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| 14664243940 | Alliteration | figurative term for when a beginning consonant sound is repeated over and over in a poem or text. -The repetition of consonant or vowels at the beginning of words | 0 | |
| 14664250855 | Allusion | is when a person or author makes an indirect or implied reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure-A reference to some famous person, place or thing in history or fiction, often for comparison | 1 | |
| 14664259726 | Assonance | the figurative term used to refer to the repetition of a vowel sound in a line of text or poetry.-Repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in a poetic line | 2 | |
| 14664265761 | Climax | the term used to refer to the part of story or play where the tension or action reaches its highest part. | 3 | |
| 14664269426 | Consonance | typically used to refer to the repetition of ending sounds that are consonants, but it can refer to repetition of consonant sounds within the word as well. -Repetition of consonant sounds, but not necessarily at the beginning of words | 4 | |
| 14664286520 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)-An implied analogy that identifies one thing with another | 5 | |
| 14664298913 | Mood | As a literary device, this is the emotional feeling or atmosphere that a work of literature produces in a reader. | 6 | |
| 14664300781 | Motivation | In literature, "motivation" is defined as a reason behind a character's specific action or behavior. | 7 | |
| 14664308281 | Narration | the act or process or an instance of narrating | 8 | |
| 14664309598 | Onomatopeia | Defined as a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. | 9 | |
| 14664319347 | Oxymoron | two words used together that have, or seem to have, opposite meanings-Two contradictory words in a phrase that produce a rhetorical effect when combined | 10 | |
| 14664333632 | Paradox | a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true-A statement apparently self-contradictory or absurd but really containing a possible truth | 11 | |
| 14664340334 | Personification | attribution of personal qualities to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions-Ideas, animals, abstractions, and inanimate objects are given human form, traits, and or feelings | 12 | |
| 14664346106 | Plot | A literary term used to describe the events that make up a story, or the main part of a story. | 13 | |
| 14664351221 | Point of view | refers to who is telling or narrating a story. A story can be told in three different ways: first person, second person, and third person. | 14 | |
| 14664357234 | Protagonist | the principal character in a literary work | 15 | |
| 14664363927 | Pun | Play on words the usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound | 16 | |
| 14664370423 | Repetition | a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable. | 17 | |
| 14664373748 | Rhetorical question | is a question someone asks without expecting an answer | 18 | |
| 14664375009 | Rhyme | repetition of similar sounding words, occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs.-Correspondence of terminal sounds of two or more words, lines of verse, or other units of composition | 19 | |
| 14664380740 | Sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain | 20 | |
| 14664398401 | Theme | is defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly. | 21 | |
| 14664402290 | Tone | is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. | 22 | |
| 14664403581 | Understatement | is a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is. | 23 | |
| 14664412896 | Setting | the time and place in which the story takes place | 24 | |
| 14664414214 | Shift or turn | refers to a change or movement in a piece resulting from an realization, or insight gained by the speaker, a character, or the reader | 25 | |
| 14664422019 | Simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as-Two things are compared using Like, As, or As If | 26 | |
| 14664430662 | Sound devices | are resources used by poets to convey and reinforce the meaning or experience of poetry through the skillful use of sound. Emphasis of sound-Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line. Consonance: Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line. Alliteration: Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line. Meter: It is a unit of rhythm in poetry, the pattern of the beats. Onomatopoeia: It refers to the word which imitates the natural sounds of the things. | 27 | |
| 14664432167 | Structure | Can be described as the organizational method of the written material | 28 | |
| 14678404284 | style | can be defined as the way a writer writes. It varies from author to author, and depends upon one's syntax, word choice, and tone. | 29 | |
| 14678423776 | Suspense | Authors advance their plots in a story, and keep readers interested, by creating this. It's the sense of anticipation, or even worry, that the reader has for the characters as they encounter problems during the plot of the story. | 30 | |
| 14678441872 | Symbol | signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning. | 31 | |
| 14678454761 | synecdoche | is a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole, or it may use a whole to represent a part.-Special form of metonymy in which the relationship is specifically part to whole The word "bread" refers to food or money, as in "Writing is my bread and butter," or "He is the sole breadwinner." The phrase "gray beard" refers to an old man. The word "sails" refers to a whole ship. The word "suit" refers to a businessman. The word "boots" usually refers to soldiers. The term "coke" for all carbonated drinks. "Pentagon" when it refers to a few decision makers. The word "glasses" refers to spectacles. | 32 | |
| 14678466537 | euphamism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant | 33 | |
| 14678480352 | extended metaphor | The term refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem. | 34 | |
| 14678482756 | figures of speech | a form of expression (such as a simile or metaphor) used to convey meaning or heighten effect often by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning or connotation familiar to the reader or listener | 35 | |
| 14678488820 | foreshadowing | an indication of what is to come | 36 | |
| 14678488821 | hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis-Obvious and deliberate exaggerations; an extravagant statement not intended to be taken literally | 37 | |
| 14678496695 | imagery | the literary term used for language and description that appeals to our five senses.-Language that evokes one or any of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching | 38 | |
| 14678503748 | verbal irony | where someone says the opposite of what they really mean or intend; sarcasm is a particularly biting form of verbal irony | 39 | |
| 14678506457 | situational irony | where actions or events have the opposite result from what is expected or what is intended | 40 | |
| 14678508604 | dramatic irony | occurs when the audience or reader of a text knows something that the characters do not | 41 |
