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| 9228286218 | abstract | an abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research | 0 | |
| 9228286219 | adage | a saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in methaphorical language | 1 | |
| 9228286220 | allegory | a story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic, metaphorical, or possibly an ethical meaning-values beyond themselves | 2 | |
| 9228286221 | alliteration | repetition of one or more initial consonants in lines of poetry or prose "look before you leap" "the furrow follows free" | 3 | |
| 9228286222 | allusion | reference to a person, place, or event-enhances meaning of idea | 4 | |
| 9228286223 | ambiguity | a vagueness of meaning-meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation | 5 | |
| 9228286224 | anachronism | "against time" person, scene, or event that fails to correspond with the era of the work, Aristotlee wearing a wristwatch | 6 | |
| 9228286225 | analogy | a comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things | 7 | |
| 9228286226 | annotation | brief explanation or evaluation of a text | 8 | |
| 9228286227 | antagonist | character or force that, by opposing the protagonist produces tension/conflict | 9 | |
| 9228286228 | antithesis | contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words, clauses, or sentences "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" "promised freedom but provided slavery" | 10 | |
| 9228286229 | aphorism | a short statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment, | 11 | |
| 9228286230 | apostrophe | a rhetorical device in which a speaker addresses a person or personified thing not present | 12 | |
| 9228286231 | archetype | perfectly typical example | 13 | |
| 9228286232 | assonance | repetition of two or more vowel sounds "meet pete green" | 14 | |
| 9228286233 | ballad | simple narrative verse telling a story that is sung/recited | 15 | |
| 9228286234 | bard | a poet, in olden times telling heroic stories to musical accompaniment | 16 | |
| 9228286235 | bathos | use of insincere or overdone sentimentality | 17 | |
| 9228286236 | bibliography | work cited | 18 | |
| 9228286237 | bildungsroman | german word referring to a novel structured as a series of events that take place as the hero travels in quest of a goal | 19 | |
| 9228286238 | blank verse | written in iambic pentameter, lines generally do not rhyme | 20 | |
| 9228286239 | bombast | inflated, pretentious language used for trivial subjects | 21 | |
| 9228286240 | burlesque | work of literature meant to ridicule a subject | 22 | |
| 9228286241 | cacophony | inharmonious sounds | 23 | |
| 9228286242 | caesura | pause somewhere in middle of verse, often marked by punctuation | 24 | |
| 9228286243 | canon | works considered more important in a nation literature or period; works widely read and studied | 25 | |
| 9228286244 | caricature | grotesque likeness of striking qualities in a person/thing | 26 | |
| 9228286245 | catharsis | "cleansing" cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy, romeo and Juliet/macbath | 27 | |
| 9228286246 | classic | withstood the test of time | 28 | |
| 9228286247 | classicism | deriving from the orderly qualities of ancient greek and roman culture, implies formality, simplicity, and restraint | 29 | |
| 9228286248 | climax | the high point in a story | 30 | |
| 9228286249 | coming of age story | young protagonist experiences an introduction to adulthood | 31 | |
| 9228286250 | conceit | develops a comparison which is exceedingly unlikely but is, nonetheless, intellectually, imaginative "two lovers with the two legs of a draftsman's compass." Thus, conceit examples have a surprising or shocking effect on the readers because they are novel comparisons unlike the conventional comparisons made in similes and metaphors. | 32 | |
| 9228286251 | connotation | suggested or implied meaning of a phrase | 33 | |
| 9228286252 | consonance | repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words*** | 34 | |
| 9228286253 | couplet | pair of rhyming lines | 35 | |
| 9228286254 | heroic couplet | two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter | 36 | |
| 9228286255 | denotation | dictionary definition of a word | 37 | |
| 9228286256 | deus ex machina | in literature the use of an artificial device or person to solve a problem "god in machine" | 38 | |
| 9228286257 | diction | word choice | 39 | |
| 9228286258 | Dionysian | refers to a sensual, pleasure seeking impulse | 40 | |
