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| 10446669028 | allegory | story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning | 0 | |
| 10446669029 | alliteration | beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words |  | 1 |
| 10446669030 | allusion | indirect of passing reference |  | 2 |
| 10446669031 | anaphora | repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning |  | 3 |
| 10446669032 | antagonist | a hostile person who is opposed to another character |  | 4 |
| 10446669033 | apostrophe | figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character |  | 5 |
| 10446669036 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |  | 6 |
| 10446669037 | blank verse | poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme |  | 7 |
| 10446669039 | caesura | pause in the middle of a line |  | 8 |
| 10446669040 | catharsis | the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse) |  | 9 |
| 10446669045 | characterization | process of revealing characters personality |  | 10 |
| 10446669047 | comedy | drama that is amusing or funny |  | 11 |
| 10446669048 | conflict | struggle between opposing forces |  | 12 |
| 10446669049 | connotation | secondary meaning to a word |  | 13 |
| 10446669050 | consonance | repetition of same consonant in words close together |  | 14 |
| 10446669051 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse |  | 15 |
| 10446669052 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word |  | 16 |
| 10446669053 | denouement | final outcome of the story |  | 17 |
| 10446669067 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. |  | 18 |
| 10446669068 | figure of speech | a way of saying something other than the ordinary way |  | 19 |
| 10446669071 | free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |  | 20 |
| 10446669073 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) |  | 21 |
| 10446669076 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality |  | 22 |
| 10446669083 | metaphor | A comparison without using like or as |  | 23 |
| 10446669085 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it |  | 24 |
| 10446669089 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. |  | 25 |
| 10446669090 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor |  | 26 |
| 10446669091 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. |  | 27 |
| 10446669092 | paradox | A contradiction or dilemma |  | 28 |
| 10446669094 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |  | 29 |
| 10446669101 | protagonist | Main character |  | 30 |
| 10446669107 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. |  | 31 |
| 10446669108 | scansion | Analysis of verse into metrical patterns |  | 32 |
| 10446669111 | simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" |  | 33 |
| 10446669112 | soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage |  | 34 |
| 10446669113 | sonnet | 14 line poem |  | 35 |
| 10446669114 | stanza | A group of lines in a poem |  | 36 |
| 10446669118 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |  | 37 |
| 10446669119 | synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") |  | 38 |
| 10446669123 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character |  | 39 |
| 10446669124 | tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character |  | 40 |
| 10447943564 | Mood | 41 | ||
| 10447943565 | Motif | 42 | ||
| 10447943566 | Lyric | 43 |
