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| 2851140134 | Allusion | Expression that calls something to mind without directly mentioning it. | 0 | |
| 2851143912 | Anti-Hero | A main character of a story who lacks heroic attributes. | 1 | |
| 2851146874 | Anagnorisis | Moment when a character makes a critical discovery. | 2 | |
| 2851153910 | Ad deus absconditus | A retired god who no longer operates in his world. | 3 | |
| 2851159718 | False analogy | because some things are alike in one area they are alike in another. | 4 | |
| 2851160216 | Catharsis | Releasing strong and repressed emotions. | 5 | |
| 2851161018 | Antimetabole/chiasmus | Repeats a phrase in reverse order/ balancing clauses by reverse structure | 6 | |
| 2851163205 | Analogy | a comparison of two things. | 7 | |
| 2851163206 | Cliche | an overused phrase or opinion. | 8 | |
| 2851165554 | Conflicts (internal & external) | happens within the character's mind, a struggle against an outside force. | 9 | |
| 2851166562 | Connotation vs. Denotation | a word that invokes an idea or feeling/ the literal meaning of the word. | 10 | |
| 2851167592 | Deductive vs Inductive reasoning | a logical process in which a conclusion is based./ logical process of reasoning in which multiple premises are combined to form a conclusion. | 11 | |
| 2851168193 | Diction | style of speaking. | 12 | |
| 2851168891 | Didactic | an ulterior motive intended to teach moral instruction. | 13 | |
| 2851169745 | Appeals to reason | Argumentation relying on facts rather than emotion. | 14 | |
| 2851170529 | Figurative Language | Says something other than what is literally meant. | 15 | |
| 2851170530 | Idiom | a group of words having a different meaning than the individual. | 16 | |
| 2851171686 | Asyndeton | absence of a conjugation between parts of a sentence. | 17 | |
| 2851172389 | Overstatement | exaggeration | 18 | |
| 2851173463 | Parable | Simple story illustrating moral or a spiritual lesson. | 19 | |
| 2851175032 | Anthropomorphism | Human characteristics given to a god, animal, or object. | 20 | |
| 2851176119 | Plot sequence | Order of events that make up a story. | 21 | |
| 2851176124 | Satire | Use of humor, irony, or exaggeration. | 22 | |
| 2851177468 | Epitaph | Statement written in memory of someone who has died. | 23 | |
| 2851177913 | Ambiguity | Lack of decisiveness resulting in failure to make a choice. | 24 | |
| 2851179182 | Aphorism | Observation that contains general truth. | 25 | |
| 2851179790 | Colloquailism | Phrase or word that is not formal or literary. | 26 | |
| 2851180405 | Euphemism | Mild word that may be substituted for one that may be too harsh. | 27 | |
| 2851180902 | Ad Hominem | responds by attacking a person rather than their position in an argument. | 28 | |
| 2851182148 | Anecdote | short amusing story about a real life event or person. | 29 | |
| 2851184046 | Antithesis | Person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone else. | 30 | |
| 2856414626 | Stream of consciousness | A constant flow of a persons thoughts of reactions. | 31 | |
| 2856423062 | Antecedent | A thing or event that existed before another. | 32 | |
| 2856437843 | Denouement | Final part of a story when the plot is resolved. | 33 | |
| 2856445320 | Archetype | Very typical example | 34 | |
| 2856454348 | Menonymy | Calling something by something it is associated with instead of its real name. | 35 | |
| 2856459560 | Pseudonym | A fictitious name. | 36 | |
| 2861433368 | Attention getter | Grabs the readers attention. | 37 | |
| 2861433721 | Faulty logic | an argument useing wrong information | 38 | |
| 2861434403 | Common Knowledge | known by everyone or neatly everyone. | 39 | |
| 2861434404 | Synthesize | To form by combining elements | 40 | |
| 2861435049 | Analyze | To examine critically | 41 | |
| 2861436253 | Double entendre | Expression with two meanings | 42 | |
| 2861436254 | Allegory | representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms | 43 | |
| 2861437113 | Overgeneralization | extending the application of a rule to items that are excluded from it | 44 | |
| 2861437911 | Anaphora | a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition | 45 | |
| 2861437912 | Assonance | repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables | 46 | |
| 2861438814 | Parallelism | corresponding in some way. | 47 | |
| 2861439285 | Style | how an author chooses to write to his or her readers | 48 | |
| 2861439291 | Conundrum | a confusing and difficult problem or question. | 49 | |
| 2861440191 | Circumlocution | use of many words where fewer would do, | 50 | |
| 2861440602 | Syntax | the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 51 | |
| 2861441245 | Understatement | presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 52 | |
| 2861441666 | Voice | individual writing style of an author | 53 | |
| 2861442485 | Active vs. passive voice | Active has the subject preforming the action | 54 | |
| 2861442901 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 55 | |
| 2863913675 | Ellipsis | in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods | 56 | |
