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| 2394821179 | AMBIGUITY | confusion or lack of clear outcome in a work of literature | 0 | |
| 2394824743 | ANAPEST | 3 beats in succession in poetry (sonnet technique) | 1 | |
| 2394828534 | ANAPHORA | Repitition of a phrase at beginning of sentences ("i have a dream...") | 2 | |
| 2394838385 | ANTAGONIST | Force opposed to protagonist, often main character of literature.Need not be human force! | 3 | |
| 2394845178 | ANTI-HERO | A reluctant or surprising hero in a novel | 4 | |
| 2394848548 | ANTITHESIS | A balanced contradictory statement ("it was the best of times it was the worst of times.) | 5 | |
| 2394859167 | APOSTROPHE | Addressing a person or thing not able to answer | 6 | |
| 2394862455 | ARCHAIC(DICTION) | Words or phrases no longer part of modern English (Shakespeare,Chaucer) | 7 | |
| 2394868495 | ARCHETYPE | A prototypical or traditional category or type (The superhero;the'soccer mom') | 8 | |
| 2394873596 | ASIDE | Words delivered specifically to the audience so only they hear | 9 | |
| 2394879454 | ASYNDETON | Omission of connecting conjunctions such as "and" from syntax | 10 | |
| 2394881557 | BALANCE | Equal parts as in balanced syntax | 11 | |
| 2394883858 | BLANK VERSE | Unrhymed but patterned lines of iambic pentameter (Shakespearean plays) | 12 | |
| 2394891669 | CACOPHONY | Harsh or discordant sounding words (often in poetry) | 13 | |
| 2394893058 | CAESURA | Pause in the middle of a line of poetry | 14 | |
| 2394897284 | CATHARSIS | Emotional purge as a result of seeing a character experience emotions | 15 | |
| 2394907338 | CHIASMUS | Reversal of order (Ask not what your country can do for you;ask what you can do for your country) | 16 | |
| 2394912420 | CINQUAIN | Any five line stanza of poetry | 17 | |
| 2394916306 | CONCEIT | An extended metaphor | 18 | |
| 2394927637 | CONNOTATION | The emotions or ideas associated with individual words | 19 | |
| 2394933023 | COUPLET | Pair of rhymed lines (heroic couplet appears at end of sonnet) | 20 | |
| 2394941729 | DACTYL | 3 Syllables in succession, one stressed followed by two unstressed | 21 | |
| 2394943977 | DENOTATION | Literal meaning of a word | 22 | |
| 2394946034 | DIGRESSION | Getting "off topic" in writing or speech | 23 | |
| 2394995550 | ELLIPSES | Any omission of word(s), often subject or verb, in witing | 24 | |
| 2394997885 | END-STOP LINE | Line of poetry with punctuation at the end | 25 | |
| 2395000693 | ENJAMBMENT | Line of poetry without any punctuation (same as 'run-on line') | 26 | |
| 2395112595 | EPIC | A long work with historic and thematic significance (Odyssey) | 27 | |
| 2395126391 | EPIGRAM | A witty or pointed saying with universal truth (like a maxim) | 28 | |
| 2395129458 | EXPOSITION | Beginning or introductory explanation of setting, characters, plot, etc. | 29 | |
| 2395134213 | FALLING ACTION | What happens after the climax of a story, leading to the resolution | 30 |
