Literature

Literature

Of or pertaining to the art of writing in any form or style, most especially published works.

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connotation

Literature; Fiction

The associations called up by a word that goes beyond its dictionary meaning. Poets, especially, tend to use words rich in connotation.

convention

Literature; Fiction

A customary feature of a literary work, such as the use of a chorus in Greek tragedy, the inclusion of an explicit moral in a fable, or the use of a particular rhyme scheme in a ...

onomatopoeia

Literature; Fiction

The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe. Words such as buzz and crack are onomatopoetic. The following line from Pope's "Sound and Sense" onomatopoetically imitates ...

narrator

Literature; Fiction

The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work, to be distinguished from the actual living author. See Point of view.

metonymy

Literature; Fiction

A figure of speech in which a closely related term is substituted for an object or idea. An example: We have always remained loyal to the crown. See Synecdoche.

metaphor

Literature; Fiction

A comparison between essentially unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as like or as. An example is "My love is a red, red rose." Compare Simile.