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| 7227000959 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning | 0 | |
| 7227000960 | Alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words | 1 | |
| 7227000961 | Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | 2 | |
| 7227000962 | Ambiguity | An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way. | 3 | |
| 7227000963 | Antagonist | A character or force in conflict with the main character | 4 | |
| 7227000964 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 5 | |
| 7227000965 | Apostrophe | Addressing something nonhuman as if it were human | 6 | |
| 7227000966 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 7 | |
| 7227000967 | Attitude | A speaker's, author's, or character's disposition toward or opinion of a subject. | 8 | |
| 7227000968 | Cacophonous | harsh sounding | 9 | |
| 7227000969 | Cliché | an idea or expression that has become stale due to overuse | 10 | |
| 7227000970 | Climax | Most exciting moment of the story; turning point | 11 | |
| 7227000971 | Colloquial | Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing | 12 | |
| 7227000972 | Conflict | A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist | 13 | |
| 7227000973 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 14 | |
| 7227000974 | Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | 15 | |
| 7227000975 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 16 | |
| 7227000976 | Dénouement | The resolution that occurs at the end of a narrative or drama, real or imagined. | 17 | |
| 7227000977 | Dialect | A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. | 18 | |
| 7227000978 | Dialogue | Conversation between characters | 19 | |
| 7227000979 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 20 | |
| 7227000980 | Epigram | a rhetorical device that is a memorable, brief, interesting and surprising satirical statement | 21 | |
| 7227000981 | Epigraph | a quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme. | 22 | |
| 7227000982 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 23 | |
| 7227000983 | Euphonious | pleasing to the ear | 24 | |
| 7227000984 | Exposition | Beginning of a story or novel, provides important background information and introduces the characters | 25 | |
| 7227000985 | Falling action | Events after the climax, leading to the resolution | 26 | |
| 7227000986 | Figures of Speech | non-literal language uses for effect such as simile, hyperbole, personification | 27 | |
| 7227000987 | Flashback | present action is temporarily interrupted so that past events can be described | 28 | |
| 7227000988 | Foreshadowing | a warning or indication of a future event | 29 | |
| 7227000989 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 30 | |
| 7227000990 | Irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning | 31 | |
| 7227000991 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 32 | |
| 7227000992 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 33 | |
| 7227000993 | Objective | not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts | 34 | |
| 7227000994 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 35 | |
| 7227000995 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 36 | |
| 7227000996 | Paradox | A statement that contradicts itself while holding truth to it | 37 | |
| 7227000997 | Paraphrase | expressing the meaning of a work by using different words, usually for better clarity | 38 | |
| 7227000998 | Parody | a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner | 39 | |
| 7227000999 | Personification | Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea | 40 | |
| 7227001000 | Point of View | The perspective from which a story is told | 41 | |
| 7227001001 | Protagonist | Main character | 42 | |
| 7227001002 | Rising Action | Events leading up to the climax | 43 | |
| 7227001003 | Satire | A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness | 44 | |
| 7227001004 | Setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. | 45 | |
| 7227001005 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 46 | |
| 7227001006 | Speaker | The person or group who creates a text | 47 | |
| 7227001007 | Subjective | Based on personal opinions, feelings, and attitudes | 48 | |
| 7227001008 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 49 | |
| 7227001009 | Theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 50 | |
| 7227001010 | Symbol | anything that stands for or represents something else | 51 | |
| 7227001011 | Thesis | a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved. | 52 | |
| 7227001012 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 53 |