| 2863921087 | Phrase | a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a clause | 57 | |
| 2863922905 | Transition | A word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph | 58 | |
| 2863924499 | Juxtapose | to place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast | 59 | |
| 2863933157 | Cacophony | Harsh mixture of sounds | 60 | |
| 2863942483 | Diatribe | an abusive, condemnatory speech | 61 | |
| 2863943573 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 62 | |
| 2863960090 | redundant | (adj.) extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush | 63 | |
| 2863961096 | anachronism | something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context | 64 | |
| 2863964012 | travesty | a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something. | 65 | |
| 2863965180 | farce | (n.) a play filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings; broad or far-fetched humor; a ridiculous sham | 66 | |
| 2863967890 | knaves and fools | in comedy there are no villains and no innocent victims. Instead, there are rogues (knaves) and suckers (fools). The knave exploits someone "asking for it". When these two interact, comic satire results. When knaves and fools meet, they expose each other. | 67 | |
| 2863970059 | malapropism | a word humorously misused | 68 | |
| 2863971401 | literary merit | The quality of the story that gives readers and actors a deeper understanding about the human conditions | 69 | |
| 2863974659 | hubris | Excessive pride or self-confidence | 70 | |
| 2863975638 | dystopian novel | a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding. | 71 | |
| 2863979533 | epic | A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society | 72 | |
| 2863981058 | epiphany | A moment of sudden revelation or insight | 73 | |
| 2863982203 | literary lens | A way of seeing literature from the different views of society | 74 | |
| 2863994627 | mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 75 | |
| 2863996474 | novel | A long fictional narrative written in prose, usually having many characters and a strong plot. | 76 | |
| 2864009131 | novella | a short novel | 77 | |
| 2864010281 | persona | An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting. | 78 | |
| 2864010997 | polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted. Hemingway and the Bible both use extensively. Ex. "he ran and jumped and laughed for joy" | 79 | |
| 2864010998 | euphony | pleasant sounds | 80 | |
| 2864012674 | apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 81 | |
| 2864013443 | annotation | (n.) a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work | 82 | |
| 2864014605 | Subjective compliment | A noun that compliments the subject. Example. Mrs. Curry is the principal. subject compliment- principal. | 83 | |
| 2864015338 | Parts of Speech | adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, interjections, nouns, pronouns, prepositions, verbs | 84 | |
| 2864015991 | Parts of the Sentence | A set of terms for describing how people construct sentences from smaller pieces. There is not a direct correspondence between the parts of the sentence and the parts of speec | 85 | |
| 2864026895 | Subordination and coordination | principles for organizing supporting materials | 86 | |
| 2864028190 | Conventional | usual; customary; common | 87 | |
| 2864028191 | Hamartia | tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall | 88 | |
| 2864029650 | Existentialism | A philosophy based on the idea that people give meaning to their lives through their choices and actions | 89 | |
| 2864029651 | Hedonism | the pursuit of pleasure as a way of life | 90 | |
| 2864031317 | Structure | The arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work | 91 | |
| 2864031318 | Nostalgia | (n.) a longing for something past; homesickness | 92 | |
| 2864032333 | Misplaced Modifiers | a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies / describes. Because of the separation, sentences with this error often sound awkward, ridiculous, or confusing | 93 | |
| 2864032334 | Reductio ad absurdum | a method of proving the falsity of a premise by showing that its logical consequence is absurd or contradictory | 94 | |
| 2864033740 | Echolalia | Repeating another's words | 95 | |
| 2864033741 | Incongruity | lack of harmony; absurdity | 96 | |
| 2864035647 | Zeugma | use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings | 97 | |
| 2864035648 | Tragic hero | A literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy | 98 | |
| 2864037598 | Annotated bibliography | A list of the sources used for research and a one paragraph summary of each source | 99 | |
| 2864038390 | Parenthetical documentation | citations to original sources that appear in the text of your paper. | 100 | |
| 2864038391 | Dogma | Expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles | 101 | |
| 2864040728 | Periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. | 102 | |
| 2864041518 | Balanced sentence | a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast (George Orwell: "If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.") | 103 |
