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| 8965720666 | Allegory | A story in which people, things, andactions represent an idea about life; allegories often have a strong moral or lesson. | 0 | |
| 8965720667 | Alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (tongue twisters). | 1 | |
| 8965744777 | Allusion | A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature. Allusions are often indirect and brief references to well-known characters or events. | 2 | |
| 8965744778 | Analogy | A comparison of two or more like objects that suggests if they are alike in certain aspects, they will probably be alike in other ways as well. | 3 | |
| 8965762803 | Anecdote | A brief account of an interesting incident or event that usually is intended to entertain or to make a point. | 4 | |
| 8965789945 | Aside | An actor's speech, directed to the audience, that is not supposed to be heard by other actors on stage. An aside is used to let the audience know what a character is about to do or what he or she is thinking. | 5 | |
| 8966380919 | Assonance | Repition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry. | 6 | |
| 8966380920 | Autobiography | A form of nonfiction in which a person tells the story of his or her life. | 7 | |
| 8966380921 | Ballad | A poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited. | 8 | |
| 8966380922 | Biography | The story of a person's life that is written by someone else. | 9 | |
| 9105436044 | Blank verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter | 10 | |
| 9105802122 | Caesura | A pause or sudden break in a line of poetry. | 11 | |
| 9105802123 | Character | A person who is responsible for the thoughts and actions within a story, poem, or other literature. Characters are extremely important because they are the medium through which the reader interacts with a piece of literature. Every character has his or her own personality, which a creative author uses to assist in forming the plot of a story or creating a mood. | 12 | |
| 9105802124 | Anatagonist | A character in a story or poem who receives, frustrates, or works against the main character, or protagonist, in some way. The antagonist doesn't necessarily have to be a person. It could be death, the devil, an illness, or any challenge that prevents the main character from living "happily ever after." | 13 | |
| 9105802125 | Caricature | A picture or imitation of a person's habits, physical appearance, or mannerism exaggerated in a comic or absurd way. | 14 | |
| 9105802126 | Foil | A character who serves as a contrast or a conflict to another character. | 15 | |
| 9105802127 | Hero/Heroine | A character whose actions are inspiring or noble; often the main character in a story. | 16 | |
| 9106013337 | Main characters | The characters who are central to the plot of a story; main characters are usually dynamic and round. | 17 | |
| 9106013338 | Minor characters | A less important character who interacts with the main characters, helping to move the plot along and providing background for the story. Minor characters are usually static and flat. | 18 | |
| 9106052943 | Characterization | All of the techniques that writers use to create characters. | 19 | |
| 9106052944 | Character trait | a character's personality; a trait is not a physical description of a character. | 20 | |
| 9122638878 | Direct characterization | The author directly states a character's traits or makes direct comments about a character's nature. | 21 | |
| 9122638879 | Dynamic character | A character who changes throughout the course of the story. | 22 | |
| 9122638880 | Flat character | A character about whom little information is provided. | 23 | |
| 9122638881 | Indirect characterization | The author does not directly state a character's traits; instead the reader draws conclusions and discovers a character's traits based upon clues provided by the author. | 24 | |
| 9122638882 | Round character | Is a character who is fully described by the author (several character traits, background, information, etc.) | 25 | |
| 9122638883 | Static character | A character who does not change or changes very little in the course of a story. | 26 | |
| 9122713205 | Chorus (refrain) | Repition in literature of one or more lines at regular intervals; sometimes called a chorus. | 27 | |
| 9122713206 | Chronological order | The order in which events happen in time. | 28 | |
| 9122713207 | Clarifying | The reader's process of pausing occasionally while reading to quickly review what he and she understands. By clarifying as they read, good readers are able to draw conclusions about what is suggested but not stated directly. | 29 | |
| 9122713208 | Cliché | A type of figurative language containing an overused expression or a saying that is no longer considered original. | 30 | |
| 9122713209 | Comedy | A dramatic work that is light and often humorous in tone and usually ends happily with a peaceful resolution of the main conflict. | 31 | |
| 9122713210 | Concrete poetry | A type of poetry that uses its physical or visual form to present its message. | 32 | |
| 9122787083 | Conflict | The tension or problem in the story; a struggle between opposing forces. | 33 | |
| 9122787084 | Central conflict | The dominant or most important conflict in the story. | 34 | |
| 9122787085 | External conflict | The problem or struggle that exists between the main character and an outside force. (Ex. Person vs. person, person vs. society, person vs. nature, person vs. the supernatural, person vs. technology, etc.) | 35 | |