| 9228286259 | dramatic irony | circumstance in which the audience knows more about a situation than a character | 41 | |
| 9228286260 | elegy | laments on the passing or death of something or someone of value | 42 | |
| 9228286261 | ellipsis | three periods, indicates omission of words in a thought or quotation | 43 | |
| 9228286262 | elliptical construction | sentence containing a deliberate omission of words "may was hot and june the same" | 44 | |
| 9228286263 | empathy | feeling of association or identification with an object or person | 45 | |
| 9228286264 | end | stopped-term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause indicated by a mark of punctuation | 46 | |
| 9228286265 | enjambment | in poetry, use of successive line with no punctuation or pause between them | 47 | |
| 9228286266 | epic | extended narrative poem telling the adventures of a hero that is generally larger than life ex. are Odyysseus, Homers Iliaad | 48 | |
| 9228286267 | epigram | concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement | 49 | |
| 9228286268 | euphony | pleasing, harmonious sounds | 50 | |
| 9228286269 | epithet | adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing, Death lies on her like an untimely frost. Upon the sweetest flower of all the field..." (Romeo and Juliet). | 51 | |
| 9228286270 | ex. sun lit lake | 52 | ||
| 9228286271 | eponymous | term for the title character of a work of literature | 53 | |
| 9228286272 | euphemism | mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term ex. pass away for the word die | 54 | |
| 9228286273 | expose | piece of writing that revels weakness, faults ,frailties, or other short comings | 55 | |
| 9228286274 | exposition | background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of literature | 56 | |
| 9228286275 | explication | interpretation or analysis of a text | 57 | |
| 9228286276 | extended metaphor | a series of comparison between two unlikely objects | 58 | |
| 9228286277 | fable | short tale often featuring nonhuman characters that act as people drawing useful lessons from human behavior | 59 | |
| 9228286278 | falling action | action in a play/story that occurs after the climax, often leads to conclusion and resolution of conflict | 60 | |
| 9228286279 | farce | comedy containing an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness | 61 | |
| 9228286280 | figure of speech/figurative language | implies meaning | 62 | |
| 9228286281 | foil | a minor character whose personality or attune contrasts with that of the main character | 63 | |
| 9228286282 | foot | a unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line | 64 | |
| 9228286283 | frame | structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative | 65 | |
| 9228286284 | free verse | without rhymed lines, rhythm, or fixed metrical feet | 66 | |
| 9228286285 | gothic novel | novel in which supernatural horrors and atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action | 67 | |
| 9228286286 | harangue | forceful sermon or lecture | 68 | |
| 9228286287 | hubris | excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to death | 69 | |
| 9228286288 | humanism | a belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity | 70 | |
| 9228286289 | hyperbole | overstatement, gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect | 71 | |
| 9228286290 | idyll | lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place | 72 | |
| 9228286291 | image | world or phrase representing that which can be seen, touched ,tasted, smelled, of felt | 73 | |
| 9228286292 | in medias res | latin term for narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point | 74 | |
| 9228286293 | indirect quotation | rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but paraphrased | 75 | |
| 9228286294 | irony | mode of expression in which the intended meaning is opposite of what is stated | 76 | |
| 9228286295 | kenning | name of thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities "ring giver" for king "whale road" for ocean | 77 | |
| 9228286296 | lampoon | mockinh, satirical assault on a person or situation | 78 | |
| 9228286297 | light verse | variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse, sometimes with satirical thrust | 79 | |
| 9228286298 | litotes | form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to increase emphasis, he is not a bad dancer | 80 | |
| 9228286299 | loose sentence | sentence that follows the customary word order of english | 81 | |
