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| 34079960 | allegory | a symbolic narrative that works by itself, but can also be applied to political, social, religious, philosophical and moral situations | |
| 34079961 | allusion | a reference to another well-known work of art or literature | |
| 34079962 | analogy | a comparison made on the similarity of a feature | |
| 34079963 | antagonist | character in opposition to the main or central character | |
| 34079964 | apostrophe | addressing a real or imagined person who is not present; a speech to an abstraction | |
| 34079965 | assonance | repetition of identical vowel sounds in different words in close proximity | |
| 34079966 | ballad | narrative poem written in quatrains with an abab or abcb rhyme scheme, and alternating syllable length | |
| 34079967 | blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter | |
| 34079968 | catharsis | a purging of emotions through fear, pity, crying or laughter; a part of tragedy | |
| 34079969 | circumlocution | a roundabout manner of referring to something rather than saying it directly | |
| 34079970 | climax | high point of conflict and tension | |
| 34079971 | alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds in words that are in close proximity | |
| 34079972 | ambiguity | uncertainty of meaning or intention; having multiple meanings | |
| 34079973 | anecdote | a short narrative account of an amusing, revealing or interesting eveny used to illustrate ideas or reinforce a character's personality | |
| 34079974 | aphorism | brief, concise statement of truth, sentiment or principle | |
| 34079975 | aside | short speech given by a character in a drama; other characters onstage cannot hear the remark; it reveals the character's thoughts or plans | |
| 34079976 | attitude | author's view towards the subject matter or to the reader | |
| 34079977 | bathos | lapsing from the sublime to the ridiculous | |
| 34079978 | cacophony | bad sound; a combination of words that produces sharp or harsh sounds | |
| 34079979 | characterization | creation of a fictional character through actions, speech, appearance, thoughts, and interactions with other characters | |
| 34079980 | cliche | trite and widely used sayings that have lost meaning because of overuse |
