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A Lot:
The Easy Explanation “Alot” does not exist; there…
Abstract Noun:
Abstract nouns are intangible.  They can identify…
Action Verbs:
They express something that a person, animal, or object…
Ad Hominem:
Ad Hominem What is an ad homimen? To learn more about…
Adjective Clause:
What is an Adjective Clause? A dependent, or…
Adjective Clauses:
Adjective clauses modify or describe the nouns or…
Adjective Phrase:
What Is an Adjective Phrase? Like an adjective, an…
Adjectives:
Adjectives are words that modify - that is describe,…
Adverb Clause:
A dependent, or subordinate, clause contains a subject…
Adverb Phrase:
What Is an Adverb Phrase? You may find yourself asking,…
Allegory:
What Is Allegory? (View all literary devices) An…
Alliteration:
Alliteration is when the same sound occurs at the…
Allude vs. Elude:
Allude vs Elude : The Easy Explanation “Allude” is…
Allusion:
What Is Allusion? (View all literary devices) An…
Anachronism:
What Is an Anachronism? The term anachronism comes from…
Anagram:
What Is Anagram? An anagram is jumbled up letters of…
Analogy:
What Is Analogy? (View all literary devices) An analogy…
Anapest:
What Is Anapest? An anapest is a unit of poetic…
Anecdote:
What Is an Anecdote? An anecdote is a brief story…
Antagonist:
What Is an Antagonist? Derived from the Greek word,…
Aphorism:
What Is Aphorism? (View all literary devices) An…
Apostrophe:
What Is an Apostrophe? An apostrophe is a type of…
Apostrophe:
What Is Apostrophe? (View all literary devices)…
Appositive:
What Is an Appositive? An appositive is a noun…
Appositive Phrase:
What Is an Appositive Phrase? An appositive is a noun…
Archetype:
What Is Archetype? (View all literary devices) An…
Aside:
What Is an Aside? An aside is a device that playwrights…
Ballad:
What Is a Ballad? Derived from the medieval French…
Bare vs Bear:
Bare vs Bear Do you not know when to use bear vs bare?…
Bildungsroman:
What Is a Bildungsroman? The term…
Blank Verse:
What Is Blank Verse? Blank verse is verse that…
Brackets:
What Are Brackets? Have you ever wondered what are…
Cacophony:
What Is Cacophony? In everyday speech, cacophony is a…
Caricature:
What Is Caricature? Derived from the Italian word…
Catharsis:
What Is Catharsis? A Greek word that means cleansing,…
Characterization:
What Is Characterization? Characterization is the…
Clause Overview:
What Is a Clause? A clause is a group of words…
Cliche:
What Is a Cliche? A cliche is an expression or sequence…
Climax:
What is the Climax? In literature, the climax is the…
Coarse vs. Course:
Coarse vs Course: The Easy Explanation “Coarse” is…
Collective Nouns:
Collective nouns denote a group of people, objects,…
Colloquialism:
What is Colloquialism? A colloquialism is a slang or…
Colon:
The article below provides helpful colon usage rules…
Comma Rules:
When to Use a Comma The comma is a frequently used type…
Common Noun:
They are simply words that name people, places, things,…
Comparative Adjectives:
Compare a noun to another noun.
