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| 6745980870 | foreshadowing | to hint at or to present an indication of the future beforehand in a work of literature | 0 | |
| 6745980871 | enjambment | the continuation of a sentence from one line of a poem to the next with no punctuation between the lines. | 1 | |
| 6745980872 | pastoral | a work that describes the simple life of country folk who live in a timeless, painless life in a world full of beauty, music and love; bucolic, idyll | 2 | |
| 6745980873 | ode | a lyric poem that is somewhat serious in subject and treatment, elevated in style and sometimes uses elaborate stanza structure, which is often patterned in sets of three | 3 | |
| 6745980874 | antithesis | the juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas | 4 | |
| 6745980875 | apostrophe | an address or invocation to something that is inanimate | 5 | |
| 6745980876 | denotation | a direct and specific meaning, often reffered to as the dictionary definition of a word | 6 | |
| 6745980877 | blank verse | the verse form consisting of unrhymed lines in iambic pentameter | 7 | |
| 6745980878 | caesura | pause in the midst of a line of verse, indicated by a distinct grammatical stop, such as a period or semi-colon. | 8 | |
| 6745980879 | antagonist | any force that is in opposition to the main character | 9 | |
| 6745980880 | colloquial | ordinary language, the vernacular | 10 | |
| 6745980881 | theme | a generalized, abstract insight/statement of the dominant idea or concern of a work. More than one word. | 11 | |
| 6745980882 | couplet | two rhyming lines of iambic pentameter that together present a single idea or connection | 12 | |
| 6745980883 | dialect | the language and speech idiosyncrasies of a specific area, region, or group of people | 13 | |
| 6745980884 | synechdoche | when a part is used to signify a whole, as in "All hands on deck!" (hands = sailors) | 14 | |
| 6745980885 | diction | the specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose, or effect | 15 | |
| 6745980886 | syntax | the way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences | 16 | |
| 6745980887 | flashback | retrospection, where an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronology of the narrative | 17 | |
| 6745980888 | elegy | a poetic lament upon the death of a particular person, usually ending in consolation | 18 | |
| 6745980889 | epic | a poem that celebrates, in a continuous narrative, the achievements of mighty heroes and heroines, often concerned with the founding of a nation or developing of a culture | 19 | |
| 6745980890 | allusion | a reference to a literary work or historical/fictional person, image or place | 20 | |
| 6745980891 | extended metaphor | a detailed and complex metaphor that extends over a long section of a work; see conceit. | 21 | |
| 6745980893 | in-media-res | refers to opening a story in the middle of the action, necessitating filing in past details by exposition or flashback; literally, "in the midst of things" | 22 | |
| 6745980894 | formal diction | language that is lofty, dignified, and impersonal | 23 | |
| 6745980895 | exposition | that part of the structure of a plot that sets the scene, introduces and identifies characters, and establishes the situation at the beginning of a story or play | 24 | |
| 6745980896 | satire | a literary work that holds up human or societal failing to ridicule | 25 | |
| 6745980897 | alliteration | the sequential repetition of the same initial sound, usually applied to consonants, usually heard in closely proximate words | 26 | |
| 6745980898 | style | a distinctive manner of expression expressed through an author's diction, rhythm, imagery, and more | 27 | |
| 6745980899 | free verse | poetry that is characterized by varying line lengths, lack of traditional meter, and non-rhyming lines | 28 | |
| 6745980901 | hyperbole | overstatement characterized by exaggerated language | 29 | |
| 6745980902 | iambic | a metrical foot in poetry that consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable | 30 | |
| 6745980903 | conceit | a comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature; in particular, an extended metaphor within a poem | 31 | |
| 6745980904 | motif | a recurrent device, formula, or situation that often serves as a signal for the appearance of a character or event | 32 | |
| 6745980905 | dramatic monologue | also, a soliloquy; a monologue set in a specific situation and spoken to an imaginary audience | 33 | |
| 6745980906 | imagery | any sensory detail or evocation in a work; relates to all of the senses, not only visual. | 34 | |
| 6745980908 | irony | a situation or statement characterized by a significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant | 35 | |
| 6745980909 | lyric | any short poem in which the speaker expresses intense personal emotion rather than desciribing a narrative or dramatic situation; a sonnet and ode are two examples | 36 | |
| 6745980910 | consonance | the repetition within a series of words of a consonant sound | 37 | |
| 6745980911 | mood | a feeling or ambiance created for the reader through the use of various techniques such as imagery, tone, etc. | 38 | |
