Epitasis: alternatives and connections

A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the act…

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfo…

A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.

A rhetorical figure resulting from a reverted arrangement in the last clause of a sentence of the two principal words of the clause pr…

The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clau…

A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic po…

The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of…

Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.

Of a pertaining to a catastrophe.

Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a picture, statue, poem, or play, as is appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstanc…

The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance.

The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main de…

an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with cat…

A division of a poem corresponding to a canto; a poem or song.

A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation.

Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fict…

A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.