Literary Terms you need to know
Aallegory
allusion
analogy
antagonist
antithesis
aphorism
archaism
archetype
aside
autobiographical novel
C canon
character
chivalric romance
colloquial language
comic relief
conflict
connotation
consonance
context
courtly love
creative license
D denotation
dialogue
diction
didactic literature
dynamic/round character
dystopian novel
E-F epic
epistle/epistolary novel
euphemism
fable
fantasy novel
figurative language
flat character/static
foil character
foreshadowing
frame story
G-H genre
gothic novel
historical novel
hyperbole
I-J-K
idiom
imagery
in medias res
irony
juxtaposition
kenning
“King’s English”
L Lampoon
Literary criticism
low comedy
lyric
M memoir
metaphor
monologue
mood
motif
multi-cultural novel
N-O narrative
narrator
novella
Oedipus complex
Onomatopoeia
Oral tradition
oxymoron
P paradox
paraphrase
parody
parallelism (parallel structure)
persona
personification
plot
point of view
preface
prose
protagonist
pseudonympun
R-S Repetition
Rhetoric
Rhetorical question
rhyme
rhythm
Satire (Horatian/Juvenalian)
Sarcasm
sequel
setting
simile
soliloquy
structure
static character
stream of consciousness
symbol
syntax
T-U theme
thesis
tone
tragedy
tragic hero
tragic flaw
understatement
Poetry terms
apostrophe
ballad
bard
Byronic hero
blank verse
caesura
canto
conceit
dramatic monologue
elegy
epic
epigram
metrical feet
scansion
sonnet
troubadour