| 6745980912 | metaphor | an implicit comparison of two unlike things | 39 | |
| 6745980914 | allegory | a prose or poetic narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance; often is a universal symbol or personified abstraction | 40 | |
| 6745980915 | tone | the attitude a literary work takes toward its subject and theme | 41 | |
| 6745980916 | narrative structure | a textual organization based on sequences of connected events, usually presented in a straightforward, chronological framework | 42 | |
| 6745980917 | narrator | the character who tells the story | 43 | |
| 6745980918 | connotation | what is suggested by a word, apart from what it explictly describes | 44 | |
| 6745980919 | 3rd person omniscient narration | a perspective that can present insights from multiple characters' thoughts, feelings and actions. | 45 | |
| 6745980920 | oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements, sometimes resulting in a humorous image or statement | 46 | |
| 6745980921 | parable | a short fiction that illustrates an explicit moral lesson through the use of analogy | 47 | |
| 6745980922 | realism | the practice in literature of attempting to describe nature and life without idealization and with attention to detail | 48 | |
| 6745980923 | juxtaposition | placement of two items (words, ideas, images) side by side to create a certain effect, usually contrast. | 49 | |
| 6745980924 | anecdote | a brief story or tale used to make a point | 50 | |
| 6745980925 | structure | the organization or arrangement of the various elements in a work | 51 | |
| 6745980926 | parallel structure | the use of similar forms in writing for nouns, verbs, phrases, or thoughts; maintains balance and symmetry | 52 | |
| 6745980928 | refrain | a repeated stanza or line(s) in a poem or song | 53 | |
| 6745980929 | quatrain | a poetic stanza of four lines | 54 | |
| 6745980930 | rhyme | the repetition of the same final syllable's or syllables' sound(s), most often at the ends of lines | 55 | |
| 6745980931 | simile | a direct, explicit comparison of two things, using like or as to draw the connection | 56 | |
| 6745980932 | solioquy | a monologue in which the character in a play is alone and speaking only to himself or herself | 57 | |
| 6745980933 | protagonist | the main character in a work who may or may not be heroic | 58 | |
| 6745980934 | assonance | repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, usually in close proximity | 59 | |
| 6745980935 | personification | treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person by endowing it with human qualitites | 60 | |
| 6745980936 | Shakespearean sonnet | a sonnet form divided into three quatrains and one couplet; also called an English sonnet | 61 | |
| 6745980937 | onomatopoeia | a word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes | 62 | |
| 6745980938 | speaker | the person, not necessarily the author, who is the voice of the poem | 63 | |
| 6745980939 | symbolism | a person, place, or thing in a literary work that designates itself and at the same time figuratively represents something else | 64 | |
| 6745980940 | Petrarchan sonnet | a sonnet form divided into an octave and a sestet; also called an Italian sonnet | 65 | |
| 6745980941 | setting | the time and place of the action in a story, poem, or play | 66 | |
| 6745980942 | tragedy | a drama in which a character, usually of noble or high rank, is brought to a disastrous end in confrontation with a superior force | 67 | |
| 6745980944 | paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but may actually be true | 68 | |
| 6745980945 | rhythm | the modulation of weak and strong (stressed and unstressed) elements in the flow of speech | 69 | |
| 6745980950 | denouement | the end of a play, book, etc., in which everything is explained or settled; the end result of a situation | 70 | |
| 6745980956 | foil | a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character | 71 | |
| 6745980957 | aside | a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play. | 72 | |
| 6746208473 | metonymy | a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related. Example: "suits" to represent business professionals or "the track" to represent horse racing. | 73 | |
| 6746345422 | Near or slant rhyme | a type of rhyme formed by similar but not identical sounding words -- rant and hand for example. | 74 | |
| 6746357301 | cacophony | a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds, used for effect | 75 | |
| 6746363635 | euphony | the quality of being pleasing to the ear through the use of harmonious sounding words | 76 | |
| 6746376911 | point of view | the perspective taken in a work of literature; can be first person (I), second person (you - used rarely), or third person limited or omniscient | 77 | |
| 6746386750 | third person limited point of view | an external narration that delves into the thoughts and feelings of only one character, presenting other characters merely through their actions, appearance and words. | 78 | |
| 6746396031 | internal rhyme | rhymed words that occur within lines of poetry, not at the ends of lines. | 79 | |
| 6746400292 | dramatic irony | a literary technique by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character | 80 |
