Literary terms in Basque
The list of Basque translations of literary terms, sorted alphabetically according to each term's English name.
A
- allegory • alegoria
- alliteration • aliterazio
- allusion • alusio
- anachronism • Anakronismo
- Anaphora • Anafora
- antagonist • antagonista
- antithesis • antitesi
- archetype • arketipo
- assonance • asonantzia
C
- chiasmus • kiasmo
D
- denouement • askaera
- deus ex machina • deus ex machina
E
- ellipsis • etenpuntuak
- enjambment • zangalatrau
- epithet • epiteto
- euphemism • eufemismo
G
- genre • genero
H
- hamartia • Hamartia
- hyperbole • hiperbole
I
- in medias res • in medias res
- irony • ironia
J
- juxtaposition • justaposizio
L
- leitmotif • leitmotiv
M
- metaphor • metafora
N
- narrative • kontagintza
- narrative motif • motibo
O
- ode • oda
- onomatopoeia • onomatopeia
- oxymoron • oximoron
P
- paradox • paradoxa
- personification • metagoge
- plot • bilbe
- protagonist • protagonista
S
- simile • konparazio
- soliloquy • Solilokio
- sonnet • hamalaudun
- stream of consciousness • Kontzientzia-jario
- synecdoche • sinekdoke