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| 10571442305 | allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 0 | |
| 10571442306 | alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 1 | |
| 10571446905 | allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 2 | |
| 10571446906 | ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 3 | |
| 10571449013 | anachronism | a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned. | 4 | |
| 10571449014 | analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 5 | |
| 10571450525 | anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 6 | |
| 10571450526 | anastrophe | Inversion of the natural or usual word order | 7 | |
| 10571450527 | antagonist | A character or force in conflict with the main character | 8 | |
| 10571453554 | anthropomorphism | attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object (Personification) | 9 | |
| 10571453555 | aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 10 | |
| 10571453556 | apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 11 | |
| 10571455826 | archetype | a very typical example of a certain person or thing | 12 | |
| 10571455827 | aside | a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage | 13 | |
| 10571455828 | assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds | 14 | |
| 10571457275 | blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter | 15 | |
| 10571457276 | caesura | A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. | 16 | |
| 10571459975 | catastrophe | an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | 17 | |
| 10571459976 | catharsis | a release of emotional tension | 18 | |
| 10571459977 | chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed | 19 | |
| 10571462461 | cliché | a worn-out idea or overused expression | 20 | |
| 10571462462 | climax | Most exciting moment of the story; turning point | 21 | |
| 10571462463 | colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 22 | |
| 10571464895 | comic relief | A humorous scene or speech intended to lighten the mood | 23 | |
| 10571464896 | conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 24 | |
| 10571464897 | conflict | A struggle between opposing forces | 25 | |
| 10571467254 | connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 26 | |
| 10571467255 | context | The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text. | 27 | |
| 10571467256 | couplet | Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme | 28 | |
| 10571468952 | denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 29 | |
| 10571468953 | denouement | an outcome; result | 30 | |
| 10571470745 | deus ex machina | In literature, the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem. | 31 | |
| 10571473428 | dialogue | Conversation between characters | 32 | |
| 10571473429 | diction | word choice | 33 | |
| 10571473430 | digression | straying from main point | 34 | |
| 10571478020 | doppelganger | Ghostly counterpart of a living person or an alter ego | 35 | |
| 10571478021 | double-entendre | a statement that has two meanings, one of which is dirty or vulgar | 36 | |
| 10571479452 | elegy | a sad or mournful poem | 37 | |
| 10571479453 | epic | A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society | 38 | |
| 10571479454 | epigram | a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation | 39 | |
| 10571481020 | epithet | an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. | 40 | |
| 10571481021 | end stop | when a line of poetry ends with a period or definite punctuation mark, such as a colon | 41 | |
| 10571481022 | enjabment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. | 42 | |
| 10571483163 | euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 43 | |
| 10571483164 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. | 44 | |
| 10571483165 | foil | A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or story. | 45 | |
| 10571485519 | foot | A metrical unit composed of stressed and unstressed syllables. | 46 | |
| 10571485520 | foreshadowing | A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader. | 47 | |
| 10571487401 | frame story | A secondary story or stories embedded in the main story | 48 | |
| 10571487402 | free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme | 49 | |
| 10571487403 | genre | a major category or type of literature | 50 | |
| 10571489350 | hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 51 | |
| 10571489351 | iambic pentameter | a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable | 52 | |
| 10571490924 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 53 | |
| 10571490925 | in medias res | (adv.) in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things | 54 | |
| 10571490926 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | 55 | |
| 10571493383 | juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 56 | |
| 10571493384 | kenning | A device employed in Anglo-Saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities, as in "ring-giver" for king and "whale-road" for ocean. | 57 | |
| 10571493385 | literal | Exactly true, rather than figurative or metaphorical | 58 | |
| 10571493386 | lyric | A type of poetry that explores the poet's personal interpretation of and feelings about the world. | 59 | |
| 10571494957 | maxim | a general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying | 60 | |
| 10571494958 | metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 61 | |
| 10571494959 | meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | 62 | |
| 10571497473 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 63 | |
| 10571497474 | mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 64 | |
| 10571497475 | motif | (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design | 65 | |
| 10571497476 | narrator | the person who tells the story | 66 | |
| 10571501355 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 67 | |
| 10571501356 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 68 | |
| 10571501357 | paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 69 | |
| 10571503477 | parallel structure | the repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures | 70 | |
| 10571503478 | parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 71 | |
| 10571503479 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 72 | |
| 10571508368 | polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural | 73 | |
| 10571508369 | point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 74 | |
| 10571508370 | protagonist | the main character in a literary work | 75 | |
| 10571510586 | pun | A play on words | 76 | |
| 10571510587 | rhetorical | relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression | 77 | |
| 10571514247 | rhythm | A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound. | 78 | |
| 10571514248 | satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | 79 | |
| 10571519056 | setting | The time and place of a story | 80 | |
| 10571519057 | sibilance | A type of alliteration in which the "s" sound is repeated. | 81 | |
| 10571520578 | simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 82 | |
| 10571522713 | soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage | 83 | |
| 10571522714 | sonnet | a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. | 84 | |
| 10571525050 | stream of consciousness | a style of writing that portrays the inner (often chaotic) workings of a character's mind. | 85 | |
| 10571525051 | style | A basic and distinctive mode of expression. | 86 | |
| 10571525052 | symbolism | A device in literature where an object represents an idea. | 87 | |
| 10571526537 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 88 | |
| 10571526538 | syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 89 | |
| 10571526539 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 90 | |
| 10571532232 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 91 | |
| 10571532233 | understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 92 | |
| 10571532234 | verse | A single line of poetry | 93 | |
| 10571536175 | voice | A writers distinctive use of language | 94 |
