Terms for Literary Stylistics Crossword

A figure of speech in which the consonants, especially at the beginning of words, or stressed syllables, are repeated. Tends to be used for the achievement of the special effect.
A brief account of or a story about an individual or an incident.
A story in verse or prose with a double meaning: a primary or surface meaning; and a secondary or under-the-surface meaning. Closely related to the fable and parable. Can be read on two or more levels.
The suggestion or implication evoked by a word or phrase, over and above what it means or actually denotes. May be personal and individual, or general and universal.
The close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowels.
The most literal and limited meaning of a word, regardless of what one may feel about it or the suggestions and ideas it connotes.
Denotes the vocabulary used by a writer. Poetic diction usually refers to that rather particular kind of language and artificial arrangement employed by many poets
A figurative device where a word (or several words) is left out in order to achieve more compact expression.
Is when we identify ourselves, up to a point, with an animate or inanimate object. The experience might even be an involuntary projection of ourselves into an object.
A vague and general term for an imaginative work, usually in prose.
The technique of arranging events and information in a narrative in such a way that later events are prepared for or shadowed forth beforehand.
A figure of speech which contains an exaggeration for emphasis.
Involves the perception or awareness of a discrepancy or incongruity between words and their meanings, or between actions and their results, or between appearance and reality.
A figure of speech in which one thing is described in terms of another. A comparison is usually implicit.
A lyric poem, usually of some length. Contains an elaborate stanza structure, a marked formality and stateliness in tone and style, and lofty sentiments and thoughts.
A figure of speech which combines incongruous and apparently contradictory words and meanings for a special effect.
An apparently self-contradictory (even absurd) statement which, on closer inspection is found to contain a truth reconciling the conflicting opposites.
The impersonation or embodiment of some quality of abstraction; the attribution of human qualities to inanimate objects.
In verse or prose, the movement or sense of movement communicated by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables and by the duration of the syllables.
A figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another, ins such a way as to clarify and enhance an image.
A word similar in meaning to another.
The _____ of a work is not its subject but rather its central idea, which may be stated directly or indirectly.
The formation and use of words to imitate sounds. Used for a special effect.
A figure of speech in which the part stands for the whole, and thus something else is understood within the thing mentioned.
Is an object, animate or inanimate, which represents or “stands for” something else.