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| 5853666486 | Tone | the attitude a writer conveys towards his or her subject and audience | 0 | |
| 5853668904 | Theme | A central or dominant idea advanced by a literary work and revealed through plot, characters, setting, point of view, and symbols | 1 | |
| 5853675795 | Mood | the emotional content of a scene or setting | 2 | |
| 5853677260 | Allusion | a reference in literature to an even or person in history, myth, or other piece of literature | 3 | |
| 5853682617 | Analogy | a comparison between two things | 4 | |
| 5853685412 | conceit | an imaginative figure of speech drawing an analogy between two things | 5 | |
| 5853687075 | metaphor | comparison between two unlike things without "like" or "as" | 6 | |
| 5853691918 | simile | comparison using "like" or "as" | 7 | |
| 5853693634 | epic simile | an extended and elaborate simile | 8 | |
| 5853695371 | euphemism | a mild word or phrase | 9 | |
| 5853696401 | hyperbole | exaggeration | 10 | |
| 5853696402 | oxymoron | combines contradictory words and meaning for special effect | 11 | |
| 5853700013 | paradox | statement that seems contradictory on the surface, but both statements are actually true | 12 | |
| 5853708564 | personification | giving an inanimate object human attributes or feelings | 13 | |
| 5853710824 | apostrophe | form of direct address | 14 | |
| 5853712494 | irony | a discrepancy between what appears to be and what really is | 15 | |
| 5853715359 | verbal irony | opposite of what is said | 16 | |
| 5853717435 | dramatic irony | audience is aware of something that the characters are not | 17 | |
| 5853722187 | situational irony | discrepancy between what someone expects to happen vs what actually does | 18 | |
| 5853725243 | metonymy | when one thing is represented by another thing associated with it | 19 | |
| 5853727985 | synecdoche | type of symbolism in which a part of a thing represents that thing itself | 20 | |
| 5853735414 | pun | a play on words | 21 | |
| 5853737372 | understatement | saying less than one means | 22 | |
| 5853738665 | litotes | form of understatement which is the assertion of an affirmative by negating it | 23 | |
| 5853744815 | symbol | when a char., obj., name or incident maintains its literal meaning while suggesting other meanings | 24 | |
| 5853750779 | epithet | an adj. or phrase expressing some quality which is characteristic of a person or thing | 25 | |
| 5853754804 | alliteration | repetition of the same consonant sounds | 26 | |
| 5853756637 | consonance | neighboring words repeat same consonant sound but not at the beginning | 27 | |
| 5853758579 | assonance | repetition of internal vowel sounds usually close together for a humorous effect | 28 | |
| 5853761701 | onomatopoeia | any word that sounds like what it names | 29 | |
| 5853766086 | syntax | the author's manipulation of sentence structure | 30 | |
| 5853767593 | parallelism | repeated grammatical patterns | 31 | |
| 5853770008 | antithesis | one term is balanced against another for emphasis | 32 | |
| 5853772910 | inverted syntax | normal order of words are reversed | 33 | |
| 5853778230 | cumulative syntax | independent clause is followed by details, qualifications, or modifications | 34 | |
| 5853780686 | periodic syntax | begins with details which then build up to the main clause | 35 | |
| 5853786027 | declarative sentence | states a fact or an argument | 36 | |
| 5853787812 | interrogative sentence | asks a direct questions | 37 | |
| 5853789501 | imperative sentence | direct command | 38 | |
| 5853791596 | exclamatory sentence | makes a statement while conveying excitement or emotion | 39 | |
| 5853797614 | subject | noun or noun phrase performing the action | 40 | |
| 5853798946 | direct object | action of verb is performed or toward it | 41 | |
| 5853801018 | indirect object | word or group of words representing the person of thing which reference to which the action of a verb is performed | 42 | |
| 5853807028 | appositive | noun (phrase, series of em) placed next to a word or phrase to identify or rename it set off by commas, parenthesis or dashes | 43 | |
| 5853812775 | ambiguous | meaning cannot be definitely determined | 44 | |
| 5853816279 | abstract | lacks vivid detail | 45 | |
| 5853817498 | concrete | statements rich in specific detail | 46 | |
| 5853819396 | connotation | associated feelings implied by words or phrases | 47 | |
| 5853822538 | imagery | passages or words that appeal to the five senses | 48 | |
| 5853825651 | dialect | variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation | 49 | |
| 5853828839 | diction | word choice | 50 | |
| 5853830116 | anecdote | short, often biographical, narrative of an interesting or amusing incident used to elaborate a point | 51 | |
| 5853836185 | motif | pattern of recurring identical or similar images, actions, or ideas | 52 | |
| 5853839622 | exposition | the presentation of essential info. regarding what happened before the start of a narrative | 53 | |
| 5853846521 | inciting incident | event that starts the plot | 54 | |
| 5853848155 | rising action | conflict leading to the climax | 55 | |