Comparative Adverbs:
Comparative adverbs modify and show a degree of…
Complete Predicate:
Complete Predicate When we want to know what a subject…
Complete Subject:
Complete Subject Need help understanding the Complete…
Compound Predicate:
Compound Predicate Need help understanding the Compound…
Compound Subject:
Compound Subject Need help understanding the compound…
Compound Words:
Baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie: three words near and…
Conceit:
What Is Conceit? A conceit is a type of metaphor,…
Concrete Noun:
Objects and substances that can be experienced through…
Conflict:
What Is Conflict? In literature, conflict is an event,…
Conjunctive Adverbs:
Conjunctive adverbs function as conjunctions to ease…
Connotation:
What Is Connotation? (View all literary devices) Much…
Couplet:
What Is a Couplet? Couplet comes from the French word…
Dashes:
Dashes What are dashes? How do you when when to use…
Define Superlative Adverbs:
A superlative adverb is used to compare three or more…
Demonstrative Pronouns:
Identify or point to a thing or things and occasionally…
Denouement:
What Is Denouement? The denouement is the point of…
Dependent Clause:
Dependent Clause What is a dependent clause? Need help…
Dependent vs Dependant:
Dependent vs Dependant Do you not know when to use…
Deus ex Machina:
What Is Deus ex Machina? Deus ex machina, which means…
Dialect:
What Is Dialect? Dialect is a variation of language…
Dialogue:
What Is Dialogue? Dialogue is a narrative technique in…
Diction:
What Is Diction? (View all literary devices) Diction…
Direct Object:
Direct Object What is a direct object? Need help…
Double Entendre:
What Is Double Entendre? A double entendre is a phrase…
e.g. vs. i.e:
e.g. vs i.e. Do you not know when to use e.g. vs i.e.?…
Elegy:
What Is an Elegy? An elegy is a sad poem, usually…
Ellipses:
Ellipses What are ellipses? Need help understanding how…
Ellipsis:
What Is Ellipsis? Ellipsis derives from the Greek…
Elliptical Clause:
What Is an Elliptical Clause? An elliptical clause is a…
End Punctuation:
End Punctuation >What is end punctuation? Need help…
English Verb Conjugation:
Conjugating a verb is simply creating an orderly…
Enjambment:
What is Enjambment? Enjambment comes from a French term…
Epigraph:
What Is an Epigraph? An epigraph is a short exerpt that…
Epilogue:
What Is an Epilogue? An epilogue is the final chapter…
Euphemism:
What is a Euphemism? A euphemism is an indirect way of…
Exposition:
What Is Exposition? (View all literary devices)…
Fable:
What Is a Fable? A fable is a tale, mostly…
Farce:
What Is Farce? A farce is a comedy that revolves around…
Flashback and Flash Forward:
What Are Flashback and Flash Forward? A flashbacks…
Foil:
What Is a Foil? A foil is a character who demonstrates…
Foreshadowing:
What Is Foreshadowing? (View all literary devices)…
Forward Slash:
What Is a Forward Slash? A forward slash is a mark…
Free Verse:
What Is Free Verse? Free verse is poetry that has…
Future Continuous Tense:
Future Continuous Tense You use the future continuous…
Future Perfect Continuous Tense:
Future Perfect Continuous Tense You use the future…
Future Perfect Tense:
Future Perfect Tense The future perfect tense indicates…
Gerund Phrase:
Gerund Phrase What is a gerund phrase? Need help…
Haiku:
What Is a Haiku? A haiku is a form of short,…
Helping Verbs:
helping verbs, sometimes called auxiliary verbs, help…
Homophones:
Have you ever wondered which variation of the word…
Hyperbole:
What Is a Hyperbole? Hyperbole is the use of…
Iamb:
What Is an Iamb? An iamb is a metrical foot that…
Idiom:
What is an Idiom? An idiom is a phrase or an expression…
Imagery:
What Is Imagery? (View all literary devices) An image…
Indefinite Pronouns:
Pronouns that are not definite in meaning
Independent Clause:
Independent Clause What is an independent clause? Need…
Indirect Object:
What is an Indirect Object? An indirect object tells…
Indirect Object Pronouns:
What is an indirect object pronoun? Find out here.
Infinitive Phrase:
Infinitive Phrase What is an infinitive phrase? Need…
Inquiry vs. Enquiry:
Do you not know when to use inquiry vs enquiry? Use…
Interrogative Adjectives:
Words similar to interrogative pronouns, but they…
Interrogative Pronouns:
Used – you guessed it - when you want to ask a…
Irony:
What Is Irony? Irony occurs when there is a gap between…
Irregular Plural Nouns:
An irregular noun is a noun that becomes plural by…
Irregular Verbs:
Irregular verbs are common verbs in the English…
It’s vs Its:
It can be difficult for students and those learning to…
Later vs. Latter:
Later vs Latter Do you not know when to use later vs…
Lead vs. Led:
Lead vs Led Do you not know when to use lead vs led?…
Linking Verbs:
Verbs that describe or rename the subject.
