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| 6464501520 | Convention | traditional aspect of literary work, such as a soliloquy in a Shakespearean play or a tragic hero in a Greek tragedy | 0 | |
| 6464502396 | Form | shape or structure of a literary work | 1 | |
| 6464502940 | Structure | organization and form of a work | 2 | |
| 6464502941 | Style | unique was an author presents his ideas. Diction, syntax, imagery, structure, and content all contribute to a particular style | 3 | |
| 6464503412 | Subtext | implied meaning of a work or section of a work | 4 | |
| 6464504407 | Metonymy | figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea. ("The pen is mightier than the sword") | 5 | |
| 6464504887 | Rhetorical Question | question that does not expect an explicit answer. It is used to pose an idea to be considered by the speaker or audience | 6 | |
| 6464505531 | Synecdoche | figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole. ("All hands on deck" is an example.) | 7 | |
| 6464506272 | Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration. In "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose," Burns speaks of loving "until all the seas run dry." | 8 | |
| 6464507128 | Metaphor | direct comparison between dissimilar things. "Your eyes are stars" is an example | 9 | |
| 6464509658 | Personification | assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts. (Wordsworth personifies "the sea that bares her bosom to the moon" in the poem "London, 1802.") | 10 | |
| 6464510241 | Simile | indirect comparison that uses the word, "like" or "as" to link the differing items in the comparison. ("Your eyes are like stars.") | 11 | |
| 6464512685 | Antagonist | force or character that opposes the main character, the protagonist | 12 | |
| 6464513126 | Protagonist | hero or main character of a literary work, the character the audience sympathizes with. | 13 | |
| 6464513599 | Aside | words spoken by an actor intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters on stage | 14 | |
| 6464514152 | Character | one who carries out the action of the plot in literature. Major, minor, static, and dynamic are types or characters. | 15 | |
| 6469677127 | Narrator | speaker of a literary work | 16 | |
| 6469681439 | Point of View: | method of narration in a work | 17 | |
| 6469683770 | Tragic Hero | according to Aristotle, a basically good person of noble birth or exalted position who has a fatal flaw or commits an error in judgment which leads to his downfall. The tragic hero must have a moment of realization and live and suffer | 18 | |
| 6469687373 | Monologue | speech give by one character. (Hamlet's "To be or not to be ...") | 19 | |
| 6469690169 | Stage Directions | specific instructions in a playwright includes concerning sets, characterization, delivery, etc. ( See Hedda Gabler by Ibsen.) | 20 | |
| 6469690243 | Soliloquy | speech in a play which is used to reveal the character's inner thoughts to the audience. (Hamlet's "To be or not to be..." is one of the most famous soliloquies in literature). | 21 |
