A unique guide for the study of poetry, with an extensive range of definitions, cross-references between related terms, informative sidelights, hyperlinked keywords, phonetic pronunciation guides and numerous examples.

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VirtualSalt A Glossary of Literary Terms Robert Harris Version Date: January 4, 2002 To find a particular term, use your browser's Find command (on the Edit menu in Netscape, for example). Note: Terms already in the Handbook of Rhetorical Devices have been deleted from this file. Adventure novel. A novel where exciting events are more important than character development and sometimes theme.

GLOSSARY TOPICS Concepts and terms for individual cultures and historical periods General Concepts Current entries . . . Abstraction Aetiology Architecture Aristocracy Civilization Crisis of legitimation Crisis of modernity Culture Democracy Economics Empiricism Epistemology Eschatology Kinship Law Legitimation of authority Lex talionis Modernity The One and the Many Philosophy Ritual Skepticism ...

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Professor Grant Williams English Home Figures by Type with Link Definition Tropes figures which change the typical meaning of a word or words Metaplasmic Figures figures which move the letters or syllables of a word from their typical places Figures of Omission figures which omit something--eg. a word, words, phrases, or clauses--from a sentence Figures of Repetition (words) figures which repeat ...