| 9228286300 | lyric poetry | personal ,reflective poetry | 82 | |
| 9228286301 | maxim | a saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth | 83 | |
| 9228286302 | melodrama | literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotion response | 84 | |
| 9228286303 | metaphor | figure of speech that compares unlike objects | 85 | |
| 9228286304 | metaphysical poetry | the work of poets, particularly those f 17th century, use elaborate conceits, very intellectual, expresses the complexities of love and life | 86 | |
| 9228286305 | meter | pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry | 87 | |
| 9228286306 | metonymy | a figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else "the white house says" | 88 | |
| 9228286307 | middle english | the language spoken in england roughly between 1150-1500 AD | 89 | |
| 9228286308 | mock epic | parody of traditional epic form, treats a frivolous topic with extreme seriousness | 90 | |
| 9228286309 | mode | general form, pattern, and manner of expression of a work of literature | 91 | |
| 9228286310 | montage | quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea | 92 | |
| 9228286311 | mood | the emotional tone in a work of literature | 93 | |
| 9228286312 | moral | brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature | 94 | |
| 9228286313 | motif | phrase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature ex. Hemingway using rain to evoke feelings of death and despair | 95 | |
| 9228286314 | muse | one of the ancient greek goddesses presiding over the arts, the imaginary source of inspiration for a artist or writer | 96 | |
| 9228286315 | myth | imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society | 97 | |
| 9228286316 | narrative form of verse or prose that tells a story | narrative poem | 98 | |
| 9228286317 | naturalism | often used as a synonym for realism; view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic | 99 | |
| 9228286318 | non sequitur | a statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before | 100 | |
| 9228286319 | novella | work of fiction of roughly 20,000-50,000 words | 101 | |
| 9228286320 | novel of manners | novel focusing n and describing the social customs and habits of a particular social group-ex. pride and prejudice | 102 | |
| 9228286321 | ode | lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful and exalted feelings | 103 | |
| 9228286322 | old english | the anglo saxon language spoken in what is now england from approximately 450-1150 A.D. | 104 | |
| 9228286323 | omniscient narrator | narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding, and insight of characters, settings, background, and all other elements of a story** | 105 | |
| 9228286324 | onomatopoeia | the use of words who's sounds suggest meaning "bubbling, murmuring brooks | 106 | |
| 9228286325 | ottava rims | 8 lines rhyming stanza of a poem | 107 | |
| 9228286326 | oxymoron | term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect "loud silence" "jumbo shrimp" | 108 | |
| 9228286327 | parble | story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived | 109 | |
| 9228286328 | paradox | statement that seems self-contradictory but nevertheless truth | 110 | |
| 9228286329 | parody | imitation of a work meant to ridicule its style and subject | 111 | |
| 9228286330 | paraphrase | version of a work put into simpler, everyday terms | 112 | |
| 9228286331 | pastoral | work of literature dealing with rural life | 113 | |
| 9228286332 | pathetic fallacy | faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects "mood not quality" | 114 | |
| 9228286333 | pathos | element of literature that stimulates pity or sorrow | 115 | |
| 9228286334 | pentameter | verse with 5 poetic feet per line | 116 | |
| 9228286335 | sentence that departs from the usual word order of english sentences by expressing the main thought only at the end, the particulars in the sentence are presented before the idea they support*** | periodic sentence-In spite of heavy snow and cold temperatures, the game continued. | 117 | |
| 9228286336 | persona | role or faced that a character assumes | 118 | |
| 9228286337 | personification | figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics | 119 | |
| 9228286338 | plot | interrelationship among the events in a story | 120 | |
| 9228286339 | picaresque novel | episodic novel about a rogue like wanderer who lives off his wits | 121 | |
| 9228286340 | protagonist | main character in a work of literature | 122 | |
