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| 3612441798 | Myth | a traditional story, usually involving supernatural beings or events, that explains how some of human nature or the natural world came to be | 0 | |
| 3612449645 | Creation Myth | a specific kind of myth that typically- • Describes how the universe, the earth, and life began • Explains the workings of the natural world • Supports and validates social customs and values | 1 | |
| 3612451935 | Folk Literature | includes folk tales, myths, fables, and legends passed orally from one generation to the next | 2 | |
| 3612453135 | Trickster Tale | a type of folk tale that features an animal or human character who typically engages in deceit, violence, and magic | 3 | |
| 3612455605 | Archetypal Character | character types that can be found in literary works from different cultures throughout the ages | 4 | |
| 3612458213 | Memoir | a form of autobiographical writing that shares personal experiences as well as observations of significant historical events of people | 5 | |
| 3612459494 | Historical Narrative | accounts of real-life historical experiences, written by either a person who experienced those events or someone who studied or observed them | 6 | |
| 3612461151 | Primary Source | materials by people who were either participants in or observers of the events written about | 7 | |
| 3612463452 | Secondary Source | records of events written by people who were not directly involved in the events | 8 | |
| 3612465976 | Historical Context | The ideas and details from the author's time that influence their work | 9 | |
| 3612465988 | Narrator | the voice that tells the story | 10 | |
| 3612467879 | Syntax | word order | 11 | |
| 3612468965 | Figurative Language | to create imagery and communicate ideas beyond the literal meaning of words | 12 | |
| 3612470492 | Metaphor | a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using like or as | 13 | |
| 3612472128 | Extended Metaphor | one that draws the comparison out and compares the two things at length and in many ways | 14 | |
| 3612473867 | Personification | a figure of speech in which an object, animal, or idea is given human characteristics | 15 | |
| 3612475553 | Hyperbole | a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis | 16 | |
| 3612478587 | Allusions | a reference | 17 | |
| 3612479691 | Archaic Language | words that were once in common use but are now considered old-fashioned or out-of-date | 18 | |
| 3612481031 | Inverted Syntax | sentence structure in which the expected order of words is reversed | 19 | |
| 3612484034 | Emotional Appeals | messages designed to persuade an audience by creating strong feelings | 20 | |
| 3612485354 | Tragedy | recounts the downfall of a main character | 21 | |
| 3612486176 | Comedy | light and humorous tone, usually ending happily | 22 | |
| 3612487336 | Protagonist | the central character of the play | 23 | |
| 3612488948 | Antagonist | often opposes the protagonist, giving rise to the central conflict of the play | 24 | |
| 3612496686 | Foil | a minor character who provides a striking contrast to another character | 25 | |
| 3612497443 | Monologue | a long speech spoken by a single character to an audience or another character | 26 | |
| 3612499226 | Soliloquy | a reflective speech in which a character speaks his or her private thoughts aloud, unheard by other characters | 27 | |
| 3612499227 | Aside | a short speech or comment that is delivered by a character to the audience but is not heard by other characters who are present | 28 | |
| 3612500392 | Drama | literature in play form | 29 | |
| 3612501873 | Logical Fallacy | a rhetorical flaw intended to inflame public emotions | 30 | |
| 3612503410 | Either/or Fallacy | insists that only two choices exist in a complex situation | 31 | |
| 3612505575 | Name-calling | were politicians point the finger of blame, accusing their opponents of moral failings or lack of patriotism | 32 | |
| 3612505576 | False Cause | when a politician suggests that an opponent or an opponent's policies are to blame for what's wrong with the country | 33 | |
| 3612507578 | Deductive | beginning with a generalization, or premise, and proceeding to examples and supporting facts | 34 | |
| 3612508716 | Inductive | beginning with examples or facts and proceeding to a conclusion | 35 | |
| 3612510905 | Logical Appeal | rely on reason and facts to support a claim | 36 | |
| 3612512150 | Emotional Appeal | present ideas that elicit strong feelings | 37 | |
| 3612513068 | Ethical Appeal | use values or moral standards to persuade an audience | 38 | |
| 3612514769 | Rhetorical Question | does not require a reply but the answer is obvious | 39 | |
| 3612517909 | Antithesis | occurs when contrasting ideas are expressed in a grammatically balanced statement | 40 | |
| 3612518817 | Repetition | : the use of the same word or phrase more than once for emphasis | 41 | |
| 3612519922 | Parallelism | a form or repetition in which a grammatical pattern is repeated | 42 | |
| 3612521104 | Circular Reasoning | supporting a statement by repeating the statements using different words | 43 | |
| 3612524070 | Hasty Generalization | a conclusion drawn from too little evidence or from evidence that is biased | 44 | |
| 3612526287 | Non Sequitur | a conclusion that does not follow logically from the "proof" offered to support it | 45 | |
| 3612527316 | Biblical Allusion | references to events, figures, or phrases from the Bible | 46 | |
| 3612528454 | Arguement | expresses an opinion on an issue and supports it with reasons and evidence | 47 | |
| 3612530261 | Rhetoric | use of language to persuade | 48 | |
| 3612531819 | Appeals to Association | suggest that readers will gain acceptance or prestige by taking the writer's position | 49 | |
| 3612534195 | Appeals to Authority | influences readers by citing experts or others who warrant respect | 50 | |
| 3612534974 | Diction | a writer's choice or words, diction includes both vocabulary (words) and syntax (arrangement of words) | 51 | |
| 3612539797 | Authobiography | the story of person's life, written by that person | 52 | |
| 3612543599 | Satire | a literary device in which people, customs, or institutions are ridiculed with the purpose of improving society | 53 | |
| 3612544547 | Blank Verse | unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter | 54 | |
