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| 2895672050 | Allegory | A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one | 0 | |
| 2895674763 | Allusion | An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference | 1 | |
| 2895678367 | Antagonist | A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary | 2 | |
| 2895680636 | Archetype | A very typical example of a certain person or thing | 3 | |
| 2895682617 | Climax | The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex | 4 | |
| 2895686086 | Comedy | Professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches, intended to make an audience laugh. | 5 | |
| 2895687230 | Confidant | A person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others. | 6 | |
| 2895689418 | Conflict | A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one | 7 | |
| 2895691510 | Cosmic Irony | the idea that fate, destiny, or a god controls and toys with human hopes and expectations; also, the belief that the universe is so large and man is so small that the universe is indifferent to the plight of man; also called irony of fate | 8 | |
| 2895694057 | Crisis | A time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger | 9 | |
| 2895696839 | Denouement | The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved. | 10 | |
| 2895699853 | Dialogue | Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie | 11 | |
| 2895702620 | Diction | The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing | 12 | |
| 2895704368 | Direct Characterization | how an author tells his or her reader about a character. It occurs when the author specifically reveals traits about the character in a direct, straightforward manner. | 13 | |
| 2895710553 | Dramatic Irony | the irony occurring when the implications of a situation, speech, etc, are understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play | 14 | |
| 2895715466 | Dynamic Character | character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude | 15 | |
| 2895724495 | Epiphany | a literary work or section of a work presenting, usually symbolically, such a moment of revelation and insight | 16 | |
| 2895732299 | Exposition | is a device used in television programs, films, literature, poetry, plays and even music. It is the writer's way to give background information to the audience about the setting and the characters of the story. | 17 | |
| 2895735111 | Fiction | Literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | 18 | |
| 2895740934 | First Person | a grammatical category of pronouns and verbs used by the speaker to refer to or talk about himself or herself | 19 | |
| 2895740950 | Flashback | an interruption of the chronological sequence (as of a film or literary work) of an event of earlier occurrence | 20 | |
| 2895744831 | Flat Character | characters lack depth and remain same over the course of a narrative | 21 | |
| 2895752227 | Foreshadowing | is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. | 22 | |
| 2895754882 | Genre | the type of art, literature or music characterized by a specific form, content and style. | 23 | |
| 2895754883 | Imagery | using figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. | 24 | |
| 2895757893 | Indirect Characterization | when the narrator shows the reader something about the character through the character's actions, things the character says, or things other characters say. | 25 | |
| 2895761639 | In Medias Res | into the middle of a narrative; without preamble. | 26 | |
| 2895764822 | Irony | a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. | 27 | |
| 2895767994 | Horatian | satire in which the voice is indulgent, tolerant, amused, and witty. | 28 | |
| 2895772076 | Juvenalian | This form is often pessimistic, characterized by irony, sarcasm, moral indignation and personal invective, with less emphasis on humor. | 29 | |
| 2895779742 | Limited omniscient point of view | the narrator is a character in the story, but also knows the thoughts and feelings of all the other characters | 30 | |
| 2895786627 | Minimalist | a style or technique (as in music, literature, or design) that is characterized by extreme spareness and simplicity. | 31 | |
| 2895797278 | Motif | an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work. | 32 | |
| 2895798913 | Motivation | reason why characters do what they do | 33 | |
| 2895802340 | Narrator | the voice that an author takes on to tell a story. | 34 | |
| 2895809781 | Objective Point of View | the writer tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story's action and dialogue. The narrator never discloses anything about what the characters think or feel, remaining a detached observer. | 35 | |
| 2895811471 | Omniscient Point of View | all knowing narrator | 36 | |
| 2895813012 | Plot | a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story or the main part of a story. | 37 | |
| 2895815360 | Point of View | the angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion, or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation. | 38 | |
| 2895821644 | Protagonist | the central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any other story. | 39 | |
| 2895824634 | Round Character | are complex and undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader. | 40 | |
| 2895828338 | Setting | an environment or surrounding in which an event or story takes place. | 41 | |
| 2895830626 | Short Story | brief fictional prose narrative that is shorter than a novel and that usually deals with only a few characters. | 42 | |
| 2895834301 | Situational Irony | irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected. | 43 | |
| 2895836977 | Static Character | a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop. | 44 | |
| 2895840235 | Stock Character | a character in literature, theater, or film of a type quickly recognized and accepted by the reader or viewer and requiring no development by the writer. | 45 | |
| 2895843920 | Story of Initiation | a short story depicting a decisive incident that initiates a character into a higher state of awareness, whether for better or for worse. | 46 | |
| 2895849750 | Stream of consciousness | a narrative mode, or device, that seeks "to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind. Another term for it is 'interior monologue'." | 47 | |
| 2895854026 | Style | the way a writer writes and it is the technique which an individual author uses in his writing | 48 | |
| 2895856786 | Symbol/Symbolism | something that stands for itself as well as something broader or more abstract/the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. | 49 | |
| 2895862504 | Syntax | a set of rules in a language. It dictates how words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete thought. | 50 | |
| 2895864995 | Theme | defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly. | 51 | |
| 2895867426 | Third person | where a detached person (someone who isn't directly involved in the action) tells you everything that goes down. | 52 | |
| 2895872808 | Tragedy | kind of drama that presents a serious subject matter about human suffering and corresponding terrible events in a dignified manner. | 53 | |
| 2895874657 | Tone | an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. | 54 | |
| 2895876915 | Unreliable narrator | a character in the story who does not tell the events of the story accurately because of his or her mental state or immaturity. | 55 | |
| 2895884151 | Verbal Irony | irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another | 56 |
