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| 8483532767 | Elements of Literature | Plot Characterization Tone POV Setting Symbolism | 0 | |
| 8477654071 | Theme | The central idea or dominating thought, which results from the elements contained in fiction. This summarizes the author's purpose in writing the narrative. | 1 | |
| 8477654072 | Major Themes in Literature | • Human Nature • The Nature of Society • Fate and Freedom • Ethics | 2 | |
| 8477654073 | Dualism | Theme The belief that humans have two natures. | 3 | |
| 8477654074 | Synesthesia | Trope The mingling of senses. | 4 | |
| 8477654075 | Conceit | Trope A controlling piece of figurative language. | 5 | |
| 8477654076 | Metonym | Trope When you replace one word with another word through association. Ex.) The White House gave a press conference. | 6 | |
| 8477654077 | Synecdoche | Trope When you replace a word for another from whole to part or part to whole. Ex.) nice wheels! | 7 | |
| 8477654078 | Understatement | Trope When you undervalue the intensity of something. | 8 | |
| 8477654079 | Parallelism | Syntax A balance of structure. Uses a same general structure for multiple parts of a sentence or for multiple sentences. | 9 | |
| 8477654080 | Antithesis | Syntax Built by contrasting any of the different parts of a statement. Ex.) Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. | 10 | |
| 8477654081 | Periodic Sentence | Syntax A sentence that is not grammatically correct until the physical end of the sentence. Ex.) Over the river, through the woods | 11 | |
| 8477654082 | Loose Sentence | Syntax A sentence in which it is grammatically correct before it is physically complete. | 12 | |
| 8477654083 | Apothegmatic | Syntax A short simple sentence that follows a series of longer more complex sentences. | 13 | |
| 8477654084 | Polysyndeton | Syntax Adding coordinators after ever member in a list. Ex.) We went to the beach and sang and laughed and played and had a fun time. | 14 | |
| 8477654085 | Asyndeton | Syntax Leaves out conjunctions in a non-standard way. Ex.) He was tall, dark, handsome. | 15 | |
| 8477654086 | Anadiplosis | Syntax Takes the last word of a sentence or phrase and repeats it as the next sentence or phrase. Ex.) Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. | 16 | |
| 8477654087 | Chiasmus | Syntax A special form of parallelism that flips the original form around. Ex.) You have seen how a man was made a slave, you shall see how a slave was made a man. | 17 | |
| 8477654088 | Litotes | Syntax Emphasizes a point by using a word opposite to the condition. Ex.) The trip was no easy journey. | 18 | |
| 8477654089 | Zeugma | Syntax Greek for "yoking"- to link together A structure in which two elements of a sentence are linked by a governing third element in a suggestive way. Ex.) I drank of the wine and her beauty. | 19 | |
| 8477654090 | Romantic Irony | Irony When the audience has been mislead by the story teller. | 20 | |
| 8477654091 | Cosmic Irony | Irony When a character falsely believes they have free will. | 21 | |
| 8477654092 | Structural Irony | Irony When the structure of something does not match its purpose. | 22 | |
| 8477654093 | Situational Irony | Irony When something is expected to happen, but something else happens instead. | 23 | |
| 8477654094 | Dramatic Irony | Irony The reader knows something the character doesn't. | 24 | |
| 8477654095 | Verbal Irony | Irony When words express something contrary to truth. | 25 | |
| 8477654096 | Diction | An author's word choice | 26 | |
| 8477654097 | Denotation | Diction The dictionary definition of a word. | 27 | |
| 8477654098 | Connotation | Diction The emotional and cultural attachments of a word. | 28 | |
| 8477654099 | Semantics | Diction The study of words or study of language. | 29 | |
| 8477654100 | Cliché | Diction A phrase or expression that had been used so much that it is no longer original. Ex.) Get off your high horse | 30 | |
| 8477654101 | Euphemism | Diction Taking an unpleasant idea and making it sound better. Ex.) Friendly Fire | 31 | |
| 8477654102 | Sign | Literary Device An object, picture, or word which signifies something other than itself. | 32 | |
