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| 7365076060 | absolute | a word free from limitations or qualifications | 0 | |
| 7365076061 | abstract | something that discusses intangible qualities | 1 | |
| 7365076062 | accent | refers to the stressed portion of a word | 2 | |
| 7365076063 | accentual verse | system of verse in which accents are used to determine the length of lines of poetry | 3 | |
| 7365076064 | adage | a familiar proverb or saying | 4 | |
| 7365076065 | ad hominem argument | an argument attacking ones character | 5 | |
| 7365076066 | aesthetic movement | appealing to the senses of beauty | 6 | |
| 7365076067 | allegory | a literary work which its story represents abstractions | 7 | |
| 7365076068 | alliteration | repetition of the first initial sound | 8 | |
| 7365076069 | allusion | a reference to another time, work, person, place, or event. | 9 | |
| 7365076071 | ambiguity | a word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning. | 10 | |
| 7365076072 | anachronism | a purposeful error of a timline | 11 | |
| 7365076073 | analogy | a comparison of an idea or something to another thing that's nothing like it | 12 | |
| 7365076074 | anaphora | deliberate repetition of a word or phrase for phrase for emphasis | 13 | |
| 7365076075 | anecdote | a short and interesting story that is eventually going to support a major point | 14 | |
| 7365076076 | antagonist | a character that stands in opposition to the | 15 | |
| 7365076077 | antecedent | A phrase or word to which a pronoun refers back to another word. | 16 | |
| 7365076078 | anthropomorphism | attribution of human characteristics to animals. | 17 | |
| 7365076079 | anticlimax | a dissatisfying conclusion after a buildup of anticipation | 18 | |
| 7365076080 | antihero | a main character that lacks the typical hero qualities | 19 | |
| 7365076081 | antithesis | is used as a literary device to put two contrasting ideas together | 20 | |
| 7365076082 | aphorism | a short saying that expresses a truth in a memorable way | 21 | |
| 7365076083 | apostrophe | when a character talks to an object as if it were alive | 22 | |
| 7365076084 | archaism | words or phrases that are used for an older stylistic effect | 23 | |
| 7365076086 | archetype | a very common example or stereo type | 24 | |
| 7365076087 | argument | an expression of opposing beliefs, usually heated | 25 | |
| 7365076088 | aside | a passage said by a character usually only to the audience in a play | 26 | |
| 7365076089 | asyndeton | lack of a conjunction in a sentence | 27 | |
| 7365076090 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds within a sentence | 28 | |
| 7365076091 | balanced sentence | a sentence made up of two segments equal in length, romal, and meaning. | 29 | |
| 7365076092 | ballad | a long narrative poem with regular meter and rhyme with a native folksy quality | 30 | |
| 7365076093 | bathos | unusual descent from the lofty to the common | 31 | |
| 7365076094 | blank verse | a non rhyming verse in iambic pentameter | 32 | |
| 7365076095 | bombast | using big language to look more inteligent but has little meaning | 33 | |
| 7365076096 | burlesque | a broad parody intended to cause laughter | 34 | |
| 7365076097 | cacophony | deliberately using harsh or awkward sounds | 35 | |
| 7365076098 | caesura | a pause in a line of poetry due to natural speaking | 36 | |
| 7365076099 | caricature | a verbal portrait that's usually exaggerated | 37 | |
| 7365076101 | carpe diem | seize the day | 38 | |
| 7365076102 | catharsis | cleansing of emotions for both the character and the reader | 39 | |
| 7365076103 | chiasmus | when 2 or more clauses are balanced against each other by doing it in reverse | 40 | |
| 7365076104 | chorus | a group of people, usually in a play, that perform as a collective voice | 41 | |
| 7365076105 | chronological order | something told in the order that it happened | 42 | |
| 7365076106 | cliché | predictable actions or an expression that has been over-used | 43 | |
| 7365076107 | climax | the highest point of action | 44 | |
| 7365076108 | colloquialism | the use of informal words or slang within a piece of writing | 45 | |
| 7365076109 | coinage | a new phrase or word that people begin using | 46 | |
