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| 7221974619 | Allegory | Story or poem in which characters, settings and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities. Lion the which and the wardrobe/ pilgrims progress | 0 | |
| 7221974620 | Alliteration | Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together Kim's kids kept kicking like kangaroos | 1 | |
| 7221974621 | Allusion | an indirect reference (from history, culture, literature etc) He was a Good Samaritan as he helped the older woman cross the street | 2 | |
| 7221974622 | Ambiguity | Deliberately using uncertain or inexact meaning so that the piece may be interpreted more than one way A good life depends on the liver | 3 | |
| 7221974623 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way The movie was a roller coaster ride of emotions | 4 | |
| 7221974624 | Anaphora | Repetition of word or phrase at the begging of two or more sentences in a row It was the best of times. It was the worst of times | 5 | |
| 7221974625 | Anastrophe | Inversion of the natural or usual word order Into the water dove the boy | 6 | |
| 7221974626 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 7 | |
| 7221974627 | Antagonists | adversaries; opponents of the protagonist Death Vader of Luke Skywalker | 8 | |
| 7221974628 | Antimetabole | repetition of words in reverse order One should eat to live, not live to eat. | 9 | |
| 7221974629 | Antithesis | Words, phrases or ideas that largely contradict each other | 10 | |
| 7261729111 | Antihero | a central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes. | 11 | |
| 7261745488 | Anthropomorphism | the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object. | 12 | |
| 7261745489 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 13 | |
| 7261745490 | Apostrophe | Addressing something nonhuman as if it were human Example: Death, be not proud . . . | 14 | |
| 7263084047 | apposition (n) | a word or phrase placed next to another word in order to define or identify it | 15 | |
| 7263084048 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds | 16 | |
| 7263084049 | Asyndeton | Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words | 17 | |
| 7263084050 | Balance | Constructing a sentence so that both halves are about the same length and importance | 18 | |
| 7263084051 | Characterization | The process by which a writer reveals the personality of a character | 19 | |
| 7468387536 | Indirect Characterization | Author subtly reveals the character through actions and interactions. | 20 | |
| 7468387537 | direct characterization | The author tells the audience what the personality of the character is | 21 | |
| 7468387538 | static character | A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end | 22 | |
| 7468387539 | dynamic character | A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action | 23 | |
| 7468387540 | flat character | A character who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics | 24 | |
| 7468387541 | round character | complex and undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader | 25 | |
| 7468387542 | Chicasmus | In poetry a type of rhetoric in which the second part is syntactically balanced with the first half but with parts reversed | 26 | |
| 7468387543 | Cliché | a worn-out idea or overused expression | 27 | |
| 7468387544 | Colloquialism | the use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing. | 28 | |
| 7468391626 | Comedy | A humorous work of drama | 29 | |
| 7599715548 | Conceit | extended metaphor that compares to VERY different things | 30 | |
| 7599715549 | Confessional Poetry | A twentieth century term to describe poetry that uses intimate material from a poets life | 31 | |
| 7599715550 | Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces | 32 | |
| 7599715551 | external conflict | A struggle between a person and an outside force, like another person | 33 | |
| 7599715552 | Internal Conflict | a conflict that takes place within a character's heart or mind | 34 | |
| 7599715553 | Connotation | All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests | 35 | |
| 7599715554 | Couplet | Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme | 36 | |
| 7599715555 | Dialect | A way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or of the inhabitants of a certain geographical area | 37 | |
| 7599715556 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 38 | |
| 7599715557 | Didactic | I form of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking | 39 | |
| 7599732729 | Elegy | a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. | 40 | |
| 7771276988 | Epanalepsis | repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause | 41 | |
| 7771276989 | Epic | A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds | 42 | |
| 7771276990 | Epigraph | a quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme. | 43 | |
| 7771276991 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 44 | |
| 7771276992 | Epithet | A descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something | 45 | |
| 7771276993 | Essay | A piece of writing that focuses on a certain topic | 46 | |
| 7771276994 | Explication | The art of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text | 47 | |
| 7771276995 | Fable | A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters | 48 | |
| 7771276996 | Farce | broad comedy; mockery; humorous play full of silly things happening; ADJ. farcical | 49 | |
| 7771276997 | figurative language | writing or speech not meant to be taken literally | 50 | |
| 7808847070 | Flashback | present action is temporarily interrupted so that past events can be described | 51 | |
| 7808847071 | Foil | A character who acts as a contrast to another character | 52 | |
| 7808847072 | Foreshadowing | suggesting, hinting, indicating, or showing what will occur later in a narrative | 53 | |
| 7808847073 | Free verse | poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme | 54 | |
| 7808847074 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 55 | |
| 7808847075 | Hypotactic | the subordination of one clause to another | 56 | |
| 7808847076 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 57 | |
| 7808847077 | Inversion | A reversal of the usual order of words to achieve some kind of emphasis. | 58 | |
| 7808847078 | Irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | 59 | |
| 7994890019 | verbal irony | occurs when what is said contradicts what is meant or thought | 60 | |
| 7994890020 | situational irony | what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate | 61 | |
| 7994890021 | dramatic irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 62 | |
| 7994890022 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 63 | |
