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| 5832739999 | denotation | a dictionary definition of a word | 0 | |
| 5832742513 | social commentary | when an author utilizes a text to comment about a particular society | 1 | |
| 5832745803 | paradox | a statement that appears to be self-contradictory, but still makes sense | 2 | |
| 5832751439 | juxtaposition | two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words arranged in close proximity for the purpose of highlighting their differences, but also for the purpose of comparison | 3 | |
| 5832761557 | bildungsroman | a special kind of novel that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of its main character from his/her youth to adulthood | 4 | |
| 5832766410 | hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally | 5 | |
| 5832769634 | flashback | an interruption that writers use to insert past events in order to provide background or context to the current events of a narrative | 6 | |
| 5832776648 | pathos | a quality of an experience in life or a work of art that stirs up emotions of pity, sympathy and sorrow | 7 | |
| 5832781002 | couplet | two lines of verse usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit | 8 | |
| 5832784064 | hamartia | a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine | 9 | |
| 5832787605 | parable | a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson | 10 | |
| 5832789965 | epic | a long, serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure | 11 | |
| 5832792741 | elegy | a sad and thoughtful poem about the death of an individual or thing | 12 | |
| 5832794736 | deus ex machina | a plot device where a problem is suddenly solved with an unexpected intervention of some new character, ability, or object | 13 | |
| 5832802124 | narrative | a poem or piece of prose that tells a story | 14 | |
| 5832805175 | dialogue | a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie | 15 | |
| 5832808013 | saga | a long story of heroic achievement | 16 | |
| 5832811358 | theme | the message of the text | 17 | |
| 5832812097 | bathos | fake sentimentality, or real but exaggerated | 18 | |
| 5832818393 | villanelle | a 19 line poem of 5 three line stanzas and a concluding quatrain | 19 | |
| 5832822268 | satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues | 20 | |
| 5832831663 | shift/turn | a change in mood or attitude that's typically accompanied by a corresponding change in the focus and language of a literary scene, passage, or theme | 21 | |
| 5832836183 | apostrophe | a figure of speech in which some absent or nonexistent person or thing is addressed as if present or capable of understanding | 22 | |
| 5832841220 | allusion | a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance | 23 | |
| 5832846881 | hubris | excessive pride or self-confidence | 24 | |
| 5832848379 | connotation | an implied meaning of a word | 25 | |
| 5832850494 | 3rd person limited | the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character | 26 | |
| 5832852749 | alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words | 27 | |
| 5832856537 | repetition | a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer | 28 | |
| 5832859858 | idyll | a lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place | 29 | |
| 5832863291 | extended metaphor | refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continue throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem | 30 | |
| 5832869023 | onomatopoeia | the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named | 31 | |
| 5832873499 | oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms placing them side by side, and they also make sense | 32 | |
| 5832876796 | protagonist | the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text | 33 | |
| 5832881071 | tercet | a set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together or connected by rhyme with an adjacent tercet | 34 | |
| 5832955471 | lyric | a poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet | 35 | |
| 5832957795 | antagonist | a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something | 36 | |
| 5832961413 | antithesis | it involves using contradictory phrases in close conjunction | 37 | |
| 5832966148 | epithalamium | a poem written in honor of a bride, groom, or wedding | 38 | |
| 5832970860 | monologue | a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, as part of a theatrical or broadcast program | 39 | |
| 5832974140 | auditory | ears | 40 | |
| 5832975492 | visual | eyes | 41 | |
| 5832975493 | olfactory | smell | 42 | |
| 5832977132 | gustatory | taste | 43 | |
| 5832978167 | kinesthetic | touch | 44 | |
| 5832979545 | blank verse | a poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter | 45 | |
| 5832986765 | tone | an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience | 46 | |
| 5832991935 | foil | a character that contrasts with another character and highlights various facets of the main character's personality | 47 | |
| 5832995832 | allegory | a story with two meanings, literal and symbolic | 48 | |
