Literary and Poetic Terms

Allegory

Alliteration

Allusion

Ambiguity

Amplification

Anagram

Analogy

Anastrophe

Anecdote

Anthropomorphism

Antithesis.

Aphorism

Apostrophe

Archetype

Assonance

Asyndeton

Authorial Intrusion

Bibliomancy

Bildungsroman

Cacophony

Caesura

Characterization

Chiasmus

Circumlocution

Cliche

Conflict

Connotation

Consonance

Denotation

Deus ex Machina

Diction

Doppelganger

Ekphrastic

Enjambment

Epilogue

Epithet

Euphemism

Euphony

Faulty Parallelism

Flashback

Foil

Foreshadowing

Hubris

Hyperbaton

Hyperbole

Imagery

Internal Rhyme

Inversion

Irony

Juxtaposition

Kennings

Litote

Malapropism

Metaphor

Metonymy

Mood

Motif

Negative Capability

Nemesis

Onomatopoeia

Oxymoron

Paradox

Pathetic Fallacy

Periodic Structure

Periphrasis

Personification

Plot

Point of View

Polysyndeton

Portmanteau

Prologue

Puns

Satire

Setting

Simile

Spoonerism

Stream of consciousness

Suspense

Symbol

Synecdoche

Synesthesia

Syntax

Theme

Tone

Tragedy

Understatement

Verisimilitude