
location of ideas and placement of emphasis within a sentence
reverse chronology
narrative technique
prophetic perfect tense
literary technique used in Biblical Hebrew to describe prophesied events in the past tense
figure of speech
intentional deviation from ordinary (literal) language, chosen to produce a rhetorical effect or for other purposes, such as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, personification or simile