• dichotomy

a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.

• idiolect

the speech habits peculiar to a particular person

• omniscient third person

story is told in the third person, and the narrator is aware of all information there is to know about the story's events, characters, setting

• intrusive first person

the author reports on the setting, the characters and the plot of the story, in third-person, making comments and conclusions throughout

• indirect discourse

Indirect speech, also called reported speech or indirect discourse, is a means of expressing the content of statements, questions or other utterances, without quoting them explicitly as is done in direct speech

• antithesis

a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else

• epithet

adjective (or phrase containing an adjective) or adverb which modifies (describes) a noun

• transferred epithet

the adjective or adverb is transferred from the noun it logically belongs with, to another one which fits it grammatically but not logically

• analogy

a comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

• rhetoric

language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect, but which is often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content

• thatcherite

Thatcherism describes the conviction politics, economic, social policy, and political style of Margaret Thatcher

• omniscient point-of-view

to know everything that can be known about a character, including past history, thoughts, feelings

• figurative language

Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. When a writer uses literal language, he or she is simply stating the facts as they are

• possessive adjective

indicating possession, ownership, origin

• modal verb

an auxiliary verb that expresses necessity or possibility. English modal verbs include must, shall, will, should, would, can, could, may, and might

• auxiliary verb

a verb used in forming the tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs. The primary auxiliary verbs in English are be, do, and have ; the modal auxiliaries are can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, and would

• idiom

a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual word

• coordinating conjunction

noun: coordinating conjunction; plural noun: coordinating conjunctions; noun: co-ordinating conjunction; plural noun: co-ordinating conjunctions

a conjunction placed between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences of equal rank

• nouveau riche

people who have recently acquired wealth, typically those perceived as ostentatious or lacking in good taste

• intertextual reference

supports the concept that the meaning of a text does not reside in the text, but is produced by the reader in relation

• dehumanisation

the denial of "humanness" to other people. It is theorized to take on two forms: animalistic dehumanization, which is employed on a largely intergroup basis, and mechanistic dehumanization, which is employed on a largely interpersonal basis.

• Romantic era

artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850.

• indictment

a thing that serves to illustrate that a system or situation is bad and deserves to be condemned.

• empiricism

the theory that all knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses. Stimulated by the rise of experimental science, it developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, expounded in particular by John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume

• archetypal

very typical of a certain kind of person or thing.

• augory

a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen.

• denouement

the final part of a play, film, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved

• sensationalist

Sensationalism is a type of editorial bias in mass media in which events and topics in news stories and pieces are over-hyped to increase viewership or readership numbers.

• neo-classicism

the revival of a classical style or treatment in art, literature, architecture, or music.

• metre

basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse metre, or a certain set of metres alternating in a particular order.

• vocative

relating to or denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in Latin and other languages, used in addressing or invoking a person or thing.

• graphology

the study of handwriting, for example as used to infer a person's character.

• parenthesis

a word or phrase inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage which is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by brackets, dashes, or commas

• imperative

sentence mood, a command

• superlative

(of an adjective or adverb) expressing the highest or a very high degree of a quality (e.g. bravest, most fiercely

• conditional clause

A conditional clause is a type of subordinate clause, most commonly introduced by the conjunction if or unless. Like most subordinate clauses introduced by a conjunction, the conditional clause can either go before the main clause, or after it.