| 7365076110 | comic relief | the person or phrase that's brought out to relieve tension | 47 | |
| 7365076111 | complex sentence | a sentence containing one main independant clause and one subordinate dependent clause | 48 | |
| 7365076112 | compound sentence | 2 independent clauses joined by a comma, semi colin, or a conjunction | 49 | |
| 7365076113 | conceit | a metaphor comparing 2 different things in a surprisingly clever way | 50 | |
| 7365076114 | concrete poems | poems where the typography effect is more important than the words | 51 | |
| 7365076116 | connotation | the meaning that's implied by the word | 52 | |
| 7365076117 | consonance | the repetative sounds of a consonant in a word or phrase | 53 | |
| 7365076118 | conundrum | a confusing or difficult situation | 54 | |
| 7365076119 | convention | defining features of particular literary genre | 55 | |
| 7365076120 | couplet | 3 suggestive rhyming lines in a verse with the same meter to complete a thought | 56 | |
| 7365076121 | cumulative sentence | an independent clause followed by a series of subordinate clauses | 57 | |
| 7365076122 | declarative sentence | a sentence that makes a statement/delaration | 58 | |
| 7365076123 | deductive reasoning | a logical process of coming to a conclusion from multiple premises | 59 | |
| 7365076124 | denotation | the actual meaning of the word | 60 | |
| 7365076125 | denouement | the final ending of a story | 61 | |
| 7365076126 | Deus ex machina | god of the machine; the character added to magically resolve a problem | 62 | |
| 7365076127 | dialect | the spelling, sounds, etc. that relate to people from certain places | 63 | |
| 7365076128 | dialogue | when 2 characters converse with each other | 64 | |
| 7365076129 | diction | the style or speaking of the writing | 65 | |
| 7365076131 | didactic literature | a type of literature written to inform or instruct a reader on a moral lesson | 66 | |
| 7365076132 | dilemma | a rhetorical device in which one must chose between right and wrong | 67 | |
| 7365076133 | dionysian | sensual pleasures, pleasure seeking | 68 | |
| 7365076134 | diphthong | sound made by combining 2 vowels specifically when it starts as one vowel sound and goes to another ex) foil | 69 | |
| 7365076135 | dissonance | the deliberate use of inharmonious words intended to create harsh sounds | 70 | |
| 7365076136 | doggerel | a form of verse that's loosely constructed and irregular | 71 | |
| 7365076137 | drama | a fictional representation through dialouge and performance | 72 | |
| 7365076138 | dramatic monologue | a speech of a character's own thoughts/emotions to no one in particular | 73 | |
| 7365076139 | elegy | a prose selection that laments on the passing or death of someone/something | 74 | |
| 7365076140 | ellipsis | used in narrative to omit parts of a sentence | 75 | |
| 7365076141 | elusion | the act of successfully hiding/escaping | 76 | |
| 7365076142 | emblematic poems | one in the shape of its topic ex) a poem about a rainbow in the shape of a rainbow | 77 | |
| 7365076143 | epic | a piece where characters perform extraordinary feats | 78 | |
| 7365076144 | epigram | a quotation at the beginning of a book | 79 | |
| 7365076146 | epigraph | a quotation at the beginning of a book | 80 | |
| 7365076147 | epiphany | the moment in the story where a character achieves a realization | 81 | |
| 7365076148 | epitaph | an inscription or tribute in memory of a person in a piece of literature | 82 | |
| 7365076149 | epithalamion | a blessing on a wedding | 83 | |
| 7365076150 | epithet | an application of a word or phrase that describes a person's attributes | 84 | |
| 7365076151 | eulogy | a written tribute to a person that has died | 85 | |
| 7365076152 | euphemism | the polite way of saying a harsh or impolite phrase | 86 | |
| 7365076153 | exaggeration | a statement that makes something out to be worse or better than it really is | 87 | |
| 7365076154 | exclamatory sentence | a type of main clause that expresses strong feelings | 88 | |
| 7365076155 | existentialism | a movement that s started in the mid to late 19th century in philosophy, emphasized individualism, freedom, & choices | 89 | |
