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| 4885837819 | Allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions (STANDS FOR ONE THING) | 0 | |
| 4885837820 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. Allusions can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical. There are many more possibilities, and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers | 1 | |
| 4885839147 | Antagonist | A character or force in conflict with the main character | 2 | |
| 4885839148 | Archetype | A recurring symbol, character, landscape, or event found in myth and literature across different cultures and eras | 3 | |
| 4885839149 | Climax | That point in a plot that creates the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest; usually the point at which the conflict is resolved (Turning Point) | 4 | |
| 4885841155 | Comedy | A literary work which ends happily because the hero or heroine is able to overcome obstacles and get what he or she wants | 5 | |
| 4885841156 | Confidant | a person who is trusted with secrets or private matters | 6 | |
| 4885842853 | Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces; A struggle between opposing forces; Man vs. Man, Man vs. society, Man vs. himself and Man vs. nature. | 7 | |
| 4885842854 | Cosmic Irony | Type of irony where it seems that God or fate is manipulating events so as to inspire false hopes, which are inevitably dashed | 8 | |
| 4885842874 | Crisis | The point of uncertainty and tension—the turning point—that results from the conflicts and difficulties brought about through the complications of the plot | 9 | |
| 4885845364 | Denouement | conclusion; resolution; the falling action of a story after its climax (Unraveling of the plot) | 10 | |
| 4885845365 | Dialogue | Conversation between two or more characters | 11 | |
| 4885845366 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 12 | |
| 4885847722 | Direct Characterization | the process by which the personality of a character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases, or epithets | 13 | |
| 4885847723 | Dramatic Irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play | 14 | |
| 4885849428 | Dynamic Character | A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action | 15 | |
| 4885849429 | Epiphany | A moment of sudden revelation or insight | 16 | |
| 4885850784 | Exposition | A narrative device; The introductory material which gives the setting, creates the tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding the story | 17 | |
| 4885850785 | Fiction | Literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | 18 | |
| 4885850786 | First Person | The narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts and feelings and what he or she sees and is told by other characters; can't tell readers the thoughts of other characters | 19 | |
| 4885852153 | Flashback (Analepsis) | A scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time | 20 | |
| 4885854294 | Flat Character | A character who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics | 21 | |
| 4885854295 | Foreshadowing | A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader | 22 | |
| 4885855840 | Genre | A category or type of literature characterized by a particular form, style, or content | 23 | |
| 4885855841 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 24 | |
| 4885863685 | Indirect Characterization | the process by which the personality of a character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, etc. | 25 | |
| 4885863686 | In Medias Res | A Latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point | 26 | |
| 4885865629 | Irony | A contrast or discrepancy between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen; contrast between expectation and reality | 27 | |
| 4885865630 | Horatian | Satire in which the voice is indulgent, tolerant, amused, and witty; the speaker holds up to gentle ridicule the absurdities and follies of human beings | 28 | |
| 4885865631 | Juvenilian | Formal satire in which the speaker abrasively attacks vice and error with contempt and indignation with the goal of provoking change because the opponent is seen as evil or harmful | 29 | |
| 4885867728 | Limited Omniscient Point of View | The author tells the story, using the third person, but is limited to a complete knowledge of one character in the story and tells us only what that one character thinks, feels, sees, or hears | 30 | |
| 4885867729 | Minimalist | An attitude of only doing the least that is required by law in our moral life; characterized by the use of only the simplest or most essential elements, as in the arts, literature, or design | 31 | |
| 4885867730 | Motif | A recurring theme, subject or idea | 32 | |
| 4885869087 | Motivation | A character's incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner; that which impels a character to act | 33 | |
| 4885869088 | Narrator | A person, animal, or thing telling the story or giving an account of something | 34 | |
| 4885871195 | Objective Point of View | a narrator who is totally impersonal and objectively tells the story; does not enter the mind of any character, but describes events from the outside | 35 | |
| 4885878484 | Omniscient Point of View | The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person | 36 | |
| 4885879626 | Plot | Sequence of events in a literary work | 37 | |
| 4885879627 | Point of View | The perspective from which a story is told | 38 | |
| 4885879629 | Protagonist | Chief character in a dramatic or narrative work, usually trying to accomplish some objective or working toward some goal | 39 | |
| 4885881485 | Round Character | A character who demonstrates some complexity and who develops or changes in the course of a work | 40 | |
| 4885881486 | Setting | Is the time and place of the action of a literary work; it can include the mood or atmosphere that the author wants to portray | 41 | |
| 4885881487 | Short Story | a story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel | 42 | |
| 4885883291 | Situational Irony | Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected | 43 | |
| 4885883292 | Static Character | a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop | 44 | |
| 4885885004 | Stock Character | a fictional character that relies heavily on cultural types or stereotypes for its personality manner of speech and other characteristics; stock characters are instantly recognizable to members of a given culture | 45 | |
| 4885885005 | Story of Initiation | Coming-of-age story in which the main character, usually a child or adolescent, undergoes an important experience or rite of passage, that prepares him or her for adulthood (higher state of awareness) | 46 | |
| 4885888941 | Stream of Consciousness | A literary style in which a character's thoughts, feelings, and reactions are depicted in a continuous flow uninterrupted by objective description or conventional dialogue | 47 | |
| 4885888942 | Style | The author's choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone in order to communicate with the reader | 48 | |
| 4885888943 | Symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract (Multiple meanings) | 49 | |
| 4885890339 | Symbolism | The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities | 50 | |
| 4885890340 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language | 51 | |
| 4885892452 | Theme | A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work | 52 | |
| 4885892453 | Third Person | Narrator is not a character, but sees the world through one or more of the character's eyes and thoughts | 53 | |
| 4885892454 | Tragedy | A dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society, to downfall or destruction | 54 | |
| 4885893509 | Tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels | 55 | |
| 4885893510 | Unreliable Narrator | a narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty, misleadingly biased, or otherwise distorted | 56 | |
| 4885895182 | Verbal Irony | Irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning | 57 |
