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| 4384770944 | Allegory | Characters, events, and settings represent abstract ideas and principles and have an underlying meaning | 0 | |
| 4384770945 | Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close to one another | 1 | |
| 4384770946 | Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of significance | 2 | |
| 4384770947 | Ambiguity | A word, phrase, or statement with more than one meaning | 3 | |
| 4384770948 | Anachronism | Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred | 4 | |
| 4384770949 | Analogy | Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect | 5 | |
| 4384770950 | Anaphora | The deliberate repition of the first part of the sentence | 6 | |
| 4384770951 | Antagonist | Stands in opposition to the protagonist/main character; villain | 7 | |
| 4384770952 | Antihero | A prominent character whose qualities are opposite to a conventional hero | 8 | |
| 4384770953 | Antithesis | A contrast emphasized by parallelism | 9 | |
| 4384770954 | Aphorism | A short concise instructive saying that embodies a moral | 10 | |
| 4384770955 | Apostrophe | The speaker addresses an imaginary, inanimate, or absent person, thing, or idea in his speech | 11 | |
| 4384770956 | Aside | A comment made by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience, but not other characters | 12 | |
| 4384770957 | Assonance | Two or more words that are close to each other have the same vowel sound but start with different consonance sounds | 13 | |
| 4384770958 | Archetype | Something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies shared by by people across cultures | 14 | |
| 4384770959 | Ballad | A narrative song with a recurrent refrain or a narrative poem of popular origin | 15 | |
| 4384770960 | Bathos | Insincere pathos (also a malapropism) | 16 | |
| 4384770961 | Blank Verse | Unrhymed verse, usually in iambic pentameter | 17 | |
| 4384770962 | Bildungsroman | A novel dealing with someone's formative years | 18 | |
| 4384770963 | Cadence | The accent in a metrical foot of verse | 19 | |
| 4384770964 | Caesura | A pause or interruption in a line of poetry | 20 | |
| 4384770965 | Canto | A major division of a long poem | 21 | |
| 4384770966 | Catharsis | Purging of fear and pity that occur in the audience of a tragedy/drama | 22 | |
| 4384770967 | Characterization | The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features | 23 | |
| 4384770968 | Climax | The specific point in a story when the conflict or tension hits the highest point | 24 | |
| 4384770969 | Colloquialism | The use of informal words, phrases, or slang in a piece of writing | 25 | |
| 4384770970 | Comedy | Light and humorous drama with a happy ending | 26 | |
| 4384770971 | Conceit | An elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things (extended metaphor) | 27 | |
| 4384770972 | Conflict | A struggle between two opposing forces | 28 | |
| 4384770973 | Connotation | A meaning implied by a word aside from its explicit meaning; can be positive or negative | 29 | |
| 4384770974 | Consonance | Repetition of consonants within a phrase | 30 | |
| 4384770975 | Couplet | A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed | 31 | |
| 4384770976 | Denotation | Literal meanings of words | 32 | |
| 4384770977 | Dénouement | The resolution of an issue in a complicated plot | 33 | |
| 4384770978 | Dialect | The language, spelling, grammar, and punctuation used by people in a specific area, class, district, etc. | 34 | |
| 4384770979 | Diction | The style of speaking or writing determined by the writer's choice of words | 35 | |
| 4384770980 | Didactic | Instructive, especially excessively | 36 | |
| 4384770981 | Direct Characterization | The author specifically reveals traits about the character in a direct, straightforward manner | 37 | |
| 4384770982 | Dramatic Monologue | A poem in the form of a speech or narrative in which the speaker reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events | 38 | |
| 4384770983 | Dynamic Character | A character who undergoes change through actuons and events in the plot | 39 | |
| 4384770984 | Dystopia | A work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation, oppression, or terror | 40 | |
| 4384770985 | Elegy | A mournful poem; a lament for the dead | 41 | |
| 4384770986 | Enjambment | The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause in poetry | 42 | |
| 4384770987 | Epic | A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds | 43 | |
| 4384770988 | Epigram | A brief witty poem; often satirical | 44 | |
| 4384770989 | Epigraph | A quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing | 45 | |
| 4384770990 | Epistolary Novel | A novel written in the form of letters or correspondence | 46 | |
| 4384770991 | Epithet | A defamatory or abusive word or phrase | 47 | |
| 4384770992 | Ethos | Persuasion by ethics | 48 | |
