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| 5382384286 | Adage | A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language | 0 | |
| 5382392684 | Allegory | A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic, metaphorical, or possibly an ethical meaning. The story and characters represent values beyond themselves | 1 | |
| 5382411383 | Alliteration | The repetition of one or more initial consonants | 2 | |
| 5382417335 | Allusion | A reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea | 3 | |
| 5382424375 | Antagonist | A character or force in a work of literature, by opposing the protagonist, produces tension or conflict | 4 | |
| 5382439303 | Apostrophe | A rhetorical device in which a speaker addresses a person or personified thing nor present | 5 | |
| 5382444381 | Archetype | An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form | 6 | |
| 5382452380 | Assonance | The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prose | 7 | |
| 5382459479 | Ballad | A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited | 8 | |
| 5382467392 | Bildungsroman | A German word referring to a novel structured as a series of events that take place as the hero travels in quest of a goal | 9 | |
| 5382484300 | Blank verse | Poetry written in iambic pentameter, the primary meter used in English poetry and the words of Shakespeare. Lines generally do not rhyme. | 10 | |
| 5382522665 | Bombast | Inflated, pretentious language used for trivial subjects | 11 | |
| 5382529441 | Cacophony | Grating, inharmonious sounds | 12 | |
| 5382533855 | Caesura | A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse, often marked by punctuation | 13 | |
| 5382540377 | Catharsis | A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror or a dramatic tragedy | 14 | |
| 5382575934 | Conceit | A witty or ingenious thought a diverting or highly fanciful idea, often stated in figurative language | 15 | |
| 5382584792 | Connotation | The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase. Contrast with denotation. | 16 | |
| 5382594868 | Consonance | The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or a line of poetry | 17 | |
| 5382607288 | Couplet | A pair of rhyming lines in poem. Two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter is sometimes called a heroic couplet | 18 | |
| 5382620716 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word. Contrast with connotation. | 19 | |
| 5382625329 | Denouement | The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction | 20 | |
| 5382634299 | Deus ex machina | In literature, the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem | 21 | |
| 5382642420 | Diction | The choice of words in oral and written discourse | 22 | |
| 5382646392 | Elegy | A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing of death of something or someone of value | 23 | |
| 5382691447 | Enjambment | In poetry, the use of the successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them | 24 | |
| 5382700965 | Epic | An extended narrative poem that tells of the adventures and exploits of a hero that in generally larger than life and is often considered a legendary figure | 25 | |
| 5382717511 | Euphemism | A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term | 26 | |
| 5382731789 | Euphony | Pleasing, harmonious sounds | 27 | |
| 5382736620 | Exposition | The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea | 28 | |
| 5382782247 | Falling action | The action in a play or story that occurs after the climax and that leads to the conclusion | 29 | |
| 5382811501 | Farce | A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose | 30 | |
| 5382823956 | Figure of speech | In contrast to literal language | 31 | |
| 5382829736 | First-person narrative | A narrative told by a character involved in the story, using pronouns such as I and we | 32 | |
| 5382836708 | Flashback | A return to an earlier time | 33 | |
| 5382841265 | Foil | A minor character whose personality or attitude contrasts with that of the main character | 34 | |
| 5382851179 | Foreshadowing | Providing hints of things to come in a story or play | 35 | |
| 5382858119 | Hubris | The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death | 36 | |
| 5382870501 | Hyperbole | Overstatement; gross exaggeration | 37 | |
| 5382875281 | Idyll | A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place | 38 | |
| 5382883555 | In medias res | A narrative that starts not at the beginning of events at some other critical point | 39 | |
| 5385613661 | Irony | A mode of expression in which the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or sarcasm | 40 | |
| 5385614887 | Litotes | A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity | 41 | |
| 5385617745 | Lyric poetry | Personal, reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject | 42 | |
| 5385619228 | Metaphor | A figure of speech that compares unlike objects | 43 | |
| 5385620902 | Metaphysical poetry | The work of poets, particularly those of the seventeenth century, that uses elaborate conceits, is highly intellectual, and expresses the complexities of love and life | 44 | |
| 5385624953 | Meter | Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry | 45 | |
| 5385627197 | Mood | The emotional tone in a work of literature | 46 | |
| 5385628141 | Motif | A phrase, idea, or event through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature | 47 | |
| 5385631706 | Narrative | A form of verse of prose that tells a story | 48 | |
| 5385635078 | Ode | A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject | 49 | |
| 5385637767 | Omniscient narrator | A narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding, and insight of characters, setting, background, and all other elements of the story | 50 | |
| 5385639202 | Paradox | A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true | 51 | |
| 5385643193 | Pastoral | A work of literature dealing with rural life | 52 | |
| 5385644598 | Pathos | The element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow | 53 | |
| 5385647652 | Persona | The role or façade that a character assumes | 54 | |
| 5385649772 | Personification | A figure of speech which objects and animals are given human characteristics | 55 | |
| 5385650397 | Picaresque novel | An episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer | 56 | |
| 5385653295 | Quatrain | A four-line poem or a four-line unit | 57 | |
| 5385657863 | Realism | The depiction of people, things, and events as they really are without idealization | 58 | |
| 5385660882 | Satire | A literary style used to poke fun at, attack, or ridicule an idea | 59 | |
| 5385661772 | Sonnet | A popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines | 60 | |
| 5385685413 | Symbolism | The use of one object to evoke ideas | 61 | |
| 5385687354 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole | 62 | |
| 5385688263 | Syntax | The organization of language into a meaningful structure; every sentence has a particular pattern of words | 63 | |
| 5385690253 | Theme | The main idea or meaning, often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built | 64 | |
| 5385690747 | Tone | The author's attitude toward the subject being written about | 65 | |
| 5385690748 | Tragedy | A form of literature in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw and a set of forces | 66 | |
| 5385691454 | Verisimilitude | Similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a world that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is | 67 |