| 7994890023 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 64 | |
| 7994890024 | local color | writing which presents the mannerisms, dress, speech and customs of a particular geographical region | 65 | |
| 7994890025 | loose sentence | A complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows | 66 | |
| 7994890026 | lyric poem | a poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of a speaker | 67 | |
| 7994890027 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 68 | |
| 7994890028 | implied metaphor | Implies or suggests the comparison between the two thing without stating it directly | 69 | |
| 7994890029 | extended metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 70 | |
| 7994890030 | dead metaphor | so overused that its original impact has been lost | 71 | |
| 7994890031 | mixed metaphor | a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect | 72 | |
| 7994890032 | Metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | 73 | |
| 7994890033 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 74 | |
| 7994890034 | Motif | (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design | 75 | |
| 7994890035 | Motivation | the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way. | 76 | |
| 7994890036 | Onomotopoeia | use of words that imitate sounds-CRASH, BANG, HISS | 77 | |
| 7994890037 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 78 | |
| 7994890038 | Parable | a simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson | 79 | |
| 7994890039 | Paradox | an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth | 80 | |
| 7994890040 | Koan | a paradoxical annecdote or a riddle that has no solution | 81 | |
| 8037936392 | parallel structure | the repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures | 82 | |
| 8037936393 | Paratactic Sentence | simply juxtaposes clauses or sentences. I am tired: it is hot. I️ came I️ saw I️ conquered | 83 | |
| 8037936394 | parody (n) | a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art | 84 | |
| 8037936395 | Periodic | Sentence that place is the main idea or central complete thought at the end of the sentence | 85 | |
| 8037936396 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 86 | |
| 8037936397 | Plot | The sequence of events in a story | 87 | |
| 8037936398 | Exposition | introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation | 88 | |
| 8037936399 | rising action | complications in conflict and situations | 89 | |
| 8037936400 | Climax | the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex. | 90 | |
| 8037936401 | Resolution | End of the story where loose ends are tied up | 91 | |
| 8037936402 | point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 92 | |
| 8218804008 | Polysyndeton | a sentence which uses and or another conjunction (with no comma) to separate the items in a series | 93 | |
| 8218804009 | Protagonist | The central character in a work of literature | 94 | |
| 8218804010 | Pun | A play on words that has multiple meanings | 95 | |
| 8218804011 | Quatrain | A poem consisting of four lines, or four lines of a poem that can be considered as a unit. | 96 | |
| 8218804012 | refrain | a regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song | 97 | |
| 8218804013 | Rythm | A rise and fall of of the voice produced by the alternate of stressed syllables in language | 98 | |
| 8218804014 | Rhetoric | The art of using language effectively and persuasively | 99 | |
| 8218804015 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 100 | |
| 8218804016 | Romance | in general, a story in which an idealized hero or heroine undertakes a quest and is successful. | 101 | |
| 8218804017 | Satire | A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness | 102 | |
| 8218804018 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 103 | |
| 8218804019 | Soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage | 104 | |
| 8218804020 | Soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage | 105 | |
| 8218804021 | stereotype | a generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people | 106 | |
| 8218804022 | stream of consciousness | A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur. (The workings of a characters mind) | 107 | |
| 8218804023 | Style | The distinctive way in which a writer uses language | 108 | |
| 8218804024 | Suspense | a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen. | 109 | |
| 8218804025 | Symbol | anything that stands for or represents something else | 110 | |
| 8218804026 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 111 | |
| 8218804027 | Syntactic Fluency | Ability to create a variety of sentence structures, appropriately complex and/or varied in length. | 112 | |
| 8218804028 | tall tale | an outrageously exaggerated, humorous story that is obviously unbelievable | 113 | |
| 8218804029 | telegraphic sentence | a sentence shorter than five words in length | 114 | |
| 8218804030 | Theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 115 | |
| 8218804031 | Tone | the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. | 116 | |
| 8218804032 | tragedy | drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance | 117 | |
| 8218804033 | Tricolon | Sentence of three parts of equal importance and length, usually three independent clauses. | 118 | |
| 8218804034 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 119 | |
| 8654532242 | Unity | The state of being united or forming a whole. | 120 | |
| 8654532243 | Vernacular | Everyday language of ordinary people | 121 | |
| 8654532244 | Impressionism | A movement against Romanticism. Uses a wide variety of sources | 122 | |
| 8654532245 | Modernism | artistic and literary movement sparked by a break with past conventions | 123 | |
| 8654532246 | Naturalism | a movement that was an extension of realism and that claimed to portray life exactly as it was. | 124 | |
| 8654532247 | plain style | a way of writing that stresses simplicity and clarity of expression | 125 | |
| 8654532248 | Puritism | A writing style that emphasizes obedience to God | 126 | |
| 8654532249 | Rationalism | belief in reason and logic as the primary source of knowledge | 127 | |
| 8654532250 | Regionalism | Strong local traditions that divide people within a country or region. And this is emphasized | 128 | |
| 8654532251 | Romanticism | 19th century artistic movement that appealed to emotion rather than reason Revolt against realism | 129 | |
| 8654532252 | Surrealism | Replaced conventional realism with full expression and the unconscious mind | 130 | |
| 8654532253 | Symbolism | A device in literature where an object represents an idea. | 131 | |
| 8654532254 | Transendentalism | new ideas about literature, culture, philosophy, and religion | 132 |
