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| 7429887646 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning | 0 | |
| 7429887647 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words | 1 | |
| 7429887648 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly know, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art | 2 | |
| 7429887649 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage | 3 | |
| 7429887650 | Analogy | A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanantion or clarification | 4 | |
| 7429887651 | Anaphora | The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 5 | |
| 7429887652 | Anastrophe | The order of the noun and adjective are exchanged | 6 | |
| 7429887653 | Anecdote | A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 7 | |
| 7429887654 | Antagonist | A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or somethin; an adversary | 8 | |
| 7429887655 | Antithesis | A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. | 9 | |
| 7429887656 | Antihero | literary device used by writers for a prominent character in a play or book that has characteristics oppose to that of a conventional hero. | 10 | |
| 7429887657 | Anthropomorphism | A literary device that can be defined as a technique in which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions or entire behavior to animals, non-human beings, natural phenomena or objects. | 11 | |
| 7429887658 | Aphorism | A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner. | 12 | |
| 7429887659 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech sometimes represented by exclamation "O". | 13 | |
| 7429887660 | Apposition | When a noun or a word is followed by another noun or phrase that renames or identifies it, this is called appositive. | 14 | |
| 7429887661 | Assonance | Assonance takes place when two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds. | 15 | |
| 7429887662 | Asyndeton | A stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases and in the sentence, yet maintain grammatical accuracy. | 16 | |
| 7429887663 | Balance | Having a sentence with two parts, equal in length, structure, and meaning. | 17 | |
| 7429887664 | Characterization | The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character | 18 | |
| 7429887665 | Indirect Characterizations | The author reveals to the reader what the character is like by describing how the character looks and dresses, by letting the reader hear what the character says, by revealing the character's private thoughts and feelings, by revealing the character effect on other people (showing how other characters feel or behave toward the character), or by showing the character in action. Common in modern literature. | 19 | |
| 7429887666 | Direct Characterization | The author tells us directly what the character is like; sneaky, generous, mean to pets and so on. Romantic style literature relied more heavily on this form | 20 | |
| 7429887667 | Static character | Is one who does not change much in the course of a story. | 21 | |
| 7429887668 | Dynamic character | is one who changes in some important way as a result of the story's action | 22 | |
| 7429887669 | Flat character | has only one or two personality traits. They are one-dimensional, like a piece of cardboard. They can be summed up in one phrase | 23 | |
| 7429887670 | Round character | has more dimensions to their personalities - they are complex, just a real people are. | 24 | |
| 7429887671 | Chiasmus | In poetry, a type of rhetorical balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed. Coleridge "Flowers are lovely, love is flowerlike." In prose it is called antimetabloe | 25 | |
| 7429887672 | Cliche | is a word or phrase, often a figure of speech, that has become lifeless because of overuse. Avoid cliches like the plague. | 26 | |
| 7429887673 | Colloquialism | a word or phrase in everyday use in conversation and informal writing but is inappropriate for formal situations. | 27 | |
| 7731078160 | Comedy | a story that ends in a happy resolution | 28 | |
| 7731080672 | Conceit | an elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are completely different | 29 | |
| 7731080673 | confessional poetry | poetry that uses intimate material from the poets life. | 30 | |
| 7731116402 | conflict | the struggle between opposing forces or characters | 31 | |
| 7731126092 | External Conflict | can exist between people, nature, or a machine, and society | 32 | |
| 7731138620 | internal conflict | opposing forces within a persons mind | 33 | |
| 7731143294 | connotation | the association and emotional overtones that have been attached to it. | 34 | |
| 7731152821 | couplet | two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry | 35 | |
| 7731161479 | dialect | a way of speaking characterized by a certain social groups | 36 | |
| 7731172672 | Diction | a speaker or writers choice of words. | 37 | |
| 7906458170 | Didactic | Instructive | 38 | |
| 7906458171 | Elegy | a poem of mourning | 39 | |
| 7906463346 | Epanalepsis | device of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning and end of the line. | 40 | |
| 7906463347 | Epic | a long narrative poem | 41 | |
| 7906466821 | Epigraph | a quotation or aphorism of a literary work at the beginning | 42 | |
| 7906498183 | epistrophe | device of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the end of two or more lines | 43 | |
| 7906511770 | epithet | an adjective applied to a person or thing that is frequently used to emphasize a characteristic quality. | 44 | |
| 7906528911 | Essay | a short piece of nonfiction prose in which the writer discusses some aspect of a subject | 45 | |
| 7906528912 | Persuasion | relies mor on emotional appeals than on facts | 46 | |
| 7906533529 | Argument | form of persuasion that appeals to reason instead of emotion to convince the audience | 47 | |
| 7906533530 | Casual Relationship | form of argumentation in which the writer claims one thing results from another | 48 | |
| 7906537937 | Description | a form of discourse that uses language to create a mood | 49 | |
| 7906537938 | Exposition | one of the four major forms of discourse something is explained | 50 | |
| 7906542892 | Narrative | the form of discourse that tells about a series of events. | 51 | |
| 7919889730 | lagoon | a stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a low sandbank or coral reef. | 52 | |
| 7919889731 | proffer | hold out (something) to someone for acceptance; offer. | 53 | |
| 7919891802 | fulcrum | the point on which a lever rests or is supported and on which it pivots. | 54 | |
| 7919891803 | fluke | unlikely chance occurrence, especially a surprising piece of luck. | 55 | |
| 7919895441 | askew | not in a straight or level position. | 56 | |
| 7919895465 | surmount | overcome | 57 | |
| 7919899283 | bastion | a projecting part of a fortification built at an angle to the line of a wall, so as to allow defensive fire in several directions. | 58 | |
| 7919902035 | hiatus | (n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) | 59 | |
| 7919902036 | loll | to act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to recline, droop | 60 | |
| 7919906165 | gesticulate | move the arms energetically | 61 | |
| 7919906166 | aromatic | fragrant; having a sweet smell; N. aroma: strong pleasant smell | 62 | |
| 7919953526 | tumult | Noisy excitement; an uproar or disturbance. | 63 | |
| 7919957128 | tirade | (n.) a long, angry speech, usually very critical | 64 | |
| 7919957129 | errant | adj. Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds. | 65 | |
| 7919959070 | caper | skip or dance about in a lively or playful way prank | 66 | |
| 8156275908 | explication | The interpretation or analysis of a text. | 67 | |
| 8156280302 | fable | A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters | 68 | |
| 8156289266 | farce | broad comedy; mockery; humorous play full of silly things happening; ADJ. farcical | 69 | |
| 8156298339 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. | 70 | |
| 8156305168 | flashback | a scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous event | 71 | |
| 8156309199 | foil | A character who acts as a contrast to another character | 72 | |
| 8156316014 | foreshadowing | A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader. | 73 | |
| 8156320044 | free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme | 74 | |
| 8156323889 | hyperbole | purposeful exaggeration for effect | 75 | |
| 8156333818 | hypotactic | sentence marked by the use of connecting words between clauses or sentences | 76 | |
| 8240261843 | imagery | the use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the senses | 77 | |
| 8240261844 | inversion | inverted order of words in a sentence | 78 | |
| 8240265188 | irony | a discrepancy between appearances | 79 | |
| 8240290737 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 80 | |
| 8240307879 | situational irony | An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected | 81 | |
| 8240315147 | dramatic irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 82 | |
| 8240320160 | juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 83 | |
| 8240328579 | litotes | understatement | 84 | |
| 8240338616 | local color | writing which presents the mannerisms, dress, speech and customs of a particular geographical region | 85 | |
| 8240375686 | loose sentence | A complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows | 86 |
