analyze
break down into components or essential features
antagonist
someone who offers opposition
antecedent
a preceding occurrence or cause or event
appositive
relating to or being in apposition
clause
a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
criticism
a serious examination and judgment of something
end-rhymed
rhymed on the terminal syllables of the verses
evaluate
evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
exposition
a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
footnote
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
foreshadowing
the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
homophone
two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
interpretation
the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
irrelevant
having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
modifier
a person who changes something
narration
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
paraphrase
express the same message in different words
passage
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
perspective
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
protagonist
the principal character in a work of fiction
resolution
finding a solution to a problem
symbolism
the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning
synthesize
combine and form a synthesis
theme
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
tone
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