| 7365076156 | expletive | a filler word that doesn't contribute to the overall meaning | 90 | |
| 7365076157 | exposition | used to introduce background information | 91 | |
| 7365076158 | expressionism | an artistic movement at the start of the 20th century to show emotions through symbolism | 92 | |
| 7365076159 | extended metaphor | a comparison between 2 unlike things that continue through a piece | 93 | |
| 7365076161 | fable | a short story usually to convey a message/moral | 94 | |
| 7365076162 | fantasy | something that couldn't happen in real life | 95 | |
| 7365076163 | farce | a literary genre and the type of a comedy that makes the use of highly exaggerated and funny situations | 96 | |
| 7365076164 | feminine ending | a line of verse that ends with an unstressed syllable | 97 | |
| 7365076165 | fiction | something that didn't happen in real life | 98 | |
| 7365076166 | figurative language | language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation | 99 | |
| 7365076167 | figure of speech | a word or phrase that has a meaning other than the literal meaning | 100 | |
| 7365076168 | flashback | when the story jumps back in time, like a memory | 101 | |
| 7365076169 | flat character | one that doesn't change throughout the story | 102 | |
| 7365076170 | folk tale | a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people | 103 | |
| 7365076171 | foot | the most basic unit of a poem's meter; a combination of stressed and unstressed syllables | 104 | |
| 7365076172 | foreshadowing | predicting or hinting at future events in the story | 105 | |
| 7365076173 | frame story/device | a story within a story | 106 | |
| 7365076174 | free verse | a type of poetry where there's no structure or rhyme | 107 | |
| 7365076176 | genre | a category of literary works | 108 | |
| 7365076177 | haiku | Japanese poetry of 3 lines w/syllables 5-7-5 | 109 | |
| 7365076178 | hero/heroine | protagonist/main character | 110 | |
| 7365076179 | homily | a sermon or speech by a religious person to a group of people to offer moral corrections | 111 | |
| 7365076180 | hubris | excessive pride/arrogance, defiance towards the Gods | 112 | |
| 7365076181 | humor | The quality of a literary or informative work that makes the character and/or situations seem funny, amusing, or ludicrous. | 113 | |
| 7365076182 | hyperbole | an over exaggeration for humor and provides emphasis | 114 | |
| 7365076183 | hypothetical question | a question based on facts asking if something would or might be | 115 | |
| 7365076184 | idiom | a word or phrase that isn't taken literally | 116 | |
| 7365076185 | idyll | a descriptive work in writing that describes rustic or pastoral scenes | 117 | |
| 7365076186 | image | a scene in the story that appeals to the 5 sense | 118 | |
| 7365076187 | imagery | a word or phrase appealing to the 3 senses | 119 | |
| 7365076188 | imagists/imagism | a literary movement in the early 1900's that advocates free verse, common speech patterns, and concrete images | 120 | |
| 7365076189 | implication | something implied/suggested to be understood | 121 | |
| 7365076191 | implicit metaphor | A type of metaphor that compares two unlike things, but doesn't mention one of them. | 122 | |
| 7365076192 | internal rhyme | Where words rhyme within the same sentence, in the middle of two separate sentences, or one in the middle and one at the end. | 123 | |
| 7365076193 | inductive reasoning | Reasoning that takes specific details and generalizes it. | 124 | |
| 7365076194 | inference | The process of using background knowledge and observations to come to a reasonable conclusion. | 125 | |
| 7365076195 | invective | (n. or adj.) abusive or insulting language. | 126 | |
| 7365076196 | invocation | An appeal for aide from a higher power for inspiration. | 127 | |
| 7365076197 | irony | When something is said or done, but the opposite is more largely accepted or known to be true. | 128 | |
| 7365076198 | jargon | A type of shorthand that is shared and understood by some people and is mostly only understood within that context. | 129 | |
| 7365076199 | juxtaposition | Placing two elements or words side by side to let the reader compare them. | 130 | |
