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| 5383790795 | Abstract | Not attached to anything specific or concrete | 0 | |
| 5384123598 | Aesthetic | Relating to beauty | 1 | |
| 5383794324 | Allegory | Literal meaning corresponds with symbolic meaning | 2 | |
| 5187236425 | Alliteration | Repeated beginning sounds (usually consonants) | 3 | |
| 5383798936 | Ambiguity | An idea that can be understood in multiple ways, obscure or difficult to understand | 4 | |
| 5383798937 | Anachronism | Misplaced object in time, (airplane in the Hobbit) | 5 | |
| 5187239062 | Anecdote | A story of a singular event | 6 | |
| 5383803497 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers | 7 | |
| 5753969264 | Aphorism | A concise expression of insight or wisdom | 8 | |
| 5746475400 | Apology | An attempt at defending oneself while implying regret | 9 | |
| 5383803498 | Archetype | A recurrent symbol or motif in literature, (wicked stepmother) | 10 | |
| 5187244071 | Bathos | A sudden drop from the lofty to the trivial | 11 | |
| 5383946886 | Bildungsroman | Coming of age story | 12 | |
| 5383805704 | Blank Verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter | 13 | |
| 5383805705 | Canon | Group of literary works deemed necessary to culture's tradition | 14 | |
| 5187248154 | Caricature | A characterization of a person that exaggerates their features (usually to mock) | 15 | |
| 5383807724 | Catharsis | Cleansing of one's emotions through art | 16 | |
| 5753975917 | Colloquialism | Informal expression or slang term, not acceptable in formal writing | 17 | |
| 5187256516 | Conceit | A parallel between seemingly dissimilar objects or ideas | 18 | |
| 5383810221 | Connotation | Implied meaning of a word | 19 | |
| 5383813670 | Convention | practice that is accepted as true or correct (in writing) | 20 | |
| 5187262999 | Denotation | Literal meaning of a word | 21 | |
| 5754002916 | Dialectic | Regional way of speaking, spoken by a social group | 22 | |
| 5187267709 | Diction | Word choice | 23 | |
| 5746478255 | Digression | A departure from main subject | 24 | |
| 5746480293 | Dystopia | Opposite of utopia, unpleasant and set in future | 25 | |
| 5746483841 | Elegy | Poem that laments the death of a friend | 26 | |
| 5754000701 | Ellipsis | Three dots (...) used to omit word(s) | 27 | |
| 5746489791 | Enjambment | Continuation of a sentence beyond end of a line of verse | 28 | |
| 5754004997 | End-stopped | Phrase in poetry that stops at the end of the line | 29 | |
| 5753985086 | Epigram | A witty statement, in verse | 30 | |
| 5383813672 | Epigraph | Quote or motto that is at the beginning of a chapter or book | 31 | |
| 5753986606 | Epiphany | Sudden and powerful realization that a character reaches in an otherwise mundane moment | 32 | |
| 5187273113 | Ethos | Ethics of character | 33 | |
| 5753954333 | Eulogy | Formal statement of praise | 34 | |
| 5754011672 | Euphony | Pleasant arrangement of sounds | 35 | |
| 5753989030 | Expletive | (obscenity) A syllable, word, or group of words added to fill a void, but which does not add to the meaning of a piece of writing | 36 | |
| 5187292155 | Foil | A contrasting character to another | 37 | |
| 5187297883 | Hamartia | Tragic flaw of the tragic character (Achille's heel) | 38 | |
| 5753956030 | Idiom | An expression that is odd or incorrect and yet accepted (ex. raining cats and dogs) | 39 | |
| 5754008793 | Imagery | The picture that language brings to mind | 40 | |
| 5187274922 | Irony | A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. | 41 | |
| 5187305823 | Lyric | Poetic compositions that show the thoughts of a speaker | 42 | |
| 5753994643 | Melodrama | Use of sentimentality or gushing emotion to provoke an audience or reader response | 43 | |
| 5187314418 | Mood | Feelings the reader gets from a story | 44 | |
| 5187284415 | Motif | Recurring idea or device that develops the major themes | 45 | |
| 5753964397 | Narrative Device | Design in literary work used to achieve a particular effect | 46 | |
| 5753966250 | Ode | A serious lyric poem, often of significant length | 47 | |
| 5187288287 | Paradox | Statement that seems absurd but expresses a deeper truth | 48 | |
| 5187301681 | Parody | Humorous imitation of the style of another author | 49 | |
| 5187318123 | Pastiche | A work that imitates the style of another author, work or genre OR Work that contains pieces of other works | 50 | |
| 5187332291 | Pastoral | Celebration of the simple rustic life | 51 | |
| 5383844498 | Pathos | Feelings, emotional appeal | 52 | |
| 5187334677 | Persona | The voice/mask created by the author | 53 | |
| 5383844678 | Rhetoric | The art of using language effectively and persuasively | 54 | |
| 5383847425 | Satire | Work that exposes the shortcomings of individuals, usually political | 55 | |
| 5753997576 | Stock Character | A common character that occurs throughout literature | 56 | |
| 5383847426 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 57 | |
| 5383849442 | Tone | Author's attitude | 58 | |
| 5187337983 | Trope | Comparison of words to other things/ideas (similes, metaphors, metonymies) | 59 | |
| 5383851955 | Voice | A writer's distinctive use of language | 60 |
