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| 4272090611 | allegory | A narrative or description having a second or symbolic meaning beneath the surface one | 0 | |
| 4272093821 | allusion | a reference, explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature or history | 1 | |
| 4272099248 | anecdote | a short account of an interesting or humorous incident | 2 | |
| 4272101175 | artistic unity | that condition of a successful literary work whereby all its elements work together for the achievement of its central purpose | 3 | |
| 4272105444 | cacophony | a harsh; discordant, unpleasant-sounding choice arrangement of sounds | 4 | |
| 4272116638 | euphony | a smooth, pleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds | 5 | |
| 4272127736 | genre | a type or class, as poetry, drama, etc | 6 | |
| 4272129425 | imagery | the representation through language of sensory experience | 7 | |
| 4272131197 | mood | the pervading impression of a work | 8 | |
| 4272139123 | moral | a rule of conduct or maxim for living expressed or implied as the "point" of a literary work | 9 | |
| 4272155447 | prose | non-metrical language; the opposite of verse | 10 | |
| 4272156822 | theme | the main idea, or message, of a literary work. Themes often explore timeless and universal ideas and may be implied rather than stated explicity | 11 | |
| 4272163719 | tone | the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject, the audience, or herself or himself; the emotional coloring, or emotional meaning, of a work | 12 | |
| 4272193826 | topic | the subject matter or area of a literary work. Not to be confused with theme | 13 | |
| 4272196171 | setting | the context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs | 14 | |
| 4272198149 | symbol | something that means more than what it is; an object, person, situation, or action that in addition to its literal meaning suggests other meanings as well, a figure of speech which may be read both literally and figuratively | 15 | |
| 4272215296 | verse | metrical language; the opposite of prose | 16 | |
| 4272216831 | voice | the distinctive style or manner of expression of an author or a character in a book | 17 | |
| 4272221446 | antagonist | character in a story or poem who opposes the main character (protagonist) sometimes the antagonist is an animal, an idea, or a thing | 18 | |
| 4272241157 | character | any of the persons involved in a story or pay ; the distinguishing moral qualities and personal traits of a character | 19 | |
| 4272248126 | characterization | the process of conveying information about characters | 20 | |
| 4272250186 | deuteragonist | the second most important character, after the protagonist, often a foil or eventual antagonist | 21 | |
| 4272253798 | direct presentation of character | a method of characterization in which the author, exposition or analysis, tells us directly what a character is like , or has someone | 22 |
