Literary terms in Irish
The list of Irish translations of literary terms, sorted alphabetically according to each term's English name.
A
- anachronism • anacronachas
- antagonist • céile comhraic
C
- climax • buaicphointe
D
- denouement • fuascailt
E
- ellipsis • focalbhá
- epithet • buafhocal
G
- genre • seánra
I
- in medias res • in medias res
L
- leitmotif • Leitmotiv
- literary trope • tróp liteartha
M
- metaphor • meafar
N
- narrative • scéal
- narrative motif • móitíf scéalaíochta
O
- ode • óid
- onomatopoeia • fuaimfhocail
P
- paradox • paradacsa
- personification • pearsantú
- plot • plota
- protagonist • príomhcharachtar
S
- simile • samhail
- sonnet • soinéad
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