| 8477654103 | Symbol | Literary Device An object, place, character, or event that represents something more or something other than itself. | 33 | |
| 8477654104 | Archetype | Literary Device A symbol that transcends time and culture. | 34 | |
| 8477654105 | Soliloquy | Literary Device When a character, normally alone on the stage, delivers a speech, which is normally a collection of his own thoughts. | 35 | |
| 8477654106 | Aside | Literary Device Just like a soliloquy, except there are other people on stage. Usually it is just for the audience to hear. | 36 | |
| 8477654107 | Apostrophe | Literary Device A rhetorical device in which the writer breaks out of the flow of writing to directly address a person or personified object. | 37 | |
| 8477654108 | Allusion | Literary Device Reference to a famous work. | 38 | |
| 8477654109 | Paradox | Literary Device An idea that seems false but there is truth to it. Ex.) No fashion is fashion. | 39 | |
| 8477654110 | Figurative Imagery | Literary Device To use objects, patterns, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. Ex.) The tall, menacing dog snarled at the fluffy cat. | 40 | |
| 8477654111 | Motif | Literary Device Repeated element in a work of art. | 41 | |
| 8477654112 | Oxymoron | Literary Device Contradictory terms. Ex.) Jumbo shrimp | 42 | |
| 8477654113 | Poetry | Literary expression characterized by particular attention to rhythm, sound, and the concentrated concrete use of language. | 43 | |
| 8477654114 | Narrative Poem | Poetry Types Tells a story in verse. | 44 | |
| 8477654115 | Ballad | Poetry Types Songlike poem that tells a story. | 45 | |
| 8477654116 | Epic | Poetry Types The hero of the poem embodies the values and aspirations of the poet's culture. | 46 | |
| 8477654117 | Dramatic Poem | Poetry Types Makes use of the conventions of drama. | 47 | |
| 8477654118 | Dramatic Monologue | Poetry Types A poem or speech in which an imaginary character speaks to a listener. Ex.) Soliloquy | 48 | |
| 8477654119 | Dramatic Dialogue | Poetry Types A poem in which two speakers converse with one another. | 49 | |
| 8477654120 | Lyric Poem | Poetry Types A melodic poem that expresses the observations and the feelings of a single speaker. | 50 | |
| 8477654121 | The Elegy | Poetry Types A reflective poem that laments the loss of someone or something. | 51 | |
| 8477654122 | The Ode | Poetry Types A long, formal lyric poem, usually meditative, that treats a noble or otherwise elevated subject in a dignified manner. These poems often commemorate people, events, or consider the aspect of the human condition. | 52 | |
| 8477654123 | The Sonnet | Poetry Types A lyric poem that consists of fourteen lines and that follows one of several traditional rhyme schemes. Love is among one of the most common themes. | 53 | |
| 8477654124 | Metaphysical Conceit | Poetry Types A conceit which draws a shocking or unconventional comparison. | 54 | |
| 8477654125 | Carpe Diem | Poetry Types A poem that expresses the value of "seize the day" | 55 | |
| 8477654126 | Stanza | Poetry Structure A group of lines that work together to present an idea. | 56 | |
| 8477654127 | Concrete Poetry | Poetry Structure When the shape of the poem enhances the meaning of the poem. | 57 | |
| 8477654128 | Enjambment | Poetry Structure The physical end of a line of poetry does not match the grammatical end of a line of poetry. | 58 | |
| 8477654129 | End Stopped Line | Poetry Structure The physical end of a line of poetry matches the grammatical end of a line of poetry. | 59 | |
| 8477654130 | Poetic Shift | Poetry Structure When a poem moves from one tone or tones to a new tone. You are also usually able to find the meaning. | 60 | |
| 8477654131 | Couplet | Poetry Structure 2 lines | 61 | |
| 8477654132 | Quatrain | Poetry Structure 4 lines | 62 | |
| 8477654133 | Sestet | Poetry Structure 6 lines | 63 | |
| 8477654134 | Octave | Poetry Structure 8 lines | 64 | |
| 8477654135 | Tercet | Poetry Structure 3 lines | 65 | |
| 8477654136 | Scantion | Rhythm When you read through a poem to analyze its rhythm. | 66 | |
| 8477654137 | Foot | Rhythm A pattern of unstressed stressed syllables | 67 | |
