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| 7171059969 | Simile | a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in "she is like a rose." | 0 | |
| 7171060473 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in "A mighty fortress is our God." | 1 | |
| 7171061579 | Personification | the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure. | 2 | |
| 7171061883 | Alliteration | the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in apt alliteration's artful aid. | 3 | |
| 7171069205 | Assonance | Rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words, as in penitent and reticence. | 4 | |
| 7171072958 | Consonance | The correspondence of consonants, especially those at the end of a word, in a passage of prose or verse. OR The use of the repetition of consonants or consonant patterns as a rhyming device. | 5 | |
| 7171074765 | Verbal Irony | Irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning. | 6 | |
| 7171075986 | Dramatic Irony | Irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play. | 7 | |
| 7171076118 | Situational Irony | Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected. | 8 | |
| 7171076811 | Mood | literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. | 9 | |
| 7171079906 | Tone | in written composition, is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. | 10 | |
| 7171081641 | Imagery | figurative description or illustration; rhetorical images collectively. | 11 | |
| 7171083271 | Allusion | a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication. | 12 | |
| 7171083798 | Diction | style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words | 13 | |
| 7171085294 | Denotation | a word that names or signifies something specific | 14 | |
| 7171086418 | Connotation | something suggested or implied by a word or thing, rather than being explicitly named or described | 15 | |
| 7171087755 | Setting | the surroundings or environment of anything | 16 | |
| 7171088679 | Antagonist | the adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work | 17 | |
| 7171089369 | Protagonist | the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work. | 18 | |
| 7171089976 | Inciting Force | The event or character that triggers the conflict. | 19 | |
| 7171094587 | Exposition | The introductory material which gives the setting, creates the tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding the story. | 20 | |
| 7171095070 | Conflict | a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist. | 21 | |
| 7171097164 | Rising Action | A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax. | 22 | |
| 7171097669 | Climax | It is the high point of the story for the reader. Frequently, it is the moment of the highest interest and greatest emotion. The point at which the outcome of the conflict can be predicted. | 23 | |
| 7171098485 | Resolution | Rounds out and concludes the action. | 24 | |
| 7171102513 | Falling Action | The events after the climax which close the story. | 25 | |
| 7171103416 | 3rd Person Objective | The narrator is an outsider who can report only what he or she sees and hears. This narrator can tell us what is happening, but he can't tell us the thoughts of the characters. | 26 | |
| 7171105207 | 3rd Person Limited | The narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters | 27 | |
| 7171105665 | 3rd Person Omniscient | The narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of more than one of the characters. | 28 | |
| 7171105925 | 1st Person POV | The narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts and feelings and what he or she sees and is told by other characters. He can't tell us thoughts of other characters. | 29 | |
| 7171106400 | 2nd Person POV | The narrator tells the story to another character using the word 'you.' | 30 | |
| 7171109720 | Noun | Person, place, thing, or idea. | 31 | |
| 7171110657 | Verb | expresses action, state, or a relation between two things | 32 | |
| 7171111220 | Adjective | words that modify nouns and pronouns, primarily by describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying | 33 | |
| 7171114169 | Adverb | shows HOW the verb/action was completed | 34 | |
| 7171117165 | Preposition | word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause | 35 | |
| 7171118052 | Conjunction | any member of a small class of words distinguished in many languages by their function as connectors between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, as and, because, but, however. | 36 | |
| 7171118517 | Interjection | any member of a class of words expressing emotion, distinguished in most languages by their use in grammatical isolation, as Hey! Oh! Ouch! Ugh! | 37 | |
| 7171118518 | Hyperbole | an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as "to wait an eternity." | 38 | |
| 7171118894 | Symbolism | the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. | 39 | |
| 7171119061 | Allegory | a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another. | 40 | |
| 7171119062 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in "cruel kindness" or "to make haste slowly." | 41 | |
| 7171119485 | Paradox | a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 42 | |
| 7171119651 | Characterization | the act of describing the individual quality of a person or thing. | 43 |