| 4384770993 | Euphemism | An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh | 49 | |
| 4384770994 | Eurocentrism | Belief in the preeminence of Europe and Europeans | 50 | |
| 4384770995 | Equivocation | Possession of more than one meaning | 51 | |
| 4384770996 | Exposition | Introduces background info of the setting, character, events, etc. | 52 | |
| 4384770997 | Fable | A short moral story (often with animal characters); a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events | 53 | |
| 4384770998 | Farce | A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations | 54 | |
| 4384770999 | Figurative Language | Uses words whose meanings differ from their loteral meanings | 55 | |
| 4384771000 | First Person Point of View | A point of view where the story is narrated by one character at a time who is speaking about him or herself or sharing events that he or she is experiencing | 56 | |
| 4384771001 | Foil | A character whose traits serve to show opposition to another character's good qualities | 57 | |
| 4384771002 | Foreshadowing | An advance hint of what will occur later in the story | 58 | |
| 4384771003 | Free Verse | Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern | 59 | |
| 4384771004 | Genre | A kind of literary or artistic work | 60 | |
| 4384771005 | Hegemony | The dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others | 61 | |
| 4384771006 | Hero | A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength | 62 | |
| 4384771007 | Heroic Couplet | A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in an elevated style | 63 | |
| 4384771008 | Hubris | Overbearing pride or presumption | 64 | |
| 4384771009 | Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration of ideas for emphasis | 65 | |
| 4384771010 | Idyll | An episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to quantify as the subject of a poetic idyll | 66 | |
| 4384771011 | Indirect Characterization | The narrator shows the reader something about the character through the character's actions, things the character says, or things other characters say | 67 | |
| 4384771012 | In Medias Res | Into or in the middle | 68 | |
| 4384771013 | Interior Monologue | A literary genre that presents a fictional character's sequence of thoughts in the form of a monologue | 69 | |
| 4384771014 | Intertextuality | The idea that a given text is a responsr to what has already been written, whether it is explicit or implicit | 70 | |
| 4384771015 | Invective | Abusive or venemous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will | 71 | |
| 4384771016 | Inversion | The reversal of the normal order of words | 72 | |
| 4384771017 | Irony | A difference between appearance and reality; intended meaning is different from the actual meaning; a situation ended in a different way than expected | 73 | |
| 4384771018 | Juxtaposition | The act of positioning things close together (comparing) | 74 | |
| 4384771019 | Kenning | Conventional metaphoric name for something (epithet for a thing) | 75 | |
| 4384771020 | Limited Omniscient POV | The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character and all characters are described using pronouns | 76 | |
| 4384771021 | Litotes | Understatement for rhetorical effect | 77 | |
| 4384771022 | Local Color | Regionalism | 78 | |
| 4384771023 | Lyrical Ballad | A type of poetry or verse used as songs | 79 | |
| 4384771024 | Lyric Poem | A short poem of songlike quality | 80 | |
| 4384771025 | Malapropism | The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar | 81 | |
| 4384771026 | Metaphysical Poetry | Characterized by the inventive use of conceits and by questioning abstract topics | 82 | |
| 4384771027 | Meter | The accent in a metrical foot of a verse | 83 | |
| 4384771028 | Metonymy | Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself | 84 | |
| 4384771029 | Metrical Feet | A group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm | 85 | |
| 4384771030 | Misanthrope | Someone who dislikes people in general | 86 | |
| 4384771031 | Mock Epic | Satires or parodies that mock common Classical stereotypes of heroes or heroic literature | 87 | |
| 4384771032 | Motif | A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literacy or artistic work | 88 | |
| 4384771033 | Misogynist | A misanthrope who dislikes women in particular | 89 | |
| 4384771034 | Objective POV | The narrator tells what happens factually and never states what characters may feel or think | 90 | |
| 4384771035 | Ode | A lyric poem with complex stanza forms | 91 | |
| 4384771036 | Omniscient POV | Third person where the narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of every character | 92 | |
| 4384771037 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates a natural sound | 93 | |
| 4384771038 | Oxymoron | Two opposite ideas are joined to make an effect | 94 | |