| 7365076200 | legend | A type of story that is considered truth but for the most part is mythical. | 131 | |
| 7365076201 | light verse | The author's style of writing that conveys their personality or attitude. | 132 | |
| 7365076202 | limerick | A humorous poem consisting of five lines. The 1st, 2nd, & 5th lines must have -10 syllables while the 3rd & 4th have 5-7 syllables. | 133 | |
| 7365076203 | limited narrator | Also known as third person limited; is when the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. | 134 | |
| 7365076204 | literary license | Also known as artistic license; allows the author of the piece to adjust it for their own artistic purposes. | 135 | |
| 7365076206 | literature | literary works are considered lasting pieces of writing | 136 | |
| 7365076207 | litotes | an understatement especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary ex) you won't be sorry | 137 | |
| 7365076208 | main character | the protagonists | 138 | |
| 7365076209 | malapropism | using a different word in place of another that is similar (for comedic reasons) | 139 | |
| 7365076210 | masculine ending | ending w/a stressed syllable on the last word in a line of a verse | 140 | |
| 7365076211 | maxim | a simple and memorable quote for taking action that leads to a good moral life | 141 | |
| 7365076212 | memoir | a written factual account of somebody's experiences in life | 142 | |
| 7365076213 | metamorphosis | a dramatic change in a person and habits during a time of growth | 143 | |
| 7365076214 | metaphor | a figure of speech that makes a comparison w/o like or as | 144 | |
| 7365076215 | metaphysical poet | a poet who writes about highly abstract or theatrical ideas | 145 | |
| 7365076216 | meter | the unit of rythem in poetry | 146 | |
| 7365076217 | metonymy | replacing the name of a thing w/the name of something else w/which it's closely related ex) the pen is mightier than the sword | 147 | |
| 7365076218 | minor character | a character that is secondary to the protagonist | 148 | |
| 7365076219 | mixed metaphor | a combination of 2 more metaphors that make more sense | 149 | |
| 7365076220 | mock epic/mock heroic | plays with the conventions of an epic for satirical reasons | 150 | |
| 7365076221 | mood | a stance an author adopts in order to shape a specific emotional feeling | 151 | |
| 7365076222 | moral | a message conveyed through the literary piece | 152 | |
| 7365076223 | motif | any element that is constantly presented through the entire body of literature | 153 | |
| 7365076224 | motivation | a reason behind a chraracter's actions | 154 | |
| 7365076225 | myth | a legendary or traditional story that usually concerns an event or person w/o any factual evidence | 155 | |
| 7365076226 | narration | in any piece of literature and tell a story | 156 | |
| 7365076227 | narrative | a report of related events presented to the listeners in a logical system | 157 | |
| 7365076228 | narrative poem | tells stories about society | 158 | |
| 7365076229 | narrator | the person whose perspective the story is being told from aka the narrator | 159 | |
| 7365076230 | naturalism | extreme realism | 160 | |
| 7365076231 | nonfiction | based on real people and events | 161 | |
| 7365076232 | non sequitur | statements that don't follow the fundamental principles of logic | 162 | |
| 7365076233 | novel | a long piece of narrative including characters, a setting, and events | 163 | |
| 7365076234 | octets | a group of 8 people or things | 164 | |
| 7365076235 | ode | a lyrical poem in the form of an address to a person or thing | 165 | |
| 7365076236 | omniscient narrator | a method of study telling where only the narrator knows the thoughts/feelings of the characters | 166 | |
| 7365076237 | onomatopoeia | a word that is associated with out how sounds | 167 | |
| 7365076238 | oral tradition | a community's cultural traditions through word of mouth | 168 | |
| 7365076239 | oxymoron | a figure of speech which is self contradictory | 169 | |
| 7365076240 | parable | a symbol or story to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson | 170 | |
| 7365076241 | paradox | a seemingly absurd or self contradictory statement or predicament | 171 | |
| 7365076242 | parody | an imitation of something for comedic purposes | 172 | |
