Categories: Incomplete literature lists | Literature stubs | Narratology Allusion is a stylistic device or trope, in which one refers covertly or indirectly to an object or circumstance that has occurred or existed in an external content. ... Alliteration is a literary device in which the same sound appears at the beginning of two or more consecutive words. ... Look up Anachronism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In rhetoric, anaphora (from the Greek anaphérō, «I repeat») is the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of several consecutive sentences or verses to emphasize an image or a concept. ... Analogy is both the cognitive process of transferring information from a particular subject (the analogue or source) to another particular subject (the target), and a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process. ... This article refers to literary antagonists. ... An archetype is a generic, idealized model of a person, object, or concept from which similar instances are derived, copied, patterned, or emulated. ... Characterization is the process of conveying information about characters in fiction. ... The climax of a narrative work is its point of highest tension or drama in which the outcome is made known. ... Conflict is a necessary element of fictional literature. ... A dialogue (sometimes spelt dialog[1]) is a reciprocal conversation between two or more entities. ... Diction, in its original and primary meaning, is the term for a writer or speakers distinctive choices in vocabulary and style of expression. ... Look up exposition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Freytags Pyramid, which illustrates dramatic structure. ... In literature and film, a flashback (also called analepsis) takes the narrative back in time from the point the story has reached, to recount events that happened before and give the back-story. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Foreshadowing is a literary device in which an author drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story. ... Hamartia (Ancient Greek: ) is used in Aristotles Poetics, where it is usually translated as a mistake, flaw, failure, fault, or sin. ... This article is about a figure of speech. ... An idiom is an expression (i. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Irony is a literary or rhetorical device, in which there is a gap or incongruity between what a speaker or a writer says and what is generally understood (either at the time, or in the later context of history). ... Magic Realism (or Magical Realism) is an illustrative or literary technique in which the laws of cause and effect seem not quite to apply in otherwise real world situations. ... Look up metaphor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up mood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A moral is a one sentence remark made at the end of many childrens stories that expresses the intended meaning, or the moral message, of the tale. ... In literature, a motif is a recurring element or theme that has symbolic significance in the story. ... Phillipp Veits Germania (1877), a personification of Germany. ... Look up plot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In literature and storytelling, a point of view is the related experience of the narrator — not that of the author. ... A protagonist is the main figure of a piece of literature or drama and has the main part or role. ... The word resolution has several meanings, depending on context. ... In the plot analysis of a typical play, book or film, rising action refers to the dynamic period after the exposition, when conflict has been introduced. ... 1867 edition of the satirical magazine Punch, a British satirical magazine, ground-breaking on popular literature satire. ... Setting is a term in literature and drama usually referring to the time and location in which a story takes place. ... A simile is a comparison of two unlike things, typically marked by use of like, as, than, or resembles. Examples may include the snow was as thick as a blanket, or she was as smart as a crow, or the usage of emotions similes like madder than a bull fast... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Syntax (disambiguation). ... In literature (as well as many works of nonfiction), a theme is the main idea of the story, or the message the author is conveying. ... Authors set a tone or mood in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through words. ...