| 9122787086 | Internal conflict | The problem or struggle that takes place in the main character's mind (person vs. self). | 36 | |
| 9122787087 | Connotation | The idea and feeing associated with a word as opposed to its dictionary definition or detonation. | 37 | |
| 9122830965 | Consonance | The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere within a line of poetry. Alliteration is a specific type of consonance. | 38 | |
| 9122830966 | Couplet | A rhymed pair of lines in a poem. One of William Shakespeare's trademarks was to end a sonnet with a couplet, as in the poem "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day." | 39 | |
| 9174068580 | Denotation | is the opposite of connotation in that it is the exact or dictionary meaning of a word. | 40 | |
| 9218276886 | Dialect | a form of language spoken in a particular place or by a particular group of people. | 41 | |
| 9218276887 | Drama | A drama or play is a form of literature meant to be performed by actors before an audience. In a drama, the characters' dialogue and action tell the story. The written form of a play is known as a script. | 42 | |
| 9218276888 | Dramatic monologue | A literary device that is used when a character reveals his or her innermost thoughts and feelings, those that are hidden through the course of the story line, through a poem or a speech. This speech, where only one character speaks, is recited while other characters are present onstage. This monologue often comes during a climatic moment in a work and often reveals hidden truths about a character, their history, and their relationships. | 43 | |
| 9218366287 | Elegy | A type of literature defined as a song or poem that expresses sorrow or lamentation, usually for one who has died. | 44 | |
| 9218366288 | Enjambment | In poetry, the running over of a line or thought into the next of verse. | 45 | |
| 9218366289 | Epigram | A short poem or verse that seeks to ridicule a thought or event, usually with witticism or sarcasm. | 46 | |
| 9218366290 | Epic | A long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero whose actions reflect the ideals and values of a nation or group. | 47 | |
| 9218366291 | Epiphany | A sudden moment of understanding that causes a character to change or act in a certain way. | 48 | |
| 9218366292 | Epitaph | A short poem or verse written in memory of someone. | 49 | |
| 9218366293 | Evaluating | The process of judging the value of something or someone. A work of literature can be evaluated in terms of such criteria as entertainment, believability, originality, and emotional power. | 50 | |
| 9218366294 | Extended metaphor | A figure of speech that compares two essentially unlike things in great length. | 51 | |
| 9218366295 | Fable | A brief tale that teaches a lesson about human nature. Fables often feature animals as characters. | 52 | |
| 9218366296 | Flashback | An interruption of the chronological sequence of an event of earlier occurrence. A flashback is a narrative technique that allows a writer to present past events during current events, in order to provide background for the current narration. | 53 | |
| 9377003304 | Foot | A unit of meter within a line of poetry. | 54 | |
| 9377004100 | Foreshadowing | When the writer provides clues or hints that suggest or predict future events in a story. | 55 | |
| 9377010273 | Free Verse | Poetry without regular patterns of rhyme and rhythm. Often used to capture the sounds and rhythms of ordinary speech. | 56 | |
| 9377014266 | Genre | A type or category of literature. The four main literary genres include: fictions, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. | 57 | |
| 9377016678 | Haiku | A traditional form of Japanese poetry, usually dealing with nature. A haiku has three lines and describes a single moment, feeling or thing. The first and third lines contain five syllables and the second line contains seven syllables. | 58 | |
| 9377023762 | Heroic Couplet or Closed Couplet | A couplet consisting of two successive rhyming lines that contain a complete thought. | 59 | |
| 9377028175 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect. | 60 | |
| 9377029369 | Idiom | A phrase or expression that means something different from what the words actually say (for example, using the phrase "over his head" instead of "He doesn't understand"). | 61 | |
| 9377034605 | Imagery | The use of words and phrases that appeal to the five sense. Writers use sensory details to help readers imagine how things look, fell, small, sound, and taste. | 62 | |
| 9377040886 | Inference | A logical guess based on evidence in the text. | 63 | |
| 9377041962 | Irony | A contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens. Irony spices up a literary work by adding unexpected twists and allowing the reader to become more involved with the characters and plot. | 64 | |
| 9377051953 | Verbal Irony | Occurs when the speaker means something totally different that what he or she is saying and often times the opposite of what a character is saying is true. | 65 | |
| 9377054261 | Dramatic Irony | Occurs when facts are not known to the characters in a work of literature but are know by the audience. | 66 | |
| 9377056979 | Cosmic Irony | Suggests that some unknown force brings about dire and dreadful events. | 67 | |
| 9377059504 | Irony of Situation | The difference between what is expected to happen and the way events actually work out. | 68 | |
| 9377062310 | Legend | A story handed down from the past about a specific person, usually someone of heroic accomplishments. | 69 |
