Last updated on January 13th, 2022 at 06:25 pmLast updated on January 13th, 2022 at 06:25 pmPoetry is derived from the Greek “poiesis”, which means “making”. It is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities ...

Last updated on November 21st, 2023 at 04:10 amLast updated on November 21st, 2023 at 04:10 amAntithesis means “opposite”. As a literary device, it is used to put two contrasting ideas together. Antithesis is a figure of speech that ...

An aphorism is a short witty saying which expresses a general truth or comment in a terse manner. It is a brief saying or phrase that expresses an opinion or makes a statement of wisdom. Aphorism can also be defined ...

A literary tradition refers to some common features or characteristics which define the literature of a group of people at a certain period of time. These characteristics relate to the form and meaning of the literature of the particular place ...

A literary tradition refers to some common features or characteristics that define literature of a group of people at a certain period of time. These features relate to form and meaning of the literature of the given place or time ...

Literary critics divide prose into fiction and non-fiction. Fiction refers to literature which is created out of imagination. In a fictional work; the places do not necessarily exist in the real life as they are imagined or originate in the ...

Last updated on September 18th, 2023 at 09:05 pmLast updated on September 18th, 2023 at 09:05 pm Context refers to the whole situation, background or environment relevant to a particular event. It also refers to the social, cultural, and ...

In composition, the term purpose refers to a person’s reason for writing, such as to inform, entertain, explain, educate or persuade. In literature, purpose refers to the reasons/motives that make the author write a fictional work. It is the objective ...

Last updated on September 20th, 2022 at 01:27 pm Last updated on September 20th, 2022 at 01:27 pm Atmosphere/mood is the feeling that a story evokes. This is how you feel after reading a story. Atmosphere refers to the emotions ...

Tone is the attitude or feelings of a writer towards the subject matter or the audience. It is also the manner of writing about the subject, characters and theme by careful choice of words. Tone is expressed by diction, sentence ...

Last updated on July 29th, 2023 at 06:10 pm Last updated on July 29th, 2023 at 06:10 pm Audience is the number of people or particular group of people who watch, read or listen to the same thing. This could ...

Last updated on September 7th, 2022 at 01:27 pm Last updated on September 7th, 2022 at 01:27 pm      SUBJECT A subject or subject matter is a topic which acts as a foundation for a literary work. It is ...

Last updated on August 25th, 2021 at 02:53 pm Last updated on August 25th, 2021 at 02:53 pm Point of view is the narrator’s position in relation to the story being told. It refers to the angle an author uses ...

Last updated on September 20th, 2022 at 01:21 pm Last updated on September 20th, 2022 at 01:21 pm All prose texts contain characters. A character refers to the person, animal, or an object that the writer of a story or ...

Last updated on June 25th, 2024 at 03:45 am Last updated on June 25th, 2024 at 03:45 am Setting refers to the place, time and social environment in which a novel, novella, or short story is represented as happening. It ...

Plot is how a novella, short story or novel progresses. It is also the succession/order/sequence or arrangement of events in a story. Plot is a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story, or the main ...

Ambiguity is when a word, phrase, or statement contains more than one meaning. It occurs when something can have more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning. Ambiguity is when the meaning of a word, phrase, or sentence is uncertain.               Examples ...

Last updated on August 25th, 2021 at 09:50 am Last updated on August 25th, 2021 at 09:50 am Anaphora is a figure of speech in which words repeat at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences. It is a ...

Analogy is a comparison between things, typically for the purpose of explaining or clarifying. It is a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is really different from it in order to show ...

Consonance refers to the repetition of consonant sounds within words of close proximity. It is the repeating of consonant sounds within neighbouring words, phrases, or sentences.             Example1   – Gatera Fabregas was tagged in Agnes’s ...