| 9228286341 | pseudonym | "pen name" | 123 | |
| 9228286342 | pulp fiction | novels written for mass consumption | 124 | |
| 9228286343 | pun | humorous play on words | 125 | |
| 9228286344 | quatrain | 4 lined poem | 126 | |
| 9228286345 | realism | depiction of people, things, and events as they really are | 127 | |
| 9228286346 | rhetoric | language of a work and its style | 128 | |
| 9228286347 | rhetorical stance | language that conveys a speakers attitude or opinion with regard to a particular subject | 129 | |
| 9228286348 | rhyme | repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals | 130 | |
| 9228286349 | rhyme scheme | pattern of rhymes within a given poem | 131 | |
| 9228286350 | roman a clef | french for a novel in which historical events and actual people appear under the work of fiction, the bell jar-sylvia plath | 132 | |
| 9228286351 | romance | extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places | 133 | |
| 9228286352 | satire | literary style used to poke fun at, attack or ridicule an idea for the purpose of inducing a change | 134 | |
| 9228286353 | scan | act of determining the meter of a poetic line scansion | 135 | |
| 9228286354 | sentiment | synonym for view or feeling | 136 | |
| 9228286355 | sentimental | term that describes characters excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic | 137 | |
| 9228286356 | setting | total environment for the action in a novel or play | 138 | |
| 9228286357 | simile | figurative comparison using the worlds like or as | 139 | |
| 9228286358 | sonnet | popular form of verse, 14 lines and prescribed rhyme scheme, Shakespeare created Elizabethan sonnet | 140 | |
| 9228286359 | stanza | group of two or more lines in poetry that combine according to subject matter, rhyme, or other plan | 141 | |
| 9228286360 | stream of consciousness | a style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind | 142 | |
| 9228286361 | subplot | a subordinate or minor collection of events in a novel or play, usually connected to the main point | 143 | |
| 9228286362 | subtext | implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work | 144 | |
| 9228286363 | symbolism | use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object | 145 | |
| 9228286364 | synecdoche | figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole ex. pigskin for football | 146 | |
| 9228286365 | syntax | organization of language into meaningful structure, pattern of words | 147 | |
| 9228286366 | theme | the main idea or meaning | 148 | |
| 9228286367 | title character | a character whose name appears in the title of the novel or play-eponymous character | 149 | |
| 9228286368 | tone | authors attitude towards subject being written about | 150 | |
| 9228286369 | tragedy | form of literature in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw and a set of forces that cause the hero considerable anguish | 151 | |
| 9228286370 | trope | generic name for a figure of speech such as image, symbol, simile, and metaphor | 152 | |
| 9228286371 | verbal irony | discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written word | 153 | |
| 9228286372 | verse | a synonym for poetry, group of lines in a song or poem, also a single line of poetry | 154 | |
| 9228286373 | verisimilitude | similar to the truth, quality of realism in a work that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is | 155 | |
| 9228286374 | versification | the structural form of a line of verse as revealed by the number of feet it contains | 156 | |
| 9228286375 | villanelle | french verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of 19 lines and prescribed rhyming pattern | 157 | |
| 9228286376 | volta | any shift or turning point in a work of prose or poetry, may mark a shift in point of view, tone, mood, style, etc, found in sonnets between the octave (first 8 lines) and sestet (final six lines) | 158 | |
| 9228286377 | slant rhyme | close but not duplicates-(summer/somewhere) | 159 | |
| 9228286378 | internal rhymes | single line of poetry contains two or more words that rhyme | 160 | |
| 9228286379 | meter | patterns of rhythm in poetry | 161 | |
| 9228286380 | poetic foot | unit of measurement | 162 | |
| 9228286381 | iamb | two syllable foot, first syllable unstressed, second stressed-re-spect, at-tack | 163 | |
| 9228286382 | trochee | two syllable foot, first syllable stressed, second unstressed-mit-ten, aud-it | 164 | |