| 8477654138 | Meter | Rhythm The number of feet in a line of poetry. | 68 | |
| 8477654139 | Iambic Pentameter | Rhythm A line of poetry that has five feet and one Iamb. | 69 | |
| 8477654140 | Rhyme | Sound Made when the last vowel sounds and following consonant sounds of a word at the end of a line of poetry match another word that has the same sound. | 70 | |
| 8477654141 | Half-Rhyme | Sound A rhyme in which the vowel or consonants done quite match, but it's obvious that the poet means for them to rhyme. | 71 | |
| 8477654142 | Rhyme Scheme | Sound The pattern of rhyme in a section or a full poem. | 72 | |
| 8477654143 | Act | Plot Structure A major division in a play. Allows us to jump scenes and show time progression. A unified set of actions. Also used to change characters. | 73 | |
| 8477654144 | 1st Act- Exposition | Plot Structure Introduces characters, setting, and context. Introduction of the conflict takes place. | 74 | |
| 8477654145 | 2nd Act- "The Tying of Knots" | Plot Structure More complications are added. | 75 | |
| 8477654146 | 3rd Act- Climax | Plot Structure Where a crucial decision is made. | 76 | |
| 8477654147 | 4th Act- The Reversal | Plot Structure "The untying of knots" | 77 | |
| 8477654148 | 5th Act- Resolution | Plot Structure However, there is some sort of hope | 78 | |
| 8477654149 | Scenes | Plot Structure Moving time, moving place, moving character. | 79 | |
| 8477654150 | Setting | The background against which a story takes place. | 80 | |
| 8477654151 | Collective Unconscious | The common connection humans unconsciously have through archetypes. | 81 | |
| 8477654152 | Characterization | The creation and development of a character. | 82 | |
| 8477654153 | Direct Characterization | Characterization The author directly tells the reader about the character. | 83 | |
| 8477654154 | Indirect Characterization | Characterization The author shows rather than tells about the character through external descriptions, internal descriptions, and other character's descriptions. | 84 | |
| 8477654155 | Round Character | Characterization A complex character. | 85 | |
| 8477654156 | Flat Character | Characterization A stereotypical character. | 86 | |
| 8477654157 | Static Character | Characterization A character who does not change through the course of the story. | 87 | |
| 8477654158 | Dynamic Character | Characterization A character who changes because of the events of the story. | 88 | |
| 8477654159 | Protagonist | Characterization The main character who is trying to fill some desire. | 89 | |
| 8477654160 | Antagonist | Characterization The character that acts against the desires of the protagonist. | 90 | |
| 8477654161 | Foil | Characterization A character with similar attributes to the main character but one primary difference that highlights an aspect of the main character. | 91 | |
| 8477654162 | Aristotelian Tragedy | Tragedy Tragedy that depicts the downfall of a basically good person through some fatal error or misjudgment, producing suffering and insight on the part of the protagonist and arousing pity and fear on the part of the audience. | 92 | |
| 8477654163 | Anagnorisis | Tragedy A moment of clairvoyant insight or understanding in the mind of the tragic hero as he suddenly comprehends the web of fate that he has entangled himself in. | 93 | |
| 8477654164 | Hamartia | Tragedy A fatal error or simple mistake on the part of the protagonist that eventually leads to the final catastrophe. | 94 | |
| 8477654165 | Hubris | Tragedy The sin par excellence of the tragic or over aspiring hero. Though it is usually translated as pride, it is better understood as a sort of insolent daring, a haughty overstepping of cultural codes or ethical boundaries. | 95 | |
| 8477654166 | Nemesis | Tragedy The inevitable punishment or cosmic payback for acts of hubris. | 96 | |
| 8477654167 | Peripeteia | A pivotal or crucial action on the part of the protagonist that changes his situation from seemingly secure to vulnerable. | 97 | |
| 8477654168 | Hegelian Tragedy | Tragedy A situation in which two rights or values are in fatal conflict. | 98 | |
