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| 117588592 | Allegory | A story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or a generalization about life; allegories often have a strong moral or lesson. | |
| 117588593 | Aliteration | The repitition of initial consonant sounds in words. Ex. Daffy Duck, V for Vendetta | |
| 117588594 | Allusion | A reference to a farmiliar person, place, thing or event. Mentioning a literary work (Ex. Like Romeo and Juliet) | |
| 117588595 | Analogy | A comparison of two or more similar objects, suggesting that if they are alike in certain respects they will probably be alike in other ways as well. Ex. Surfs are to a king as earth is to the sun | |
| 117588596 | Anecdote | Short account of an interesting event used to make a point. | |
| 117588597 | Antagonist | The person or force working against the protagonist, or hero of the whole. Ex. Voldemort | |
| 117588598 | Antithesis | Using opposite ideas to emphasize a point. Ex. Everybody doesn't like something, but nobody doesn't like Sara Lee. | |
| 117588599 | Aside | A part of an actors lines supposedly not heard by others on the stange and intended only for the audience. Ex. Ferris Bueller made several asides. | |
| 117588600 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants. Ex. Many day to day sentences | |
| 117588601 | Characterization | The method an author uses to create believable people. Ex. The Girl had Black hair and brown eyes and was about five and a half feet tall. | |
| 117588602 | Climax | Most intense point in a story. | |
| 117588603 | Colloquialism | A common word or phrase suitable for ordinary everyday conversation but not for formal speech or writing. Ex. Aint, I don't got, OMG! | |
| 117588604 | Conflict | The problem or struggle in a story that triggers the action. There are five types of conflict. Person vs. person, Society vs. person, Person vs. self, Person vs. Nature, Person vs. fate. | |
| 117588605 | Consonance | The repitition of consonant sounds. Ex. Some mammals are clammy. | |
| 117588606 | Couplet | A pair of lines of verse of the same length that usually rhyme. Ex. I like to play games a lot I loved when it was hot. | |
| 117588607 | Denouement | The final resolution or outcome of a play or story. Ex. Great Expectations Pip and Estella's marriage or in Lord of the Rings when Aragorn in crowned King. | |
| 117588608 | Dialect | A special variety of a language. Ex. Huck in Huck Finn | |
| 117588609 | Diction | Author's choice of words based on their correctness, blearness or effectiveness. (Making characters talk in a way to suit there characters such as the language of a prince would be more eloquent than the language of a baker or farmer). | |
| 117588610 | Dramatic Irony | The reader/audience sees a character's mistakes/misunderstandings but the character himself does not. Ex. When Romeo finds Juliet in a drugged sleep, he assumes her to be dead and kills himself. Upon awakening to find her dead lover beside her, Juliet then kills herself. | |
| 117588611 | Epic | A long narrative poem that tells of the deeds and adventures of a hero. Ex. The Odyssey or The Iliad | |
| 117588612 | Epigram | Brief, Witty, Poem or saying often dealing with its subject in a satirical manner. Ex. Beauty when unadorned is most adorned. | |
| 117588613 | Epiphany | A literary work or section of a work presenting usually symbollically such a moment of revelation and insight. | |
| 117588614 | Epitaph | Short poem or verse written in memory of someone. Ex. Thus with a kiss I die (Romeo) | |
| 117588615 | Epithet | Word or phrase used in place of someone's name ; it is a characteristic of that person.Ex. Catherine the Great | |
| 117588616 | Exaggeration | Overstating or stretching the truth for special effect. Ex. You've called like 20 times | |
| 117588617 | Farce | Literature based on a highly humorous and highly improbable plot. Ex. A bank robber accidentally walks into a police station to hide. | |
| 117588618 | Flashback | Returning to an earlier time (in a story) for the purpose of making something in the present more clear. Ex. Harry Potter flashes back to Cedric's death scene from the fourth book. | |
| 117588619 | Foil | Someone who serves as a contrast or challenge to another character. Ex. Swiper from Dora the Explorer | |
| 117588620 | Foreshadowing | Giving hints and clues of what is to come later in a story. Ex. The prologue of Romeo and Juliet | |
| 117588621 | Genre | Refers to a category or type of literature based on its style form and content. Ex. Thriller, Romance, Epic | |
| 117588622 | Hubris | Derived from the Greek word hybris means excessive pride. In Greek tragedy hubris is often viewed as the flaw that leads to the downfall of the tragic hero. | |
| 117588623 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration overstating or streching the truth for special effect. Ex. To wait an eternity, you've called like 20 million times | |
| 117588624 | Idiom | Phrase or expression that means something different from what the words actually say. Ex. He really went to town on that issue. | |
| 117588625 | Imagery | The words or phrases a writer selects to create a certain picture in the readers mind. Ex. On a starry winter night in Portugal Where the ocean kissed the southern shore There a dream I never thought would come to pass Came and went like time spent through an hourglass. | |
| 117588626 | Irony | Using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or normal meaning. Ex. My little brothers play is called "snowed in", and was cancelled today because of all the snow in London? | |
