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| 14005429889 | allegory | The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form. | 0 | |
| 14005429892 | anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines in a poem. | 1 | |
| 14005429891 | ambiguity | When an author leaves out details/information or is unclear about an event so the reader will use his/her imagination to fill in the blanks. | 2 | |
| 14005429893 | anecdote | A short story or joke told at the beginning of a speech to gain the audience's attention. | 3 | |
| 14005429895 | anti-climatic | When the ending of the plot in poetry or prose is unfulfilling or lackluster. | 4 | |
| 14005429896 | apostrophe | When a character speaks to a character, concept or object that is not present or is unable to respond | 5 | |
| 14005429898 | blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter. | 6 | |
| 14005429900 | colloquial language | Informal, conversational language. Colloquialisms are phrases or sayings that are indicative of a specific region. | 7 | |
| 14005429901 | connotation | An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing, ie. Bat=evil. | 8 | |
| 14005429902 | convention | An understanding between a reader and a writer about certain details of a story that does not need to be explained. | 9 | |
| 14005429904 | couplet | Two rhyming lines in poetry. | 10 | |
| 14005429905 | deus ex machina | Term that refers to a character or force that appears at the end of a story or play to help resolve conflict. Word means "god from a machine." In ancient Greek drama, gods were lowered onto the stage by a mechanism to extricate characters from a seemingly hopeless situation. The phrase has come to mean any turn of events that solve the characters' problems through an unexpected and unlikely intervention. | 11 | |
| 14005429908 | doppelganger | The alter ego of a character-the suppressed side of one's personality that is usually unaccepted by society. | 12 | |
| 14005429910 | elegy | A poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person. | 13 | |
| 14005429912 | enjambment | The continuation of reading one line of a poem to the next with no pause, a run-on line. | 14 | |
| 14005429913 | epic | An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero | 15 | |
| 14005429914 | epilogue | A short poem or speech spoken directly to the audience following the conclusion of a play, or in a novel a short explanation at the end of the book which indicates what happens after the plot ends. | 16 | |
| 14005429915 | epiphany | Sudden enlightenment or realization about the world | 17 | |
| 14005429916 | epistolary | Used to describe a novel that tells its story through letters written from one character to another. | 18 | |
| 14005429917 | euphemism | The act of substituting a harsh, blunt, or offensive comment for a more positive one. | 19 | |
| 14005429918 | euphony | A succession of words which are pleasing to the ear. | 20 | |
| 14005429924 | flat character | A literary character whose personality can be defined by one or two traits and does not change over the course of the story. Flat characters are usually minor or insignificant characters. | 21 | |
| 14005429925 | foil | A character that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another. | 22 | |
| 14005429934 | Gothic novel | A genre of fiction characterized by mystery and supernatural horror, often set in a dark castle or other medieval setting | 23 | |
| 14005429935 | heroine | A woman noted for courage and daring action or the female protagonist. | 24 | |
| 14005429936 | hubris | Used in Greek tragedies, refers to excessive pride that usually leads to a hero's downfall. | 25 | |
| 14005429938 | illocution | Language that avoids meaning of the words. When we speak, sometimes we conceal intentions or side step the true subject of a conversation expressing two stories, one of which is not apparent to the characters, but is apparent to the reader. For example, if two characters are discussing a storm on the surface it may seem like a simple discussion of the weather, however, the reader should interpret the underlying meaning relationship is in turmoil, chaos, is unpredictable. As demonstrated the story contains an underlying meaning or parallel | 26 | |
| 14005429941 | in medias res | A story that begins in the middle of things. | 27 | |
| 14005429863 | cosmic Irony | When a higher power toys with human expectations | 28 | |
| 14005429948 | metonymy | The use of a word or phrase to stand in for something else which it is often associated. Example: the town of Hollywood usually means the movie business. |  | 29 |
| 14005429949 | motif | A dominant theme, symbol or phrase that is repeated throughout a work of literature. | 30 | |
| 14005429952 | neutral language | Language opposite from emotive language as it is literal or even objective in nature. | 31 | |
| 14005429954 | ode | A lyric poem of some length, usually of a serious or meditative nature and having an elevated style and formal structure: usually celebrates something |  | 32 |
| 14005429957 | parody | A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. |  | 33 |
| 14005429959 | poetic justice | The rewarding of virtue and the punishment of vice in the resolution of a plot. The character, as they say, gets what he/she deserves. |  | 34 |
| 14005429961 | prologue | An introduction or preface, especially a poem recited to introduce a play. |  | 35 |
| 14005429968 | rites of passage | An incident which creates tremendous growth signifying a transition from adolescence to adulthood. | 36 | |
| 14005429969 | round character | A character who is developed over the course of the book, round characters are usually major characters in a novel. |  | 37 |
| 14005429971 | satire | A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit; the goal is to change the behavior/issue. |  | 38 |
| 14005429974 | soliloquy | A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener - usually a dramatic convention |  | 39 |
| 14005429975 | sonnet | A poem with fourteen lines. An Italian sonnet subdivides into two quatrains and two tercets; while an English sonnet subdivides into three quatrains and one couplet. | 40 | |
| 14005429978 | tragedy | A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances | 41 | |
| 14013891882 | tercet | a stanza in poetry of three lines |  | 42 |
| 14013900590 | quatrain | a stanza in poetry of four lines | 43 | |
| 14030463424 | ellipsis | three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation | 44 | |
| 14030464836 | antithesis | A device used to create contrast by placing two parallel but opposite ideas in a sentence | 45 | |
| 14030483080 | alter-ego | A character that is used by the author to speak the author's own thoughts; when an author speaks directly to the audience through a character. | 46 | |
| 14030489197 | invective | A long, emotionally violent, attack using strong, abusive language. | 47 | |
| 14030492656 | paradox | A seemingly contradictory situation which is actually true."You can't get a job without experience, and you can't get experience without getting a job." | 48 | |
| 14030531784 | stock character | A stereotyped character | 49 |
