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| 9882816546 | anachronism | a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned. | 0 | |
| 9882825522 | Apollonian | relating to the rational, ordered, and self-disciplined aspects of human nature. | 1 | |
| 9882836262 | belle-lettres | category of writing, originally meaning beautiful or fine writing. In the modern narrow sense it is a label for literary works that do not fall into the major categories | 2 | |
| 9882845617 | bathos | overdone or insincere sentimentality | 3 | |
| 9882860281 | classicism | the following of ancient Greek or Roman principles and style in art and literature, generally associated with harmony, restraint, and adherence to recognized standards of form and craftsmanship, especially from the Renaissance to the 18th century. | 4 | |
| 9882868530 | arch | deliberately or affectedly playful and teasing. | 5 | |
| 9882883092 | cynic | a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable or unselfish reasons. | 6 | |
| 9882888205 | Dionysian | relating to the sensual, spontaneous, and emotional aspects of human nature. | 7 | |
| 9882899658 | deus ex machina | In literature, the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem | 8 | |
| 9882910163 | ellipsis | Three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation. | 9 | |
| 9882924861 | elliptical construction | A sentence containing a deliberate omission of words | 10 | |
| 9882938778 | eponymous | (of a literary work, film, etc) named after its central character or creator | 11 | |
| 9882956192 | exegesis | critical explanation or interpretation of a text or portion of a text | 12 | |
| 9882965593 | explication | The interpretation or analysis of a text | 13 | |
| 9883003531 | denouement | The resolution that occurs at the end of a narrative or drama, real or imagined. | 14 | |
| 9883016874 | concrete detail | A highly specific, particular, often real, actual, or tangible detail; the opposite of abstract. | 15 | |
| 9883020141 | conceit | A witty of ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea, often stated in figurative language. | 16 | |
| 9883024767 | circumlocution | Literally, "talking around" a subject; i.e., discourse that avoids direct reference to a subject. | 17 | |
| 9883028273 | carpe diem | Literally, "seize the day"; "enjoy life while you can," a common theme in life and literature. | 18 | |
| 9883030847 | canon | The works considered the most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied. | 19 | |
| 9883042593 | cacophony | Grating, inharmonious sounds. | 20 | |
| 9883049384 | bombast | Inflated, pretentious language. | 21 | |
| 9883053532 | apostrophe | A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present. | 22 | |
| 9883059694 | epithet | An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing. Can also be used to apply to vulgar or profane exclamations. | 23 | |
| 9883063758 | descriptive detail | Graphic, exact, and accurate presentation of the characteristics of a person, place, or thing. | 24 | |
| 9906627809 | myth | a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event | 25 | |
| 9906634138 | pedantic | overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching. | 26 | |
| 9906638451 | prose | the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse. | 27 | |
| 9906642831 | proverb | a wise saying or precept; a didactic sentence. | 28 | |
| 9906649871 | realism | the tendency to view or represent things as they really are. | 29 | |
| 9906653717 | retraction | withdrawal of a promise, statement, opinion, etc.: | 30 | |
| 9906661412 | reiteration | to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively. | 31 | |
| 9906665249 | pulp fiction | fiction dealing with lurid or sensational subjects, often printed on rough, low-quality paper manufactured from wood pulp. | 32 | |
| 9906672108 | pseudonym | a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. | 33 | |
| 9906678053 | rhetorical stance | Language that conveys a speaker's attitude or opinion with regard to a particular subject | 34 | |
| 9906693240 | saga | Also called saga novel. a form of the novel in which the members or generations of a family or social group are chronicled in a long and leisurely narrative. | 35 | |
| 9906700845 | stream of consciouness | a style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind | 36 | |
| 9906708100 | syllogism | a form of deductive reasoning in which certain ideas or facts, other ideas or facts must follow. | 37 | |
| 9906715141 | theme | the main idea or meaning, often an abstract idea upon which an essay or other form of discourse is built. | 38 | |
| 9906721858 | tragedy | a form of literature in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw or by a set of forces that cause the hero considerable anguish | 39 | |
| 9906727671 | trope | the generic name for a figure of speech such as image, symbol, simile, and metaphor. | 40 | |
| 9906734785 | verbisimillitude | similar to the truth, the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is or could have been | 41 | |
| 9906745077 | voice | the real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker. A verb is in the active voice when it expresses an action performed by its subject. A verb is in the passive voice when it expresses an action performed upon its subject or when the subject is the result of the action | 42 | |
| 9906759422 | whimsy | an object, device, or creation that is fanciful or rooted in unreality. | 43 | |
| 9906764036 | wit | the quickness of intellect and the power and talent for saying brilliant things that surprise and delight by their unexpectedness. | 44 | |
| 9906771609 | setting | an environment that consists of time, place, historical milieu, and social, political, and even spiritual circumstances | 45 | |
| 9906779433 | satire | a literary style used to poke fun at, attack or ridicule an idea, vice, or foible, often for the purpose of inducing change | 46 | |
| 9906786561 | ode | a lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject | 47 | |
| 9906793028 | non sequitur | a statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before. | 48 | |
| 9906797269 | naturalism | a term often used as a synonym for realism, also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic. | 49 |