| 4384771039 | Parable | A short moral story | 95 | |
| 4384771040 | Paradox | A statement appearing to be self-contradictory or silly, but may include truth | 96 | |
| 4384771041 | Parallelism | Phrases/sentences put close to each other with the same structure | 97 | |
| 4384771042 | Parody | An imitation of a writer, artist, or genre, exaggerating it to produce a comedic effect | 98 | |
| 4384771043 | Pastoral | A literary work idealizing the rural lofe | 99 | |
| 4384771496 | Pathos | Persuasion by emotion; stimulates the audience to feel pity and sorrow | 100 | |
| 4384771497 | Persona | A personality an author takes on | 101 | |
| 4384771498 | Personification | A thing, idea, or animal is given human characteristics | 102 | |
| 4384771499 | Petrarchan Sonnet | A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern "abbaabba" followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern "cdecde" or "cdcdcd" | 103 | |
| 4384771500 | POV | Perspective, way of considering things | 104 | |
| 4384771501 | Primary Epic | A written epic, or a long narrative poem, which presents characters of high position in a series of adventures and are often of heroic proportions | 105 | |
| 4384771502 | Prose | Ordinary writing as distingushed from verse | 106 | |
| 4384771503 | Protagonist | The central character in a story | 107 | |
| 4384771504 | Regionalism | A feature characteristic of a particular region (local color) | 108 | |
| 4384771505 | Rhetoric | Using language effectively to please or persuade | 109 | |
| 4384771506 | Rhetorical Question | A statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered | 110 | |
| 4384771507 | Rhyme | Repetition of similar sounding words at the end of each line | 111 | |
| 4384771508 | Rhythm | Demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables | 112 | |
| 4384771509 | Romance | A novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life | 113 | |
| 4384771510 | Satire | Exposes and criticizes foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using irony, humor, exaggeration, or ridicule | 114 | |
| 4384771511 | Schemata | An internal representation of the world | 115 | |
| 4384771512 | Scheme | Deals with syntax, diction, sounds, but not meanings | 116 | |
| 4384771513 | Secondary Epic | Written epics that were traditionally told orally | 117 | |
| 4384771514 | Setting | The place where an event takes place | 118 | |
| 4384771515 | Shakespearean Sonnet | A sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern "abab cdcd efef gg" | 119 | |
| 4384771516 | Slant Rhyme | Type of rhyme formed by words of similar sounds, but not identical as in a typical rhyme | 120 | |
| 4384771517 | Soliloquy | A dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections | 121 | |
| 4384771518 | Sonnet | A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme | 122 | |
| 4384771519 | Stanza | A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem | 123 | |
| 4384771520 | Static Character | A character who does not change throughout the plot | 124 | |
| 4384771521 | Style | The way a writer writes the technique an author uses | 125 | |
| 4384771522 | Subjugate | To put down by force or intimidation, conquer, or subdue | 126 | |
| 4384771523 | Symbol | Something that represents another thought, idea, or thing | 127 | |
| 4384771524 | Synecdoche | Substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa | 128 | |
| 4384771525 | Synesthesia | A close association or confusion of sense impressions | 129 | |
| 4384771526 | Syntax | A set of rules in a language; the way words are put together to express a thought | 130 | |
| 4384771527 | Theme | A main idea or an underlying meaning hat can be directly or indirectly stated | 131 | |
| 4384771528 | Thesis | A statement that a writer intends to support or prove in a work | 132 | |
| 4384771529 | Third Person POV | Narrated by an outside person not involved in the story | 133 | |
| 4384771530 | Tone | The attitude of the writer toward the subject or audience and is conveyed through word choice | 134 | |
| 4384771531 | Tragedy | Drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance | 135 | |
| 4384771532 | Tragic Flaw | The character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall | 136 | |
| 4384771533 | Tragic Hero | A person with heroic or potentially heroic qualities who is fated to doom and destruction | 137 | |
| 4384771534 | Transition | A change from one place, state, subject, or stage to another | 138 | |
| 4384771535 | Trope | Changes meaning of a word | 139 | |
| 4384771536 | Understatement | A statement restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said | 140 | |
| 4384771537 | Unity of Design | All the elements in a work fit together and make a harmonious effect | 141 | |
| 4384771538 | Verisimilitude | The appearance of truth, willing suspension of disbelief | 142 | |
| 4384771539 | Wit | Reason or reasoning ability | 143 |