Logical and Pathetic Fallacies:
What’s the Difference Between Logical and…
Logos, Ethos, and Pathos:
What Are Logos, Ethos, and Pathos Logos, ethos,…
Lose vs. Loose:
Lose vs Loose Do you not know when to use lose vs…
Metaphor:
What Is a Metaphor? What is a Metaphor? Below…
Metaphor Examples:
Metaphor is a form of figurative language that can be…
Meter:
What Is Meter? Meter is any pattern of stressed and…
Metonymy:
What is Metonymy? A metonymy is a literary device in…
Monologue:
What Is a Monologue? If you have a friend or relative…
Narrative Point of View:
What Is Narrative Point of View? (View all literary…
Non Sequitur:
What Is a Non Sequitur? The term non sequitur comes…
Nonrestrictive Clause:
Nonrestrictive Clause What is anonrestrictive clause?…
Noun Clause:
Noun Clause What is a noun clause? Need help…
One vs. Won:
One vs Won Do you not know when to use one vs won? Use…
Onomatopoeia:
What Is Onomatopoeia? (View all literary devices)…
Oxymoron:
What Is Oxymoron? (View all literary devices) An…
Paradox:
What Is Paradox? (View all literary devices) Derived…
Parallelism:
What Is Parallelism? (View all literary devices)…
Parentheses:
Parentheses What are parentheses? Need help…
Parody:
What Is Parody? Parody is a deliberate exaggeration of…
Participle Phrase:
Participle Phrase What is Participle Phrase? Need help…
Past Continuous Tense:
Past Continuous Tense The past continuous tense…
Past Perfect Continuous Tense:
Past Perfect Continuous Tense The past perfect…
Past Perfect Tense:
Past Perfect Tense You use the past perfect tense to…
Past vs. Passed:
Past vs. Passed Do you not know when to use past vs…
Pastiche:
What Is Pastiche? Pastiche is any form of art that…
Pentameter:
What Is Pentameter? Pentameter is the most common form…
Persona:
What Is a Persona? A persona is an imagined…
Personification:
What is Personification? Do you need a comprehensive…
Personification Examples:
Personification is a form of figurative language that…
Phrase Overview:
What Is a Phrase? A phrase is a small group of related…
Plot:
What Is Plot? (View all literary devices) Plot is the…
Plural Nouns:
Irregular plural nouns are a little tricky because they…
Polysyndeton and Asydeton:
What Are Polysyndeton and Asydeton? Polysyndeton and…
Possessive Nouns:
Possessive nouns are nouns that show ownership or…
Possessive Pronouns:
An absolute possessive pronoun shows ownership and…
Predicate:
All sentences are divided into two parts: the subject…
Predicate Adjective:
What Is a Predicate Adjective? A predicate adjective is…
Predicate Nominative:
What is a Predicate Nominative? It is a subject…
Prepositional Phrase:
Preposition – What Is a Prepositional Phrase? A…
Present Continuous Tense:
Present Continuous Tense The present continuous tense…
Present Perfect Continuous Tense:
Present Perfect Continuous Tense The present perfect…
Present Perfect Tense:
Present Perfect Tense You use the present perfect tense…
Principle vs. Principal:
Principle vs Principal Do you not know when to use…
Prologue:
What Is a Prologue? A prologue is an introductory…
Proper Adjectives:
When an adjective has its roots as a proper noun, it is…
Proper Noun:
A proper noun gives us the actual name of the person,…
Prose:
What is Prose? Prose is ordinary language that follows…
Protagonist:
What is a Protagonist? The protagonist is the main, or…
Pun:
What is a Pun? A pun is a play on words that takes…
Punctuation:
Many people are confident and proficient writers but…
Quatrain:
What Is a Quatrain? A quatrain is a stanza, or a…
Quotation Marks:
Rules for Quotation Marks Quotation marks set off…
Reciprocal Pronouns:
Identifies an action or feeling that is reciprocated.