| 117588627 | Jargon | any talk or writing that one does not understand. Ex. STAT | |
| 117588628 | Juxtaposition | Placing two ideas side by side so that their closeness creates a new often ironic meaning. Ex. Capulet's and Tybalt's feelings about Romeo being at the party. | |
| 117588629 | Malapropism | The type of pun or play on words that results when two words become jumbled in the speakers mind. Ex. Promise to forget this fellow - to illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. | |
| 117588630 | Metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison is used. Ex. Life is a journey | |
| 117588631 | Meter | Patterned repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. Ex. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day | |
| 117588632 | Metonymy | The substituting of one word for another that is closely related to it. Ex. Sceptor for Sovereignty, The White House for the President | |
| 117588633 | Mood | The feeling a piece of literature arouses in the reader. Ex. Dumbledore's death scene. | |
| 117588634 | Moral | The particular value or lesson the author is trying to get across to the reader. Ex. Take the blame, not the credit. | |
| 117629701 | Motif | A term for an often repeated idea or theme in literature. Ex. Death in Harry Potter. | |
| 117629702 | Onomatopeia | The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning. Ex. Snap, Crakle, Pop | |
| 117629703 | Oxymoron | A combination of contradictory terms. Ex. You are the dumbest smart person I have ever met. | |
| 117629704 | Parable | Short descriptive story that illustrates a particular belief or moral. Ex. Slow and steady wins the race. | |
| 117629705 | Paradox | statement that seems contrary to common sense yet may, in fact, be true. Ex. My only love sprung from my only hate. -Juliet | |
| 117629706 | Parody | a form of literature intended to mock a particular literary work or its style; a comic effect is intended Ex. Spaceballs | |
| 117629707 | Pathetic Fallacy | A presentation of inanimate objects in nature as posessing human feelings Ex. the leaf was sad | |
| 117629708 | Pathos | a greek root meaning suffering or passion. It usually describes the part in a play or story that is intended to bring out pity or sorrow from the audience or reader Ex.The animal abuse commercials | |
| 117629709 | Personification | a literary device in which the author speaks of or describes an animal, object, or idea as if it were a person. Ex. The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky. | |
| 117629710 | Plot | the action or sequence of events in a story, usually develops and grows. | |
| 117629711 | Poetic Justice | term that describes a character "getting what they deserve" in the end Ex. Wiley Coyote | |
| 117629712 | Point of View | vantage point from which the story is told Ex. Political points of view (1st person, 2nd, 3rd) | |
| 117629713 | Protagonist | main character or hero of the story Ex. Harry Potter | |
| 117629714 | Pun | word or phrase that is used in such a way as to suggest more than one possible meaning Ex. The barber opened up a shavings account. | |
| 117629715 | Repetition | the repeating of a word or phrase within a poem or prose piece to create a sense of rhythm. Ex. Leaping higher, higher, higher, | |
| 117629716 | Rhyme | the similarity or likeness of sound existing between two words Ex. Little Miss Muffet, sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider, | |
| 117629717 | Rhythm | the ordered or free occurences of sound in poetry Ex. To be | or not | to be, | that is | the ques- tion | |
| 117629718 | Rising Action | series of conflicts or struggles that build a story or play toward a climax | |
| 117629719 | Sarcasm | the use of praise to mock someone or something Ex. "She's a real winner." | |
| 117629720 | Satire | literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness, often with the intent of changing, or correcting, the subject of the satire attack. Ex. The Weekend Update with Seth Myers | |
| 117629721 | Setting | the time and place in which the action of a literary work occurs Ex. London, England | |
| 117629722 | Simile | comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison (as or like) is used. Ex. You're as happy as a cat on a sunny window sill. | |
| 117629723 | Situational Irony | situation in which there is a great difference between the purpose and result of an action. Ex. You buy yourself something after months of saving and then someone gets it for you for Christmas! | |
| 117629724 | Soliliquy | speech delivered by a character when he/she is alone on stage. Ex. The to be or not to be speech | |
| 117629725 | Style | how the author uses words/phrases/sentences to form his/her ideas. Ex. Jane Austen - Virtuous femininity, naivety, gossipy dialogue. | |
| 117629726 | Symbol | person/place/thing/event used to represent something else. Ex. No smoking sign | |
| 117629727 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part Ex. Twenty sails came into the harbor | |
| 117629728 | Theme | A subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic. Ex. Triumph over evil in Lord of the Rings | |
| 117634700 | Tone | the overall feeling, or effect, created by a writers use of words. Ex. Harry Potter is written with a very dark tone. | |
| 117634701 | Understatement | stating an idea with restraint, to emphasize what is being talked about. Ex. Saying the weather isn't that bad when there's a hurricane outside. | |
| 117634702 | Verbal Irony | a writer says one thing, but means another Ex. Oh Great, said sarcastically. | |
| 117634703 | Verse | a metric line of poetry Ex. I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. |
