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| 6576080398 | allegory | story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning |  | 0 |
| 6576080399 | alliteration | beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words |  | 1 |
| 6576080400 | allusion | indirect of passing reference |  | 2 |
| 6576080401 | anaphora | repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning |  | 3 |
| 6576080402 | antagonist | a hostile person who is opposed to another character |  | 4 |
| 6576080403 | apostrophe | figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character |  | 5 |
| 6576080404 | approximate rhyme | words in rhyming pattern that sound alike |  | 6 |
| 6576080405 | aside | when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage |  | 7 |
| 6576080406 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |  | 8 |
| 6576080407 | blank verse | poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme |  | 9 |
| 6576080408 | cacophony | blend of unharmonious sounds |  | 10 |
| 6576080409 | caesura | pause in the middle of a line |  | 11 |
| 6576080410 | catharsis | the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse) |  | 12 |
| 6576080411 | flat character | story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic |  | 13 |
| 6576080412 | round character | character who has complex personality: contradicted person |  | 14 |
| 6576080413 | dynamic character | changes throughout the story, through major conflict |  | 15 |
| 6576080414 | static character | person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality |  | 16 |
| 6576080415 | characterization | process of revealing characters personality |  | 17 |
| 6576080416 | climax | point where conflict hits its highest point |  | 18 |
| 6576080417 | comedy | drama that is amusing or funny |  | 19 |
| 6576080418 | conflict | struggle between opposing forces |  | 20 |
| 6576080419 | connotation | secondary meaning to a word |  | 21 |
| 6576080420 | consonance | repetition of same consonant in words close together |  | 22 |
| 6576080421 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse |  | 23 |
| 6576080422 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word |  | 24 |
| 6576080423 | denouement | final outcome of the story |  | 25 |
| 6576080424 | deus ex machina | resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence |  | 26 |
| 6576080425 | didactic writing | writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach |  | 27 |
| 6576080426 | direct presentation of character | author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story |  | 28 |
| 6576080427 | double rhyme | rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn) | 29 | |
| 6576080428 | dramatic exposition | prose commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world |  | 30 |
| 6576080429 | end rhyme | rhymes occurring at the end of line |  | 31 |
| 6576080430 | end stopped line | line ending in regular punctuation |  | 32 |
| 6576080431 | English sonnet | a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg |  | 33 |
| 6576080432 | epiphany | when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life |  | 34 |
| 6576080433 | euphony | smooth choice and arrangement of sounds |  | 35 |
| 6576080434 | extended figure | A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem. |  | 36 |
| 6576080435 | falling action | Events after the climax, leading to the resolution |  | 37 |
| 6576080436 | feminine rhyme | lines rhymed by their final two syllables |  | 38 |
| 6576080437 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. |  | 39 |
| 6576080438 | figure of speech | a way of saying something other than the ordinary way |  | 40 |
| 6576080439 | foot | basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables |  | 41 |
| 6576080440 | form | external pattern or shape of a poem |  | 42 |
| 6576080441 | free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |  | 43 |
| 6576080442 | hamartia | tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall |  | 44 |
| 6576080443 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) |  | 45 |
| 6576080444 | indirect presentation of character | the personality of a character is revealed by what he or she does or says |  | 46 |
| 6576080445 | internal rhyme | A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line |  | 47 |
| 6576080446 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality |  | 48 |
| 6576080447 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |  | 49 |
| 6576080448 | dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. |  | 50 |
| 6576080449 | irony of situation | refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended |  | 51 |
| 6576080450 | italian sonnet | A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd |  | 52 |
| 6576080451 | masculine rhyme | A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable |  | 53 |
| 6576080452 | melodrama | a play based upon a dramatic plot and developed sensationally |  | 54 |
| 6576080453 | metaphor | A comparison without using like or as |  | 55 |
| 6576080454 | meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |  | 56 |
| 6576080455 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it |  | 57 |
| 6576080456 | motivation | A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior |  | 58 |
| 6576080457 | narrator | Person telling the story |  | 59 |
| 6576080458 | octave | 8 line stanza |  | 60 |
| 6576080459 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. |  | 61 |
| 6576080460 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor |  | 62 |
| 6576080461 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. |  | 63 |
| 6576080462 | paradox | A contradiction or dilemma |  | 64 |
| 6576080463 | paraphrase | A restatement of a text or passage in your own words. |  | 65 |
| 6576080464 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |  | 66 |
| 6576080465 | plot | Sequence of events in a story | | 67 |
| 6576080466 | point of view | The perspective from which a story is told |  | 68 |
| 6576080467 | omniscient point of view | The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person. |  | 69 |
| 6576080468 | third person limited point of view | narrator tells the story from only one character's pov |  | 70 |
| 6576080469 | first person point of view | a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself |  | 71 |
| 6576080470 | objective point of view | a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events. |  | 72 |
| 6576080471 | protagonist | Main character |  | 73 |
| 6576080472 | quatrain | A four line stanza |  | 74 |
| 6576080473 | rhythm | A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions. |  | 75 |
| 6576080474 | rhyme scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem |  | 76 |
| 6576080475 | rising action | Events leading up to the climax |  | 77 |
| 6576080476 | sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt |  | 78 |
| 6576080477 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. |  | 79 |
| 6576080478 | scansion | Analysis of verse into metrical patterns |  | 80 |
| 6576080479 | sestet | 6 line stanza |  | 81 |
| 6576080480 | setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. |  | 82 |
| 6576080481 | simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" |  | 83 |
| 6576080482 | soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage |  | 84 |
| 6576080483 | sonnet | 14 line poem |  | 85 |
| 6576080484 | stanza | A group of lines in a poem | | 86 |
| 6576080485 | stream of consciousness | private thoughts of a character without commentary |  | 87 |
| 6576080486 | syllabic verse | Verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of feet per line. |  | 88 |
| 6576080487 | symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else |  | 89 |
| 6576080488 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |  | 90 |
| 6576080489 | synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") |  | 91 |
| 6576080490 | tercet | 3 line stanza | | 92 |
| 6576080491 | terza rima | a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc. |  | 93 |
| 6576080492 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature |  | 94 |
| 6576080493 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character |  | 95 |
| 6576080494 | tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character |  | 96 |
| 6576080495 | truncation | Utilizing a melody with part of the end omitted. |  | 97 |
| 6576080496 | understandment | the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis |  | 98 |
| 6576080497 | verse | A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme | | 99 |
| 6576080498 | vilanelle | a nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the other tercets and with both repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain. |  | 100 |
| 6583368163 | zeugma | A minor device in which two or more elements in a sentence are tied together by the same verb or noun. Zeugmas are especially acute if the noun or verb does not have the exact same meaning in both parts of the sentence. She dashed His hopes and out of his life when she waked through the door. | 101 |