| 5833000192 | conceit | develops a comparison which is exceedingly unlikely, but is intellectually imaginative with the help of similes and metaphors | 49 | |
| 5833012380 | enjambment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza | 50 | |
| 5833016454 | catharsis | the process of releasing, and providing relief from strong and repressed emotions | 51 | |
| 5833186884 | parallelism | parts of the sentence are grammatically the same, or are similar in construction | 52 | |
| 5833189786 | figurative language | using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful | 53 | |
| 5833194499 | parody | an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect | 54 | |
| 5833212526 | personification | when human characteristics are given to something that is nonliving | 55 | |
| 5833217896 | diction | word choice | 56 | |
| 5833219152 | symbol | a thing that represents or stands for something abstract | 57 | |
| 5833221289 | simile | a figure of speech that compares to unlike things using like or as | 58 | |
| 5833223768 | quatrain | a stanza of four lines | 59 | |
| 5833225021 | red herring | misleads readers or characters or to induce them to make false conclusions | 60 | |
| 5833228574 | anachronism | a representation of something as existing or occurring at other than its proper time in history | 61 | |
| 5833233380 | euphemism | makes something harsh or offensive sound better | 62 | |
| 5833238021 | structure | the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex | 63 | |
| 5833247204 | soliloquy | an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers | 64 | |
| 5833250998 | foreshadowing | a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story | 65 | |
| 5833255216 | caricature | a picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic effect | 66 | |
| 5833262801 | meiosis | when a speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious that in it is, creating an ironic contrast | 67 | |
| 5833267768 | end-stopped lines | when a line of poetry ends with a period or definite punctuation marks | 68 | |
| 5833272600 | metonymy | the substitution of a name with something that is closely related | 69 | |
| 5833284159 | expose | a public exposure or revelation, as of something discreditable | 70 | |
| 5833286312 | didactism | a philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in literature and other types of art | 71 | |
| 5833290494 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 72 | |
| 5833294480 | point of view | the narrator's position in relation to the story being told | 73 | |
| 5833296758 | litotes | a form of understatement in which a speaker makes a statement indirectly, denying the opposite | 74 | |
| 5833301098 | rhyme scheme | the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse | 75 | |
| 5833303543 | 1st person | when the main character is telling the story | 76 | |
| 5833305701 | sonnet | a lyric poem that consists of 14 lines which usually have one or more conventional rhyme schemes | 77 | |
| 5833308876 | pastoral | a poem that depicts rural life in a peaceful, romanticized way | 78 | |
| 5833310909 | epitaph | a commemorative inscription on a tomb or a mortuary monument written to praise the deceased | 79 | |
| 5833313758 | selection of detail | the specific words, incidents, images, or events the author uses to create a scene or narrative | 80 | |
| 5833317436 | dramatic monologue | a type of poem which is spoken to a listener and the speaker addresses a specific topic, while the listener unwittingly reveals details about themselves | 81 | |
| 5833325313 | irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect | 82 | |
| 5833331501 | sestina | a 39 line poem of six, six line stanzas, and a three line stanza called an envoy | 83 | |
| 5833334970 | free verse | poetry written in unrhymed lines that have no set fixed metrical pattern | 84 | |
| 5833339047 | 3rd person omniscient | the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story | 85 | |
| 5833341583 | assonance | the repetition of the sound of a vowel | 86 | |
| 5833343705 | ode | a poem dedicated to someone or something | 87 | |
| 5833345090 | syntax | the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language | 88 | |
| 5833349210 | mood | a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions | 89 | |
| 5833353356 | heroic couplet | a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters | 90 | |
| 5833354748 | anaphora | the repetiton of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 91 | |
| 5833356991 | triplet | three lines that rhyme | 92 | |
| 5833358399 | omniscient narrator | the teller of the tale is all knowing on the story being told | 93 | |
| 5833361459 | analogy | a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification | 94 | |
| 5833366307 | ballad | a poem that tells a story similar to a folktale or legend | 95 | |
| 5833368555 | exposition | a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory | 96 | |
| 5833371134 | metaphor | a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, especially something abstract | 97 | |
| 5833384489 | reflection | a contemplation or a long consideration | 98 |
