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| 7315074990 | Antithesis | A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. | 0 | |
| 7315074991 | Antihero | A prominent character in a play or book that has characteristics opposite to that of a conventional hero. | 1 | |
| 7315078873 | Anthropomorphism | The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object. | 2 | |
| 7315078874 | Aphorism | A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner. | 3 | |
| 7315082289 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech wherein the speaker talks directly to something that is nonhuman. | 4 | |
| 7315084168 | Apposition | When we use two noun phrases (np) next to each other in a clause, and they refer to the same person or thing, we call this apposition: | 5 | |
| 7315084169 | Assonance | When two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds. "Men sell the wedding bells." | 6 | |
| 7315086009 | Asyndeton | The deliberate omission of conjunctions from series of related independent clauses. The effect is to create a tight, concise, and forceful sentence. | 7 | |
| 7315086010 | Balance | A sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast | 8 | |
| 7315229091 | Allegory | A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself. | 9 | |
| 7315229092 | Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds. | 10 | |
| 7315230930 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth place, or work of art. | 11 | |
| 7315230931 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional, of a word phrase, sentence, or passage. | 12 | |
| 7315232896 | Analogy | A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification | 13 | |
| 7315235366 | Anaphora | The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. | 14 | |
| 7315235367 | Anastrophe | the order of the noun and adjective are exchanged (switched around) | 15 | |
| 7315237937 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. | 16 | |
| 7315237938 | Antagonist | A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary | 17 | |
| 7315240470 | Antimetabolite | A chemical that inhibits the use of a metabolite | 18 | |
| 7429583841 | Characterization | The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character | 19 | |
| 7429635055 | Indirect characterization | Author reveals what the character is like by his actions, the way he dresses, how he looks, what he says, hears, experiences, and his emotions. | 20 | |
| 7429617510 | Direct characterization | The author tells us directly what the character is like. Usually a romantic Style | 21 | |
| 7429603933 | Static character | Is one who does not change much in the course of a story | 22 | |
| 7429644665 | Dynamic character | Is one who changes in some important way as a result of the story's action. | 23 | |
| 7429648335 | 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. | 24 | |
| 7429648336 | Round character | Has more dimensions to their personalities---they are complex, just as real people are. | 25 | |
| 7429681865 | Chiasmus | A type of rhetorical balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first , but with the parts reversed. | 26 | |
| 7429685607 | Cliché | Is a word or phrase often a figure of speech, that has become lifeless because of overuse | 27 | |
| 7429689431 | Colloquialism | A word or phrase in everyday use in conversation and informal writing but is inappropriate for formal situations. | 28 | |
| 7731079114 | Comedy | in general a story that ends with a happy resolution of the conflicts faced by the main character. | 29 | |
| 7731079115 | Conceit | An elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startingly difference. Often an extende metaphor. | 30 | |
| 7731082619 | Confessional Poetry | A twentieth century term used to describe poetry that uses intimate material from the poets life. | 31 | |
| 7731082620 | Conflict | the struggle between opposing forces or characters in the story | 32 | |
| 7731085676 | External Conflict | Conflict that exists between two people. Between person , nature, machine, or society | 33 | |
| 7731085677 | Internal Conflict | Opposing forces within someones mind | 34 | |
| 7731089270 | Connotation | The association and emotional overtones that have become attached to ward or phrase, in addition to its strict dictionary definition. | 35 | |
| 7731089271 | Couplet | Two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry. | 36 | |
| 7731089272 | Dialect | A way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or of the inhabitants of a certain geographical area. | 37 | |
| 7731093169 | Diction | A speaker or writer's choice of words. | 38 | |
| 7906456462 | Elegy | A poem of mourning usually about someone who has died. | 39 | |
| 7906466126 | Epanalepis | Device of repetition in which the same expression is repeated both in the beginning and at the end of the line, clause or sentence. | 40 | |
| 7906484551 | Epic | A long narrative poem written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular story. | 41 | |
| 7906499215 | Epigraph | A quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme. | 42 | |
| 7906518703 | Epistrophe | Device of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the end of two or more lines, clauses , or sentences. | 43 | |
| 7906522289 | Epithet | An adjective, or adjective phrase applied to a person or thing that is frequently used to emphasize a characteristic quality. "Father of our country." | 44 | |
| 7906569924 | Essay | A short piece of nonfiction prose in which the writer discusses some aspect of a subject. | 45 | |
| 7906586082 | Argument | Form of persuasion that appeals to reason instead of emotion to convince and audience to think or act in a certain way. | 46 | |
| 7906627471 | Persuasion | Relies more on emotional appeals than on facts | 47 | |
| 7906638981 | Casual Relationships | Form an argumentation in which the writer claims that one thing results from another, often used as a part of a logical argument. | 48 | |
| 7906659611 | Description | A form of discourse that uses language to create a mood or emotion | 49 | |
| 7906659612 | Exposition | One of the four major forms of discourse, in which something is explained or set forth. | 50 | |
| 7906660538 | Narrative | The form of discourse that tells about a series of events. | 51 | |
| 7972186392 | Didactic | Intend to teach, morally instructive | 52 | |
| 8156306717 | Explication | Act of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text usually involves reading and special attention to figurative language | 53 | |
| 8156306718 | Fable | A very short story told in prose or poetry that teaches a practical lesson about how to succeed in life. | 54 | |
| 8156306719 | Farce | A type of comedy in which ridiculous and often stereotyped characters are involved in silly far fetched situations | 55 | |
| 8156310167 | Figurative Language | Words which are innacurate if interpreted literally, but are used to describe. | 56 | |
| 8156310168 | Flashback | A scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time. | 57 | |
| 8156310169 | Foil | A character who acts as contrast to another character . | 58 | |
| 8156315351 | Foreshadowing | The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot. | 59 | |
| 8156315352 | Free Verse | Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme | 60 | |
| 8156315353 | Hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 61 | |
| 8156319811 | Hypotatic | sentence marked by the use of connecting words between clauses or sentences, explicitly showing the logical or other relationships between them | 62 | |
| 8240229380 | Imagery | The use of language to evoke a picture or concrete sensation of a person thing place or experience. | 63 | |
| 8240229381 | Inversion | The reversal of the normal word and verbs | 64 | |
| 8240234079 | Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. | 65 | |
| 8240290760 | Verbal Irony | Occurs when someones says one thing but really means something else. | 66 | |
| 8240295285 | Situational Irony | takes place when there is a discrepancy between what is expected to happen, or what would be appropriate to happen, and what really does happen. | 67 | |
| 8240299711 | Dramatic Irony | Is so called because it is often used on stage. A character in the play or story thinks one thing is true, but the audience or reader knows better. | 68 | |
| 8240299712 | Juxtaposition | Poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas words or phrases are placed next to one another creating an effect of surprise and wit. | 69 | |
| 8240304945 | Litotes | Is a form of understatement in which the positive form is emphasized through the negation of a negative form. | 70 | |
| 8240310145 | Local Color | A term applied to fiction or poetry which tends to place special emphasis on a particular setting including its customs clothing dialect and customs. | 71 | |
| 8240390535 | Loose Sentence | One in which the main clause comes first followed by further dependent grammatical units. | 72 |
