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| 4746592050 | Abstract | existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence | 0 | |
| 4746592051 | Accent | a distinct emphasis given to a syllable or word in speech by stress or pitch | 1 | |
| 4746592052 | Aesthetic(s) | concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty | 2 | |
| 4746592053 | Allegory | A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one | 3 | |
| 4746592054 | Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 4 | |
| 4746592055 | Allusion | An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly | 5 | |
| 4746592056 | Anachronism | A story that is told not in order. | 6 | |
| 4746592057 | Analogy | A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification | 7 | |
| 4746592058 | Anaphora | The use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they | 8 | |
| 4746592059 | Anecdote | A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 9 | |
| 4746592060 | Antagonist | A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something | 10 | |
| 4746592061 | Anthropomorphism | The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object | 11 | |
| 4746592062 | Anticlimax | A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events | 12 | |
| 4746592063 | Antihero | A central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes | 13 | |
| 4746592064 | Antithesis | A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else | 14 | |
| 4746592065 | Aphorism | A pithy observation that contains a general truth | 15 | |
| 4746592066 | Apologia | A formal written defense of one's opinions or conduct | 16 | |
| 4746592067 | Apostrophe | Talking to something that is imaginary or non existent. | 17 | |
| 4746592068 | Archaism | The use or conscious imitation of very old or old-fashioned styles or features in language or art | 18 | |
| 4746592069 | Archetype | A very typical example of a certain person or thing | 19 | |
| 4746592070 | Aside | A remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play | 20 | |
| 4746592071 | Assonance | the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible | 21 | |
| 4746592072 | Atmosphere | The pervading tone or mood of a place, situation, or work of art | 22 | |
| 4746592073 | Ballad | A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas | 23 | |
| 4746592074 | Bildungsroman | A novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education | 24 | |
| 4746592075 | Cacophony | A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds | 25 | |
| 4746592076 | Cadence | A modulation or inflection of the voice | 26 | |
| 4746592077 | Canto | One of the sections into which certain long poems are divided | 27 | |
| 4746592078 | Caricature | A picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect | 28 | |
| 4746592079 | Catharsis | The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions | 29 | |
| 4746592080 | Chorus | A single character who speaks the prologue and other linking parts of the play, especially in Elizabethan drama | 30 | |
| 4746592081 | Climax | The most intense, exciting, or important point of something | 31 | |
| 4746592082 | Colloquialism | A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation | 32 | |
| 4746592083 | Conceit | A fanciful expression in writing or speech | 33 | |
| 4746592084 | Conflict | A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one | 34 | |
| 4746592085 | Connotation | An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning | 35 | |
| 4746592086 | Consonance | The recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity | 36 | |
| 4746592087 | Couplet | Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit | 37 | |
| 4746592088 | Decorum | Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety | 38 | |
| 4746592089 | Denotation | The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests | 39 | |
| 4746592090 | Denouement | The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved | 40 | |
| 4746592091 | Dialect | A particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group | 41 | |
| 4746592092 | Diction | The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing | 42 | |
| 4746592093 | Dirge | A mournful song, piece of music, or poem | 43 | |
| 4746592094 | Dissonance | A tension or clash resulting from the combination of two disharmonious or unsuitable elements | 44 | |
| 4746592095 | Doggerel | Comic verse composed in irregular rhythm | 45 | |
| 4746592096 | Dramatic Irony | A literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character | 46 | |
| 4746592097 | Elegy | A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead | 47 | |
| 4746592098 | Epic | A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation | 48 | |
| 4746592099 | Epitaph | A phrase or statement written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone | 49 | |
| 4746592100 | Euphemism | A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing | 50 | |
| 4746592101 | Euphony | The quality of being pleasing to the ear, especially through a harmonious combination of words | 51 | |
| 4746592102 | Exposition | A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory | 52 | |
| 4746592103 | Falling Action | the parts of a story after the climax and before the very end | 53 | |
| 4746592104 | Farce | A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations | 54 | |
| 4746592105 | Feminine Rhyme | A rhyme between stressed syllables followed by one or more unstressed syllables | 55 | |
| 4746592106 | Figurative Language | language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation | 56 | |
| 4746592107 | Flashback | A scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story | 57 | |
| 4746592108 | Flat Character | an easily recognized character type in fiction who may not be fully delineated but is useful in carrying out some narrative purpose of the author | 58 | |
| 4746592109 | Foil | Prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding | 59 | |
| 4746592110 | Foot | A group of syllables constituting a metrical unit | 60 | |
| 4746592111 | Foreshadowing | Be a warning or indication of (a future event) | 61 | |
| 4746592112 | Free Verse | Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular rhythm | 62 | |
| 4746592113 | Genre | A style or category of art, music, or literature | 63 | |
| 4746592114 | Gothic/ Gothic Novel | characterized by an atmosphere of mystery and horror and having a pseudo-medieval setting | 64 | |
| 4746592115 | Hubris | Excessive pride or self-confidence | 65 | |
| 4746592116 | Hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally | 66 | |
| 4746592117 | Imagery | Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work | 67 | |