Red Herring:
What Is a Red Herring? A red herring is a logical…
Reflexive Pronouns:
Reflexive pronouns are pronouns that refer back to the…
Refrain:
What Is Refrain? Refrain is the repetition of a key…
Regular Verbs:
Regular verbs are verbs that form the past tense by…
Relative Clause:
What Is a Relative Clause? A relative clause is another…
Relative Pronouns:
Links a relative clause to another part of a sentence…
Restrictive Clause:
A dependent, or subordinate, clause contains a subject…
Rhetorical Question:
What Is a Rhetorical Question? A rhetorical question is…
Rhyme:
What Is Rhyme? If rhythm is the cadence, or beat,…
Rhythm:
What Is Rhythm? The word rhythm comes from the Greek…
Sarcasm:
What Is Sarcasm? Sarcasm is the act of saying one thing…
Satire:
What Is Satire? (View all literary devices) Satire is…
Semicolon:
This article explains when to use a semicolon along…
Simile:
Figurative language can be a great tool for unlocking…
Simile Examples:
Simile is a form of figurative language that can be…
Simple Future Tense:
The simple future tense is what you use to convey…
Simple Past Tense:
Simple Past Tense The simple past can be used if you…
Simple Predicate:
A simple predicate is a verb or verb phrase—and…
Simple Present Tense:
Simple Present Tense What is the simple present tense?…
Simple Subject:
Subjects tell us who or what performs the action in a…
Singular Noun:
A singular noun is a noun that refers to only one…
Soliloquy:
What Is a Soliloquy? A soliloquy is a speech an actor…
Sonnet:
What Is a Sonnet? A sonnet is a short lyric poem…
Spilled vs. Spilt:
Do you not know when to use spilled vs spilt? Use this…
Stanza:
What Is a Stanza? A stanza is to poetry what a…
Stationary vs. Stationery:
Stationary vs Stationery Do you not know when to use…
Stream-of-Consciousness:
What Is Stream-of-Consciousness?…
Style:
What Is Style? Generally speaking, you know what style…
Subject Complement:
A complement is a word or group of words that completes…
Subject Verb Agreement:
Refers to the fact that the subject and verb in a…
Superlative:
A superlative adjective is used to compare three or…
Syllogism:
What Is Syllogism? A syllogism is a rhetorical device…
Symbolism:
What Is Symbolism? (View all literary devices)…
Sympathy vs. Empathy:
Sympathy vs Empathy Do you not know when to use…
Synecdoche:
What Is Synecdoche? (View all literary devices)…
Synonyms and Antonymns:
Synonyms and Antonyms What are synonyms and antonyms?…
Tautology:
What Is Tautology? A tautology is a way to express…
Theme:
What Is Theme? (View all literary devices) Also…
Then vs. Than:
Then vs. Than Do you not know when to use then vs than?…
There vs. Their vs. They’re:
There vs Their vs They’re Do you not know when to…
To vs. Too vs. Two:
To vs Too vs Two Do you not know when to use to vs too…
Tone:
What Is Tone? (View all literary devices) Tone is the…
Tragic Flaw:
What Is Tragic Flaw? Tragic flaw, also known as…
Transition:
What Is a Transition? A transition is the movement…
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs:
Intransitive verbs are action verbs but unlike…
Understatement:
What Is Understatement? Understatement is…
Verb Overview:
Here is an overview of some of the most common verbs…
Verb Phrase:
What Is a Verb Phrase? A verb phrase consists of an…
Verb Tenses Overview:
Verb Tense Overview The English language has three…
Verbal:
In this article we will help you to define verbal. What…
Verisimilitude:
What Is Verisimilitude? When someone says that…
Villanelle:
What Is a Villanelle? A villanelle is a lyric poem…
Whether vs. Weather vs. Wether:
Whether vs Weather vs Wether Do you not know when to…
While vs. Whilst:
While vs Whilst Do you not know when to use while vs…
Who’s vs. Whose:
Who’s vs Whose Do you not know when to use…
You’re vs. Your:
You’re vs Your Do you not know when to use…