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| 7330497685 | Figures of Speech | A word thats not described in its literal sense. | 0 | |
| 7330497686 | Alliteration | Repeating the beginning sound of a word. | 1 | |
| 7330497687 | Apostrophe | A punctuation mark that shows possession. | 2 | |
| 7330497688 | Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words. | 3 | |
| 7330497689 | Cacophony | A mixture of unpleasant sounds, often at loud volumes. | 4 | |
| 7330497690 | Cliche | An overused expression or idea | 5 | |
| 7330497691 | Hyperbole | An exaggeration used to make a point, not meant to be taken literally. | 6 | |
| 7330497692 | Mixed Metaphor | A combination of metaphors that don't make sense. | 7 | |
| 7330497693 | Metonymy | A word or phrase that's used in place of another word. | 8 | |
| 7330497694 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the natural sound of thins. For example saying buzz or zoom to describe something for dramatic effect. | 9 | |
| 7330497695 | Oxymoron | A combination of contradictory words that work together. | 10 | |
| 7330497696 | Paradox | A paradox is a statement that seems crazy or contradictory but actually makes sense. | 11 | |
| 7330497697 | Personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea | 12 | |
| 7330497698 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. | 13 | |
| 7330497699 | simile (n) | Comparing things using like or as | 14 | |
| 7330497700 | synaesthesia | When one sensation triggers another | 15 | |
| 7330497701 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 16 | |
| 7330497702 | point of view | The perspective from which a story is told | 17 | |
| 7330497703 | First person narration | The story is told from the point of view of a character in the story | 18 | |
| 7330497704 | Third person narration | Someone outside the story is telling it | 19 | |
| 7330497705 | Omniscient Narration | An all knowing point of view. | 20 | |
| 7330497706 | Limited Omniscient Narrator | The narrator knows the thoughts and actions of only one character. | 21 | |
| 7330497707 | free indirect discourse | Uses both first and third person narration | 22 | |
| 7330497708 | Antithesis | Direct opposite | 23 | |
| 7330497709 | Allusion | an indirect reference | 24 | |
| 7330497710 | Foreshadowing | a warning or indication of a future event | 25 | |
| 7340712403 | objective narrator | Style in which the narrator reports neutrally on the outward behavior of the characters but offers no interpretation of their actions or inner states | 26 | |
| 7374914910 | Unreliable Narrator | A narrator who's credibility has been comprimised | 27 | |
| 7374943023 | Stream-of-consciousness Narration | The writer expresses a character's thoughts and feelings as a chaotic stream, with no apparent order or logic. The text is held together through psychological association and realistic characterization. | 28 | |
| 7374949607 | Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces | 29 | |
| 7374968161 | rising action | events leading up to the problem climax or conflict | 30 | |
| 7374977681 | CLIMAX | The highest part of a story or event. In literature, it is defined by a change that is experienced by the lead characte | 31 | |
| 7374985825 | Falling action | the events leading to the solving of a problem | 32 | |
| 7374999787 | Resolution | A solution to a problem | 33 | |
| 7375006664 | Setting | Where and when a story takes place (Example: at the beach during the warm day) | 34 | |
| 7375017194 | Mentor | A person or friend who guides a less experienced person by building trust and modeling positive behaviors. | 35 | |
| 7375026176 | Confidant/Confidante | Someone in whom the central character confides, thus revealing the main character's personality, thoughts, and intentions. The confidante does not need to be a person. | 36 | |
| 7375034375 | foil | A character that is used to enhance another character through contrast or opposition. For example: Cinderella's grace and beauty compared to her nasty, self-centred stepsisters. | 37 | |
| 7375051336 | Round Character | A well developed character who demonstrates varied and sometimes contradictory traits. Round characters are usually dynamic (change in some way over the course of a story). | 38 | |
| 7375056967 | Flat Character | A character who reveals only one, maybe two, personality traits in a story or novel, and the trait(s) do not change. Events in the story do not alter this character's outlook, personality, motivation, perception, habits, etc. | 39 | |
| 7375061980 | Dynamic Character | A character who changes during the course of a story or novel. The change in outlook or character is permanent. Sometimes a dynamic character is called a developing character. | 40 | |
| 7375066640 | Stock Character | A special kind of flat character who is instantly recognisable to most readers. A stock character is often stereotypical. They are not the focus of the story and they are not developed in the story. | 41 | |
| 7375072385 | Protagonist | The leading character in the text. Often the good character sometimes the victim. | 42 | |
| 7375076176 | Antagonist | A character who antagonizes the other characters..he/she is not nice at all. | 43 | |
| 7375087232 | Hero | main character; model of courage; reflects society's values for the culture/time they are from | 44 | |
| 7375094295 | Direct Characterization | when the author TELLS the reader what the personality of the character is | 45 | |
| 7375097729 | Indirect Characterization | when the author SHOWS things that reveal the personality of the character | 46 | |
| 7375102728 | Characterization | the process by which an author reveals the personality of a character | 47 | |
| 7375116664 | Imagery | words that describe and appeal to the five senses that evoke an emotion | 48 | |
| 7375126521 | Irony | something that happens which is opposite of what is expected | 49 | |
| 7375131425 | Symbolism | a person, place, or object that represents something beyond itself | 50 | |
| 7377792007 | Verbal Irony | An expression or statement where the meaning of the words used id the opposite of their sense. | 51 | |
| 7377818766 | Situational Irony | where an action done by a character is the opposite of what was meant to be expected. | 52 | |
| 7377822495 | Dramatic Irony | the audience of a play knows something that the main character does not. Dramatic irony is a big bundle of miscommunication, manufactured by a character or circumstance clandestine to another character, and revealed to the audience. | 53 | |
| 7377828007 | Motif | A recurring structure, contrast, or other device that develops or informs a work's major themes, or may be a recurrent idea, phrase, or emotion. | 54 | |
| 7377842724 | Theme | A fundamental and universal idea explored in a literary work. | 55 | |
| 7377852932 | Thesis | The central argument that an author makes in a work. Can be in works of fiction as well. | 56 | |
| 7377858613 | Tone | A manner of expression. | 57 | |
| 7386025528 | Thematic Meaning | Theme (message of a story) | 58 |