| 4746592118 | In Medias Res | Into the middle of a narrative; without preamble | 68 | |
| 4746592119 | Inference | A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning | 69 | |
| 4746592120 | Interior Monologue | A piece of writing expressing a character's inner thoughts | 70 | |
| 4746592121 | Inversion | Reversal of the normal order of words, typically for rhetorical effect but also found in the regular formation of questions in English | 71 | |
| 4746592122 | Irony | A literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions is clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character | 72 | |
| 4746592123 | Juxtaposition | The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect | 73 | |
| 4746592124 | Lament | A passionate expression of grief or sorrow | 74 | |
| 4746592125 | Lyric | expressing the writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms | 75 | |
| 4746592126 | Masculine Rhyme | A rhyme between final stressed syllables | 76 | |
| 4746592127 | Melodrama | A sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions | 77 | |
| 4746592128 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable | 78 | |
| 4746592129 | Extended Metaphor | a metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of a literary work, especially a poem | 79 | |
| 4746592130 | Controlling Metaphor | a metaphor that is so extensive it dominates or organizes an entire literary work, especially a poem | 80 | |
| 4746592131 | Mixed Metaphor | a combination of two or more incompatible metaphors, which produces a ridiculous effect | 81 | |
| 4746592132 | Metonymy | The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant | 82 | |
| 4746592133 | Monologue | A long speech by one actor in a play or film, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program | 83 | |
| 4746592134 | Mood | The atmosphere or pervading tone of something | 84 | |
| 4746592135 | Motif | A decorative image or design, especially a repeated one forming a pattern | 85 | |
| 4746592136 | Nemesis | The inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall | 86 | |
| 4746592137 | Objectivity | The quality of being objective | 87 | |
| 4746592138 | Omniscient Narrator | the voice in which a story is written that is outside the story and that knows everything about the characters and events in the story | 88 | |
| 4746592139 | Onomatopoeia | The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named | 89 | |
| 4746592140 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 90 | |
| 4746592141 | Parable | A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson | 91 | |
| 4746592142 | Paradox | A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true | 92 | |
| 4746592143 | Parody | An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect | 93 | |
| 4746592144 | Pastoral | portraying or evoking country life, typically in a romanticized or idealized form | 94 | |
| 4746592145 | Pathos | A quality that evokes pity or sadness | 95 | |
| 4746592146 | Personification | The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form | 96 | |
| 4746592147 | Third Person Omniscient | a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story | 97 | |
| 4746592148 | Third Person Limited | adheres closely to one character's perspective | 98 | |
| 4746592149 | Third Person Objective | when the writer tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story's action and dialogue | 99 | |
| 4746592150 | First Person | where the story is narrated by one character at a time | 100 | |
| 4746592151 | Stream of Consciousness | a person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow | 101 | |
| 4746592152 | Prelude | An action or event serving as an introduction to something more important | 102 | |
| 4746592153 | Protagonist | The leading character or one of the major characters in a play, film, novel, etc. | 103 | |
| 4746592154 | Refrain | A repeated line or number of lines in a poem or song, typically at the end of each verse | 104 | |
| 4746592155 | Resolution | The ending or a story, book, play, etc. | 105 | |
| 4746592156 | Rhetoric | The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques | 106 | |
| 4746592157 | Rhetorical Question | A question that is not meant to be answered, as there is an obvious answer | 107 | |
| 4746592158 | Round Character | A character that is extremely realistic, behaving and speaking in a "real life" manner | 108 | |
| 4746592159 | Satire | The use of humour, irony, exaggeration,or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues | 109 | |
| 4746592160 | Scansion | The action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm | 110 | |
| 4746592161 | Setting | The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place | 111 | |
| 4746592162 | Simile | A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid, using like or as | 112 | |
| 4746592163 | Situational Irony | occurs when incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead | 113 | |
| 4746592164 | Soliloquy | An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play | 114 | |
| 4746592165 | Stanza | A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem | 115 | |
| 4746592166 | Stock Characters | a stereotypical person whom audiences readily recognize from frequent recurrences in a particular literary tradition | 116 | |
| 4746592167 | Subjectivity | The quality of being based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions | 117 | |
| 4746592168 | Symbol | A mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process | 118 | |
| 4746592169 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 119 | |
| 4746592170 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language | 120 | |
| 4746592171 | Theme | The subject of a talk, piece of writing, exhibition, etc. | 121 | |
| 4746592172 | Thesis | A statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved | 122 | |
| 4746592173 | Tone | The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. | 123 | |
| 4746592174 | Tragedy | A play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character | 124 | |
| 4746592175 | Tragic Flaw | Less technical term for hamartia | 125 | |
| 4746592176 | Unreliable Narrator | a narrator, whether in literature, film, or theatre, whose credibility has been seriously compromised | 126 | |
| 4746592177 | Utopia | An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect | 127 | |
| 4746592178 | Understatement | The presentation of something as being smaller or less good or important than it really is | 128 | |
| 4746592179 | Verbal Irony | in which a person says or writes one thing and means another | 129 | |
| 4746592180 | Vernacular | The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a country or region | 130 |
