More Literary Terms, Forms and Techniques

Here's a checklist of the many terms and techniques taught in textbooks for literature analysis and writing practice.

acronym
acrostic
adage
adventure
advertisement
allegory
alliteration
allusion
analogy
anecdote
annotation
antithesis
apostrophe
archaic language
assonance
autobiography and biography

ballad
blank verse
business letter

cliche
comedy
connotation and denotation
conflict
couplet