| 7365076243 | parallelism | when the structure of parts of a sentence grammatically similar | 173 | |
| 7365076244 | paraphrase | a shortened version of the original statement | 174 | |
| 7365076245 | parenthetical | something related to or within parenthesis | 175 | |
| 7365076246 | pastoral | a mode of literature in which an author employs various techniques to place the complex life into a simple one | 176 | |
| 7365076247 | pathos | a quality that evokes and plays on emotions | 177 | |
| 7365076248 | pathetic fallacy | 179.the attribution of human feelings to inanimate things or animals | 178 | |
| 7365076249 | pedantic | describes words or phrases that is overly scholarly | 179 | |
| 7365076250 | persona | the mask of an actor | 180 | |
| 7365076251 | personification | a figure of speech that gives human attributes to non human things | 181 | |
| 7365076252 | persuasion | literary technique that writers use to present their ideas through reasons and logic to influence the audience | 182 | |
| 7365076253 | philippic | a bitter rant against someone or something | 183 | |
| 7365076254 | play | form of literature written with the intention of it being performed on stage | 184 | |
| 7365076255 | playwright | someone who writes plays | 185 | |
| 7365076256 | plot | term to describe the events that make up the story | 186 | |
| 7365076257 | poetry | literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm | 187 | |
| 7365076258 | point of view | the type of narration that the story is told in | 188 | |
| 7365076259 | polysyndeton | a stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in order to achieve an artistic effect | 189 | |
| 7365076363 | prelude | an opening or introduction to something | 190 | |
| 7365076364 | prose | form of language that has no formal metrical structure | 191 | |
| 7365076366 | protagonist | the central main character(s) | 192 | |
| 7365076367 | pun | a play on words for humorous effect | 193 | |
| 7365076368 | quatrains | a verse with 4 lines with ABAB rhyme scheme | 194 | |
| 7365076369 | realism | a literary technique used to described story elements as if they are reality | 195 | |
| 7365076370 | refrain | a group of lines that appear at the end of a stanza or where a poem divides into different sections | 196 | |
| 7365076371 | Renaissance period | The time of the great awakening, the transition from medieval to modern times in the 17th century | 197 | |
| 7365076372 | repetition | repeating the same thing for an specified intent | 198 | |
| 7365076373 | requiem | a song/chant/poem for someone who died | 199 | |
| 7365076374 | resolution | the unfolding or solution of a conflict | 200 | |
| 7365076375 | rhapsody | a highly emotional literary work | 201 | |
| 7365076376 | rhetoric | a technique of language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form | 202 | |
| 7365076377 | rhetorical devices | a word that is used in a certain way to convey meaning or to persuade ex) hyperbole, analogy, metaphor, oxymoron | 203 | |
| 7365076378 | rhetorical question | 204 | ||
| 7365076379 | rhyme | a repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines | 205 | |
| 7365076380 | rhyme scheme | the ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem | 206 | |
| 7365076381 | rhythm | the measured flow of words and phrases in verse by the relation of long or short and stressed or unstressed syllables | 207 | |
| 7365076382 | riddle | a question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require thought | 208 | |
| 7365076383 | romance | fiction dealing with love in an idealized way | 209 | |
| 7365076384 | romantic | denoting the artistic and literary movement of romanticism | 210 | |
| 7365076385 | Romanticism | a movement in art and literature that originated in the love and idealism of the primacy of the individual, subjectivity, and nature | 211 | |
| 7365076386 | round character | characters that are complex and undergo development | 212 | |
| 7365076387 | sarcasm | the use of irony to convey contempt or mockery | 213 | |
| 7365076388 | satire | the use of irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose people's vices | 214 | |
| 7365076389 | scan/scanning | analyzing the meter of a line of verse | 215 | |