| 5853850054 | climax | builds as the conflict becomes intense and complex; protagonist makes a conscious decision which enables him/her to resolve the primary conflict | 56 | |
| 5853857056 | anticlimax | writer drops from serious and elevated to the trivial and lowly in order to achieve a humorous effect | 57 | |
| 5853864692 | denouement | resolution of the conflicts | 58 | |
| 5853867675 | setting | time and place | 59 | |
| 5853868679 | conflict | antagonism between opposing characters or forces that causes tension/suspense | 60 | |
| 5853871323 | in media res | begins at a critical point then has flashbacks | 61 | |
| 5853874456 | deus ex machina | superhuman force resolves a conflict | 62 | |
| 5853877205 | flashback | relates back to past events | 63 | |
| 5853879239 | frame narrative | story within a story | 64 | |
| 5853881099 | foreshadowing | intentional clues about what will happen later on | 65 | |
| 5853883184 | epiphany | moment of insight or revelation | 66 | |
| 5853886488 | catharsis | emotional release of fear and/or pity that the audience experiences in sympathy with the protagonist | 67 | |
| 5853890044 | epigraph | quotation at the beginning of a piece | 68 | |
| 5853893779 | epilogue | concluding section | 69 | |
| 5853893780 | subtext | implied but unspoken | 70 | |
| 5853897503 | protagonist | main character | 71 | |
| 5853897504 | hero | embodies traditional qualities | 72 | |
| 5853898691 | antihero | lacks the typical moral characteristics | 73 | |
| 5853900148 | byronic hero | antihero that is romanticized but a wicked character | 74 | |
| 5853901937 | tragic hero | brings about their own downfall | 75 | |
| 5853905060 | antagonist | character that opposes the protagonist or central figure | 76 | |
| 5853907285 | dynamic character | goes through a fundamental change | 77 | |
| 5853909092 | static character | does not change or grow | 78 | |
| 5853911167 | flat character | lacks complexity | 79 | |
| 5853912343 | round character | psychologically complex, multi-dimensional | 80 | |
| 5853916377 | hamartia | character's tragic flaw | 81 | |
| 5853918586 | foil | minor character emphasizes the qualities of another character | 82 | |
| 5853920467 | archetype | universal character type | 83 | |
| 5853922561 | stereotype/stock character | actions and etc fall in with a widely held idea of what such a "type" of person is like | 84 | |
| 5853930663 | doppelganger | ghostly double... haunts its counterpart | 85 | |
| 5853931994 | persona | special identity that an author/poet assumes in a piece of literature | 86 | |
| 5853934995 | speaker | the voice in a piece of literature or poem | 87 | |
| 5853936316 | narrator | person who tells the story | 88 | |
| 5853937924 | first person pov | main character | 89 | |
| 5853939284 | unreliable narrator | perception, interpretation and evaluation of the matter does not coincide with the implicit opinions and view of the author | 90 | |
| 5853943576 | limited third person pov | story is told in third person | 91 | |
| 5853945753 | omniscient third person pov | knows everything | 92 | |
| 5853946942 | interior monologue | speech that mirrors one's half thought, impressions, and associations that impinge upon the character's consciousness | 93 | |
| 5853951495 | dramatic monologue | self-revealing speech from one person to a silent listener | 94 | |
| 5853954164 | soliloquy | believing one is alone, conveys one's thoughts aloud in an extended speech | 95 | |
| 5853959137 | chorus | individual that comments on or interprets the action of the play | 96 | |
| 5853963057 | stream of consciousness | captures the entire range and flow of a character's mental process | 97 | |
| 5853968690 | prose | linked fragments or sentences and paragraphs | 98 | |
| 5853969764 | verse | poetry | 99 | |
| 5853969765 | narrative | story line in prose or verse | 100 | |
| 5853971213 | allegory | narrative that makes coherent sense on a literal level but also represents large ideas | 101 | |
| 5853975356 | anthology | collection of short stories or poems | 102 | |
| 5853976572 | bildungsroman | novel that recounts the development of an individual | 103 | |
| 5853980339 | comedy | presents the "lighter" side of life | 104 | |
| 5853981757 | satire | makes fun of something | 105 | |
| 5853982949 | comedy of manners | mocks the artificial and superficial habits of high society | 106 | |
| 5853985892 | farce | horse play, slapstick, bawdy language | 107 | |
| 5853988678 | parody | imitation of a piece of writing | 108 | |
| 5853990180 | dystopian novel | imperfect, oppressive world | 109 | |
| 5853991982 | utopian novel | perfect society or world | 110 | |
| 5853994170 | epic | long poem unified by a hero who reflects that customs | 111 | |
| 5854001665 | epistolary novel | written in letters | 112 | |
| 5854002535 | fable | tale designed to illustrate a moral lesson | 113 | |
| 5854004472 | saga | narrative of the exploits of a hero told through several generations | 114 | |
| 5854011904 | tragedy | ends in disaster | 115 | |
| 5854012975 | existentialism | humanity's very being | 116 | |
| 5854014600 | gothic novel | utilizes fear and terror to entertain | 117 | |
| 5854015982 | feminist novel | raises question about gender equality and female self-actualization | 118 |
