Literary Terms

Literary Terms

Literary terms refer to the technique, style, and formatting used by writers and speakers to masterfully emphasize, embellish, or strengthen their compositions. Literary terms also include powerful figurative language that writers use to summon emotion ranging from guilt to anger to bliss, and to allow us to see the world in new and magical ways. 

Here are some important literary terms that we need to learn:

• Anti climax

• Anti Herol

• Byronic Hero

• Bowdlerize

• Carpe Diem

• Celtic Myths

• Dream Vision

• Deus Ex Machina

• Epiphany

• Epilogue

• Epigraph

• Euphemism

• Epithet

• Epilogue

• Incunabula

• Motif

• Malapropism

• Purple Patch

• Palinode

• Poetic Diction

• Poetic Justice

• Poetic Licence

• Parody

• Satire

• Soliloquy