| 7365076390 | scape goat | a person made to bear the blame for others and suffer in their place | 216 | |
| 7365076391 | scene | a sequence of continuous action in a play, movie, opera, or a book | 217 | |
| 7365076392 | science fiction | fiction based on futuristic ideas | 218 | |
| 7365076393 | sensory language | language evoking the 5 senses | 219 | |
| 7365076394 | setting | the place where the events of the story take place | 220 | |
| 7365076395 | sextets | the 6 final lines of a sonnet or 6 lines in poetry | 221 | |
| 7365076396 | simile | a comparison using like or as | 222 | |
| 7365076397 | simple sentence | a sentence consisting of only one clause with a single subject and predicate (verb) | 223 | |
| 7365076398 | slash | used to separate elements of text | 224 | |
| 7365076399 | Socratic irony | a pose of ignorance assumed in order to entice others into conversation (devil's advocate?) | 225 | |
| 7365076400 | Socratic method | a formal cooperative argumentative dialog that stimulates critical thinking | 226 | |
| 7365076401 | solecism | a grammatical mistake in speech or writing | 227 | |
| 7365076402 | soliloquy | an act of speaking ones thoughts aloud to oneself | 228 | |
| 7365076403 | sonnet | a poem of 14 lines using formal rhyme scheme w/10 syllables in each line | 229 | |
| 7365076404 | sprung rhythm | a poetic meter where there's one stressed syllable followed by unstressed one | 230 | |
| 7365076405 | stage directions | the instructions usually in a play | 231 | |
| 7365076406 | stanza | a group of lines forming the basic reoccurring metrical unit in a poem | 232 | |
| 7365076407 | structure | the relationship of the component parts of a work of literature | 233 | |
| 7365076408 | style | the way an author writes | 234 | |
| 7365076409 | surrealism | a 20th century movement' sought to release the creative power of the unconscious mind | 235 | |
| 7365076410 | suspense | state of expectation or anxiety | 236 | |
| 7365076411 | syllabic verse | poetry where lines match only in the number of syllables they contain | 237 | |
| 7365076412 | syllepsis | a figure of speech in which a word is applied to the two others in different senses | 238 | |
| 7365076413 | syllogism | a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from 2 propositions | 239 | |
| 7365076414 | symbolism | use of a symbol to represent things | 240 | |
| 7365076415 | synecdoche | where one part is meant to represent the whole thing ex) get some new wheels = get a new car | 241 | |
| 7365076416 | synesthesia | experiencing one sense as a result of the stimulation of another | 242 | |
| 7365076417 | syntax | the arrangement of words and phrases | 243 | |
| 7365076418 | tautology | 245. | 244 | |
| 7365076419 | tall tale | a numerously exaggerated story of impossible feats | 245 | |
| 7365076420 | theme | the subject of a piece of witing | 246 | |
| 7365076421 | thesis | a literary work with a proposition | 247 | |
| 7365076422 | tone | the style or manner of expression in writing | 248 | |
| 7365076423 | topic | the subject of a piece | 249 | |
| 7365076424 | tragedy | a serious drama where the ending is typically disastrous | 250 | |
| 7365076425 | trilogy | a series of 3 literary works that are closely related | 251 | |
| 7365076426 | trite | boring because of its overuse | 252 | |
| 7365076427 | transferred epithet | a figure of speech in which an adjective grammatically qualifies as a noun ex) a sleepless night | 253 | |
| 7365076428 | travesty | a debased/distorted/highly inferior imitation of a thing | 254 | |
| 7365076429 | true/exact/perfect rhyme | thyme of two words that end the same ex) love, dove | 255 | |
| 7365076430 | turning point | a point in a story where an important event takes place | 256 | |
| 7365076431 | understatement | a representation of an object or event that is a less than the reality | 257 | |
| 7365076432 | usage | the way in which words are said to mean the same thing ex) a torch = a flashlight | 258 | |
| 7365076433 | vernacular | using the original dialect/language written | 259 | |
| 7365076434 | verse | a line of metrical writing | 260 | |
| 7365076435 | Victorian Age | the 19th century of the British empire | 261 |
