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| 4147566967 | Allusion | A reference to a person, place or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea | 0 | |
| 4386153754 | Allegory | A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic, metaphorical or possibly an ethical meaning | 1 | |
| 4386153755 | Alliteration | The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose | 2 | |
| 4386153756 | Ambiguity | A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation | 3 | |
| 4386153758 | Analogy | A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things | 4 | |
| 4386153761 | Antithesis | A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words, clauses or sentences | 5 | |
| 4386153764 | Archetype | An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original or form | 6 | |
| 4386153765 | Assonance | The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prose | 7 | |
| 4147566969 | Ballad | A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung and recited | 8 | |
| 4147566971 | Bathos | The use of insincere or overdone sentimentally | 9 | |
| 4147566972 | Bibliography | A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a subject or other work | 10 | |
| 4147566974 | Blank verse | Poetry written in iambic pentameter, the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton | 11 | |
| 4202077009 | End rhyme | The repetition of identical sounds at the end of successive lines | 12 | |
| 4202077018 | Classic | A highly regarded work of literature or other art form that had withstood the test of time | 13 | |
| 4202204133 | Climax | The high point, or turning point, of a story or play. | 14 | |
| 4212997884 | Coming of age story/ novel | A tale in which a young protagonist experiences an introduction to adulthood | 15 | |
| 4212997886 | Connotation | The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase | 16 | |
| 4212997887 | Consonance | The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a grounding words or a line of poetry | 17 | |
| 4212997889 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 18 | |
| 4213053609 | Dénouement | The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction | 19 | |
| 4213144275 | Diction | The choice of words in speech and writing | 20 | |
| 4213269392 | Dramatic irony | A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character | 21 | |
| 4213269393 | Elegy | A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value | 22 | |
| 4214485957 | Empathy | A feeling of association or identification with an object or person | 23 | |
| 4214485960 | Epic | An extended narrative poem that tells of the adventures and exploits of a hero that is generally larger than life and is often considered a legendary figure | 24 | |
| 4214485961 | Epigram | A concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement | 25 | |
| 4214591896 | Eponymous | A term for the title character of a work of literature | 26 | |
| 4214591899 | Exposition | The background and events that read to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature | 27 | |
| 4214607347 | Fable | A short take often featuring nonhuman characters that act as people whose actions enable the author to make observations or draw useful lessons from human behavior | 28 | |
| 4214873325 | Fantasy | A story containing unreal, imaginary features | 29 | |
| 4214938791 | Figure of speech, figurative language | In contrast to literal languages, this implies meanings. Includes metaphors, similes, and personification among many others | 30 | |
| 4214938792 | First person narrative | A narrative told by a character involved in a story idiot first person pronouns such as I and we | 31 | |
| 4215038757 | Flashback | A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances | 32 | |
| 4215038758 | Foil | A minor character whose personality or attitude contrasts with that of the main character | 33 | |
| 4215038760 | Foreshadowing | Providing hints of things to come in a story or play | 34 | |
| 4215038761 | Frame | A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative | 35 | |
| 4215038762 | Free verse | A kind of poetry without rhymed lines , rhythm, or fixed mete rival feet | 36 | |
| 4215038763 | Genre | A term used to describe literary forms | 37 | |
| 4386153770 | Hyperbole | Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect | 38 | |
| 4386153772 | Image | A word or phrase representing that which can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled, or felt | 39 | |
| 4386153774 | Indirect quotation | A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased | 40 | |
| 4386153775 | Irony | A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or light sarcasm; a state of affairs or events that is the reverse of what might have been expected | 41 | |
| 4386153780 | Loose sentence | A sentence that follows the customary word order of English sentences | 42 | |
| 4386153781 | Lyric poetry | Personal reflective poetry that reveals the speakers thoughts and feelings about the subject | 43 | |
| 4386153783 | Melodrama | A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response | 44 | |
| 4386153784 | Metaphor | A figure of speech that compares unlike objects | 45 | |
| 4386153786 | Meter | The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry | 46 | |
| 4386153792 | Mood | The emotional tone in a work of literature evoked through the authors diction, choice of details, themes, settings, events and more | 47 | |
| 4386153793 | Moral | A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature | 48 | |
| 4411599344 | Myth | An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or socieyy | 49 | |
| 4411599345 | Narrative | A form of verse or prose that tells a story, often with a beginning, middle and end | 50 | |
| 4411599346 | Ode | A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful and exalted feelings toward the subject | 51 | |
| 4411599347 | Omniscient narrator | A narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding and insight of characters, setting, background and all other elements of the sykry | 52 | |
| 4411599348 | Onomatopeia | The use of words whose sounds suggest meaning | 53 | |
| 4411599349 | Oxymoron | A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect | 54 | |
| 4411599350 | Paradox | A statement that seems self contradictory but is nevertheless true | 55 | |
| 4411599351 | Paraphrase | A version of text put into simple everyday words | 56 | |
| 4411599352 | Periodic sentence | A sentence that departs from the usually word order of English sentences by expressing its main thought only at the end | 57 | |
| 4411599353 | Personification | A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characterisyics | 58 | |
