Dionysian- As distinguished from Apollonian, the word refers to sensual, pleasure-seeking impulses Dramatic Irony -A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character Elegy - A poem or prose selection that laments or meditates on the passing or death of something or someone of value Ellipsis- Three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation Elliptical Construction - A sentence containing a deliberate omission of words Hyperbole- Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect Idyll- A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place Image- A word or phrase representing that which can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled, or felt In Medias Res - A Latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point Indirect Quotation A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased