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| 7931480710 | Allegory | A literary work that portrays abstract ideas concretely. Characters in an allegory are frequently personifications of abstract ideas and are given names that refer to these ideas. | 0 | |
| 7931485788 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words or syllables. | 1 | |
| 13783973824 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 2 | |
| 13783979957 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 3 | |
| 13783987341 | Antagonist | A character or force in conflict with the main character | 4 | |
| 13783997017 | Archaic language | Old-fashioned, out-of-date language and expressions. Example: "thou" "doth" "shalt" | 5 | |
| 13784023158 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds | 6 | |
| 13784026373 | Ballad | A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas, characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style. | 7 | |
| 13784031715 | Blank verse | Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter | 8 | |
| 13784046554 | Catharsis | the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions. | 9 | |
| 13784056976 | Colloquilism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 10 | |
| 13784060421 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 11 | |
| 13784066628 | Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | 12 | |
| 13784073537 | Critical Lens | Different ways to approach interpreting a work of literature, also known as critical perspectives. | 13 | |
| 13784105922 | Cultural Lens | theories about the world and reality based on the assumptions and values of one's own culture | 14 | |
| 13784127238 | Formalist Lens | Focuses on elements of the text itself (such as symbols, character development, structure, etc) | 15 | |
| 13784132989 | Gendered Lens | an interpretation of a text that explores its treatment of gender stereotypes, social mores and values based on gender, and the overall representation of the genders | 16 | |
| 13784142051 | Historical Lens | A lens that examines media from a historical point of view, analyzing time period and location as well as current events and struggles | 17 | |
| 13784147820 | Psychological Lens | look either at the psychological motivations of the characters or of the authors themselves, although the former is generally considered a more respectable approach | 18 | |
| 13784160160 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 19 | |
| 13784165411 | 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. | 20 | |
| 13784176689 | Dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. | 21 | |
| 13784183066 | Enjabment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. | 22 | |
| 13784231450 | Epigram | a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation | 23 | |
| 13784241416 | Extended Metaphor | A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem. | 24 | |
| 13784244662 | Farce | A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose. | 25 | |
| 13784256845 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 26 | |
| 13784261285 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 27 | |
| 13784269306 | Overstatement | the action of expressing or stating something too strongly; exaggeration. | 28 | |
| 13784273815 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 29 | |
| 13784280423 | Irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning | 30 | |
| 13784300553 | Formal Diction | language that is lofty, dignified, and impersonal | 31 | |
| 13784314380 | Free Verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme | 32 | |
| 13784317625 | Iambic pentameter | a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable | 33 | |
| 13784338588 | Informal Diction | represents the plain language of everyday use, and often includes idiomatic expressions, slang, contractions, and many simple, common words | 34 | |
| 13784408840 | Situational Irony | occurs when the outcome of a work is unexpected, or events turn out to be the opposite from what one had expected | 35 | |
| 13784430458 | Verbal Irony | sarcasm | 36 | |
| 13784436698 | Juxtaposition | placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast | 37 | |
| 13784441424 | 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. | 38 | |
| 13784447310 | Non Sequitur | an idea that does not follow | 39 | |
| 13784457637 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 40 | |
| 13784460531 | Parallel Structure | repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. | 41 | |
| 13784492590 | Propaganda | ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. | 42 | |
| 13784516914 | Protagonist | main character | 43 | |
| 13784530768 | Realism | the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth | 44 | |
| 13784536499 | 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. | 45 | |
| 13784540744 | Simile | comparing two things using like or as | 46 | |
| 13784543565 | Soliloquy | a monologue in which a character, alone on the stage, reveals his or her thoughts or emotions | 47 | |
| 13784568351 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 48 | |
| 13784575394 | Word play | Playing on words or speech sounds; Example: An orange says to a strawberry, "You are Berry special!" | 49 |