| 9228286383 | spondee | two syllable foot, two equally stressed syllables, often found at end of poetic lines-pan | 165 | |
| 9228286384 | dactyl | three syllable foot, composed of stressed syllable and two unstressed syllables-poss-ib-le, crim-i-nal | 166 | |
| 9228286385 | anapest | three syllable foot, two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one-ling-er-ie, le-mon-ade | 167 | |
| 9228286386 | Verbal Irony | is an implied contrast between what exists and what might be | 168 | |
| 9228286387 | ironic fantasy | wishing something that is not real | 169 | |
| 9228286388 | Metaphysical Poetry | 170 | ||
| 9228286389 | Metaphysical Poetry | lyric poems of 17th century men who were "poet psychologists"-writing highly intellectual and philosophical verses on the nature of thought and feeling | 171 | |
| 9228286390 | Narrative Poem | tells a story exepic of gilgamesh, the odyssey | 172 | |
| 9228286391 | Lyric Poem | express an individual's thoughts and emotions | 173 | |
| 9228286392 | sonnets, elegies | serious poem, odes-meant to be sung, villanelles-19 lines, ABA X 5 followed by ABAA | 174 | |
| 9228286393 | lyric poem | ANY poem that is neither dramatic nor narrative is lyrical | 175 | |
| 9228286394 | Romantic Poetry | love poems, romances are carefully structured metrical poems that originated in medieval france of knights rescuing damsels in distress | 176 | |
| 9228286395 | romantic poetry | literary movement that peaked in england during the 19th century and it is a PROTEST against classic formalism | 177 | |
| 9228286396 | lionize | (gives attention to) the individual hero | 178 | |
| 9228286397 | Ballad | originally sung, folk ballads tell engrossing stories about life-death, emphasize strong rhythms, repetition of key phrases, and rhymes, third person objective narrative | 179 | |
| 9228286398 | Couplet | two rhymed lines usually in same meter | 180 | |
| 9228286399 | often building blocks of longer works | couplet | 181 | |
| 9228286400 | heroic couplets | express a complete thought, often second line reinforcing the first-closed or end-stopped | 182 | |
| 9228286401 | Dramatic Monolgue | poem spoken by one person to a listener who may influence the speaker with a look or an action by saying nothing, relieves character of speaker | 183 | |
| 9228286402 | Limerick | not serious, most popular lighter forms of poetry, 5 lines built on two rhymes with third and fourth line short than the other, often a pun at the end | 184 | |
| 9228286403 | Ode | ancient form of a poetic song, is a celebratory poem, highly lyrical or profoundly philosophical, pay homage to something uniform stanza | 185 | |
| 9228292109 | Carpe diem | Literally, "Seize the day"; enjoy life while you can, a common theme in literature. | 186 | |
| 9579820291 | Fantasy | A story containing unreal, imaginary features | 187 | |
| 9579835912 | Denouement | The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction. | 188 | |
| 9579847327 | First-Person Narrative | A narrative told by a character involved in the story, using first-person pronouns such as I and we. | 189 | |
| 9579864522 | Flashback | A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances. | 190 | |
| 9579871222 | Foreshadowing | Providing hints of things to come in a story or play | 191 | |
| 9699121213 | genre | a term used to describe literary forms, such as novel, play, and essay | 192 | |
| 9699132919 | heroic couplet | two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth-century verse | 193 | |
| 9699148704 | narrative | a form of verse or prose that tells a story, often with a beginning, middle, and end | 194 | |
| 9770933994 | point of view | the relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem. A story in the first person has an internal point of view; an observer uses an external point of view | 195 | |
| 9770970875 | rhetorical question | a question that has the expected the answer built in so that it either requires no response or the response is self-evident; used after a group of arguments or assertions | 196 | |
| 9770991709 | rhythm | the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry | 197 | |
| 9771002092 | style | the manner in which an author uses and arranges words, shapes ideas, forms sentences, and creates a structure to convey ideas | 198 | |
| 9771036957 | voice | the real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker | 199 | |
| 10734130443 | Apollonian | In contrast to Dionysian, it refers to the most noble, godlike qualities of human nature and behavior | 200 |
