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Terms for subject Literature (1061 entries)

ellipsis (plural, ellipses)	A rhetorical device where a word is omitted because it is implied by a previous clause.
Elohist text	A source of the Torah.
emblem	A symbol which is representative of something.
emotion	A conscious state of feeling created by the writer to convey joy, sorrow, love, hate etc to the reader. See mood, ambience and atmosphere
enallage	When one grammatical form is used in the place of another.
enapalepsis	A type of repetition (phrase or word) with the repetition occurring at the beginning and again at the end of a sentence.
enclitic	Collocated to the end of another word, with a dependent meaning.
encyclical	Refers to a letter which is meant for a general audience.
end rhyme	Rhyme where the last word of each verse is the word that rhymes. This is a very common type of rhyme.
end-stop	In poetry this is a line ending in a full pause (such as a full stop or semicolon) End-stopped lines generally highlight a rhyme or point. End-stops contrasts with enjambment or run-on lines.
English sonnet	Another term for a Shakespearean sonnet.
enjambment	A line in poetry which does not have end punctuation, or a pause, but which continues uninterrupted into the next line. Also referred to as a run-on line.
Enjoy The Meeting	ETM
enlightenment	The European philosophical and artistic movement, between roughly 1660 and 1770, developing out of the Renaissance and continuing until the nineteenth century. The Enlightenment was an optimistic belief that humanity could improve itself by applying logic and reason to all things. It rejected untested beliefs, superstition, and the "barbarism" of the earlier medieval period, and embraced the literary, architectural, and artistic forms of the Greco-Roman world. The period is sometimes known as the Age of Reason.
envoi	Often found in ballads, it is a short, concluding stanza which functions as a dedication.
epenthesis	Inserting of a sound mid word.
epic	This is a type of classical poetry, generally recounting heroic achievements. It is a poem that is a long narrative about a serious subject, told in an elevated style of language. Epics generally focus on the exploits of a hero or demi-god who represents the cultural values of a race, nation, or religious group. John Milton’s Paradise lost is an example of a famous epic.
epic simile	While taking a simile form, it is a very detailed comparison and can be many lines long.
epicureanism	A philosophy derived from the writing of Epicurus who believed the seeking of pleasure to be good but with an emphasis on simplicity of life.
epigram	A short verse or motto appearing at the beginning of a longer poem or the title page of a novel.