Question | Answer |
Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. 寓言 |
Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. 头韵 |
Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. 暗示 E.g. the markers of scream movies ALLUDED TO the art "The scream". |
Bildungsroman | a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education. 教育小说 |
Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. 内涵 |
Foreshadowing | be a warning or indication of (a future event). 伏笔 |
Hubris | excessive pride or self-confidence. 傲慢 |
Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. 并置 |
Motif | a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition. 主题 |
Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. 讽刺 |
Syntax | the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. "the syntax of English" 语法 |
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