| 3612546146 | Iambic Pentameter | each line has five iambic feet or beats, a pattern consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. | 55 | |
| 3612547357 | Enjambment | when one lines ends without a pause and continues into the next line for the actually meaning | 56 | |
| 3612548351 | Stanza | a group of lines sometimes characterized by a repeated pattern of rhyme and number or lines | 57 | |
| 3612548988 | Rhyme Scheme | the pattern of end rhyme unit in a line of poetry | 58 | |
| 3612551595 | Meter | the repetition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry | 59 | |
| 3612552657 | Foot | one stressed syllable indicated by an accent mark and either one or two unstressed syllables | 60 | |
| 3612553524 | Lamb | an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable | 61 | |
| 3612554310 | Mood | the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 62 | |
| 3612555623 | Paraphrase | restate the ideas in simpler words | 63 | |
| 3612556937 | Transcendentalism | an intellectual movement that emphasized the dignity of the individual and advocated a simple, mindful life | 64 | |
| 3612558651 | Essay | a work of nonfiction, often loosely structured, expressing the writer's personal views on a single subject | 65 | |
| 3612559675 | Anecdote | short accounts of personal incidents | 66 | |
| 3612562810 | Author's Perspective | refers to the distinct combination of opinions. Values, and beliefs that influence the way a writer looks at a topic | 67 | |
| 3612563929 | Rhetorical Technique | the methods an author employs to influence readers and convey ideas | 68 | |
| 3612564706 | Suspense | the combination of excitement and anxiety that readers feel about coming events in a plot | 69 | |
| 3612566862 | Symbol | something concrete- a person, a place, an object, or an action- used to stand for an abstract idea or feeling. | 70 | |
| 3612567614 | Plot | the structure of the story | 71 | |
| 3612569478 | Poetic Structure | the way words are arranged in lines, lines are arranged in stanzas, and units of sound are organized to achieve rhythm and rhyme | 72 | |
| 3612570595 | Free Verse | an organic form that lacks regular meter and rhyme | 73 | |
| 3612571861 | Cataloging | frequent lists of people, things, and attributes | 74 | |
| 3612573367 | Repetition | repeated words or phrases at the beginning of two or more lines | 75 | |
| 3612574131 | Parallelism | related ideas phrased in similar ways | 76 | |
| 3612575186 | Quatrain | four-line stanzas | 77 | |
| 3612576532 | Slant Rhyme | words that do not exactly rhyme | 78 | |
| 3612579308 | Internal Conflict | a struggle within a character | 79 | |
| 3612581111 | External Conflict | a struggle between a character and an outside force | 80 | |
| 3612582778 | Suspense | excitement and tension | 81 | |
| 4094307985 | dialect | distinctive forms of language spoken in particular areas or by particular groups of people | 82 | |
| 4094309030 | situational irony | a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens | 83 | |
| 4094309031 | dramatic irony | when readers know more about a situation or character than the characters do | 84 | |
| 4094309480 | verbal irony | a contrast between what is stated and what is meant | 85 | |
| 4094310120 | overstatement | an exaggeration for emphasis or for humorous effect | 86 | |
| 4094310859 | epigram | short, clever, and sometimes paradoxical statements | 87 | |
| 4094311173 | voice | a writer's unique use of language | 88 | |
| 4094311658 | understatement | the downplaying of the importance of things/the technique of downplaying the significance of the outlandish, often ironic or humorous effect. | 89 | |
| 4094312383 | tall tale | a distinctively American form of storytelling featuring outlandish characters and events, often with a comic effect | 90 | |
| 4094312384 | hyperbole | a figure of speech exaggerating or overstating a claim or point | 91 | |
| 4094314185 | local color | writing that brings a region alive by portraying its dress, mannerisms, customs, character types, and speech | 92 | |
| 4094314989 | regionalism | a literary movement of the 19th century that focused on the speech, habits, history, and beliefs of people in a specific geographical area | 93 | |
| 4094315429 | character types | characters with a similar set of traits that their creations continue to show up in literature, in movies, and in television shows today | 94 | |
| 4094316290 | naturalism | an offshoot of realism, the 19th century literary movement that examines the effect of natural and social forces on the individual | 95 | |
| 4094316891 | imagery | descriptive words that create sensory experiences | 96 | |
| 4094317267 | tone | a writer's attitude toward the subject | 97 | |
| 4094317268 | mood | the feeling the writer creates for the reader | 98 | |
| 4094318051 | first-person narrator | a character in the story | 99 | |
| 4094318897 | social context | social condition that inspired or influenced the author | 100 | |
| 4094320158 | speaker | the speaker of a poem, like the narrator of a story, is the voice that talks to the reader | 101 | |
| 4094320159 | refrain | one or more repeated lines of poetry that function like the chorus of a song | 102 | |
| 4094320724 | sonnet | a 14 line lyric poem with specific patterns of rhythm and rhyme | 103 | |
| 4094321476 | explicit | directly stated | 104 | |
| 4094322220 | implicit | suggested or hinted at | 105 | |
| 4094323572 | Narrative poetry | tells a story using elements of plot, character, and setting | 106 | |
| 4094324097 | dicition | word choice | 107 | |
| 4094324607 | stream of consciousness | a narrative in first-person point of view that presents the jumbled flow of a character's thoughts and sensations | 108 | |
| 4094325380 | imagists | influenced by Japanese haiku as well as ancient Greek lyric and French symbolist poetry, wrote according to strict principles | 109 | |
| 4094325381 | form | the arrangement of words on the page and to the use of rhyme and meter, but also to the standard conventions of written language | 110 | |
| 4504282236 | Universal Theme | a message that can be found throughout literature of all times and places | 111 | |
| 4504284819 | multiple narrators | taking the point of view of several characters in a single novel | 112 |