| 4411599354 | Plot | The interrelationship among the events in a story | 59 | |
| 4411599355 | Point of view | The relation in which a narrator of speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem | 60 | |
| 4411599356 | Protagonist | Main character in a work of literature | 61 | |
| 4411599357 | Pun | A humorous play on words using similar sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings | 62 | |
| 4411599358 | Realism | The depiction of people, things, and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect | 63 | |
| 4411599359 | Rhetoric | The language of a work and it style; words, often highly emotional, used to convince or sway an audience | 64 | |
| 4411599360 | Rhetorical question | A question that has the expected answer built in so that it either requires no response or the response is self evident | 65 | |
| 4411599361 | Rhetorical stance | Language that conveys a speakers attitudes or opinion with regard to a particular subjecy | 66 | |
| 4411599362 | Rhyme | The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals, used mostly in poetry | 67 | |
| 4411599363 | Rhyme scheme | The pattern of rhymes within a given poem | 68 | |
| 4411599364 | Rhythm | The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry | 69 | |
| 4411599365 | Satire | A literary style used to poke fun at , attack or ridicule an idea vice or foible often for purpose of inducing change | 70 | |
| 4411599366 | Setting | The total environment for the action in a novel or play | 71 | |
| 4411599367 | Simile | A figurative comparison using the words like or as | 72 | |
| 4411599368 | Sonnet | A popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme | 73 | |
| 4411599369 | Stanza | A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter, rhyme or some other plan | 74 | |
| 4411599370 | Style | The manner in which an author uses and arranges words, shapes ideas, forms sentences and creates a structure to convey ideas | 75 | |
| 4411599371 | Subplot | A subordinate or minor collection of events Ina novel or play, usually connected to the main plot | 76 | |
| 4411599372 | Symbolism | The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of original object | 77 | |
| 4411599373 | Syntax | The arrangement of the words in a sentence | 78 | |
| 4411599374 | Theme | The main idea or Meaning, often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built | 79 | |
| 4411599375 | Tone | The authors attitude toward the subject being written about | 80 | |
| 4411599376 | Tragedy | A form of Literature in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw and a set of force that cause th hero considerable anguish | 81 | |
| 4411599377 | Verse | A synonym for poetry | 82 | |
| 4411599378 | Voice | The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker | 83 | |
| 4386376800 | Myth | An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or socieyy | 84 | |
| 4386376801 | Narrative | A form of verse or prose that tells a story, often with a beginning, middle and end | 85 | |
| 4386376802 | Ode | A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful and exalted feelings toward the subject | 86 | |
| 4386376803 | Omniscient narrator | A narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding and insight of characters, setting, background and all other elements of the sykry | 87 | |
| 4386376804 | Onomatopeia | The use of words whose sounds suggest meaning | 88 | |
| 4386376805 | Oxymoron | A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect | 89 | |
| 4386376806 | Paradox | A statement that seems self contradictory but is nevertheless true | 90 | |
| 4386376807 | Paraphrase | A version of text put into simple everyday words | 91 | |
| 4386376808 | Periodic sentence | A sentence that departs from the usually word order of English sentences by expressing its main thought only at the end | 92 | |
| 4386376809 | Personification | A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characterisyics | 93 | |
| 4386376810 | Plot | The interrelationship among the events in a story | 94 | |
| 4386376811 | Point of view | The relation in which a narrator of speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem | 95 | |
| 4386376812 | Protagonist | Main character in a work of literature | 96 | |
| 4386376813 | Pun | A humorous play on words using similar sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings | 97 | |
| 4386376814 | Realism | The depiction of people, things, and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect | 98 | |
| 4386376815 | Rhetoric | The language of a work and it style; words, often highly emotional, used to convince or sway an audience | 99 | |
| 4386376816 | Rhetorical question | A question that has the expected answer built in so that it either requires no response or the response is self evident | 100 | |
| 4386376817 | Rhetorical stance | Language that conveys a speakers attitudes or opinion with regard to a particular subjecy | 101 | |
| 4386376818 | Rhyme | The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals, used mostly in poetry | 102 | |
| 4386376819 | Rhyme scheme | The pattern of rhymes within a given poem | 103 | |
| 4386376820 | Rhythm | The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry | 104 | |
| 4386376821 | Satire | A literary style used to poke fun at , attack or ridicule an idea vice or foible often for purpose of inducing change | 105 | |
| 4386376822 | Setting | The total environment for the action in a novel or play | 106 | |
| 4386376823 | Simile | A figurative comparison using the words like or as | 107 | |
| 4386376824 | Sonnet | A popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme | 108 | |
| 4386376825 | Stanza | A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter, rhyme or some other plan | 109 | |
| 4386376826 | Style | The manner in which an author uses and arranges words, shapes ideas, forms sentences and creates a structure to convey ideas | 110 | |
| 4386376827 | Subplot | A subordinate or minor collection of events Ina novel or play, usually connected to the main plot | 111 | |
| 4386376828 | Symbolism | The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of original object | 112 | |
| 4386376829 | Syntax | The arrangement of the words in a sentence | 113 | |
| 4386376830 | Theme | The main idea or Meaning, often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built | 114 | |
| 4386376831 | Tone | The authors attitude toward the subject being written about | 115 | |
| 4386376832 | Tragedy | A form of Literature in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw and a set of force that cause th hero considerable anguish | 116 | |
| 4386376833 | Verse | A synonym for poetry | 117 | |
| 4386376834 | Voice | The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker | 118 |