| 8477654169 | Plot | The pattern that results from the events in a story and the order in which they are presented. | 99 | |
| 8477654170 | Expostition | Plot Introduction of characters and setting (The status quo) | 100 | |
| 8477654171 | Conflict | Plot Most plots involve this, either external or internal as the characters participate in a series of actions. | 101 | |
| 8477654172 | Rising Action | Plot The increase in tension in a story. | 102 | |
| 8477654173 | Climax | Plot The highest point of tension in a story. This is when the protagonist makes a decision for better or worse. | 103 | |
| 8477654174 | Falling Action | Plot The release of tension in a story. | 104 | |
| 8477654175 | Dénouement | Plot How the story turns out. | 105 | |
| 8477654176 | Point of View | The vantage point from which the author chooses to tell the story. | 106 | |
| 8477654177 | 1st Person Subjective | Point of View Told from the point of view of a single character, normally the protagonist. | 107 | |
| 8477654178 | 2nd Person Perspective | Point of View Rare form of literature which places the reader into the narrative. | 108 | |
| 8477654179 | 3rd Person Omniscient | Point of View Story narrated by a god like being who can shift from character to character. | 109 | |
| 8477654180 | 3rd Person Limited | Point of View Story is portrayed through the eyes of a single character. | 110 | |
| 8477654181 | Unobtrusive Narrator | Types of Narrator There is no commentary from the Narrator. | 111 | |
| 8477654182 | Unreliable Narrator | Types of Narrator A Narrator who seems trustworthy at first, but the reader starts to question the validity of the story being told. | 112 | |
| 8477654183 | The 5 Branches Of Philosophy | • Metaphysics • Epistemology • Ethics • Politics • Aesthetics | 113 | |
| 8477654184 | Philosophy | A love of knowledge. | 114 | |
| 8477654185 | Metaphysics | Type of Philosophy Rising above or beyond existence. The study of existence. | 115 | |
| 8477654186 | Epistemology | Type of Philosophy A study of how we know about the universe | 116 | |
| 8477654187 | Ethics | Type of Philosophy How do we act in the world? The study of morality | 117 | |
| 8477654188 | Politics | Type of Philosophy Ethics applied to a group of people | 118 | |
| 8477654189 | Aesthetics | Type of Philosophy The study of beauty | 119 | |
| 8477654190 | Zeitgeist | Type of Ism The spirit of the times. The general philosophic, cultural, and artistic climate of an era | 120 | |
| 8477654191 | Blank Verse | Rhythm An Unrhymed iambic pentameter | 121 | |
| 8477654192 | Internal Rhyme | Type of Sound Happens in the middle of a line of poetry. | 122 | |
| 8483312661 | Caesura | Break in a verse where one phrase ends and the following phrase begins | 123 | |
| 8483337466 | Kennings | a compound expression in Old English and Old Norse poetry with metaphorical meaning, e.g., oar-steed = ship. | 124 | |
| 8483355259 | 4 elements to setting | - Emotional setting - Sensual setting - Societal setting - Time (chronology) | 125 | |
| 8483365580 | 4 major types of existentialism | - Moral Individualism (one must choose their own way) - Subjectivity (understanding of someone in a sit. is superior) - Choice and Commitment (each human being makes choices that shapes their own nature, uniqueness) - Dread and Anxiety (anxiety = nothingness = don't worry mane) | 126 | |
| 8483441668 | Telological | Sees purpose in ends rather than stated causes, making the outcome the actual cause | 127 | |
| 8483471138 | Cacophony | Harsh mixture of sounds | 128 | |
| 8483473054 | Euphony | Pleasant to the ear | 129 | |
| 8483476974 | Canto | Subdivision or part in a narrative or epic poem, consisting of five or more lines such, as a stanza, which could also be a canto. | 130 | |
| 8483513828 | Sestina | A poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line-ends in six different sequences that follow a fixed pattern, and with all six words appearing in the closing three-line envoi. | 131 | |
| 8483519081 | Epistolary | Story written in letters | 132 | |
| 8483521585 | Allegory | A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 133 | |
| 8483523735 | In Medias Re | Story begins in the middle. | 134 |
