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| 3948376830 | Allegory | A work that functions on a symbolic level. | 0 | |
| 3948376831 | Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds | 1 | |
| 3948376832 | Allusion | A reference contained in a work | 2 | |
| 3948376833 | Anapest | A metrical pattern of two unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable | 3 | |
| 3948376834 | Antagonist | The force or character that opposes the main character, the protagonist | 4 | |
| 3948376835 | Apostrophe | Direct address in poetry. | 5 | |
| 3948376836 | Aside | Words spoken by an actor intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters on stage. | 6 | |
| 3948376837 | Aubade | A love poem set at dawn which bids farewell to the beloved | 7 | |
| 3948376838 | Ballad | A simple narrative poem, often incorporating dialogue that is written in quatrains, generally with a rhyme scheme of a b c d | 8 | |
| 3948376839 | Blank verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter. Most of Shakespeare's plays are in this form. | 9 | |
| 3948376840 | Cacophony | Harsh and discordant sounds in a line or passage of a literary work. | 10 | |
| 3948376841 | Caesura | A break or pause within a line of poetry indicated by punctuation and used to emphasize meaning. | 11 | |
| 3948376842 | Catharsis | According to Aristotle, the release of emotion that the audience of a tragedy experiences. | 12 | |
| 3948376843 | Character | One who carries out the action of the plot in literature. Major, minor, static, and dynamic, are types of characters | 13 | |
| 3948376844 | Climax | The turning point of action or character in a literary work, usually the Hughes moment of tension. | 14 |
