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| 10448376504 | characterization | the various literary means by which characters are presented | 0 | |
| 10448376505 | direct presentation of character | the method of characterization in which the author, by Exposition or analysis, tells us directly what a character is like, or has someone else in the story do so | 1 | |
| 10448376506 | indirect presentation of character | the method of characterization in which the author shows us a character in action, compelling us to infer what the character is like from what is said or done by the character | 2 | |
| 10448376507 | stock character | a stereotyped character, one whose nature is familiar to us from prototypes and previous literature (eg. the strong silent Sheriff, the mad scientist who performs fiendish experiments, or the Glamorous International Spy of mysterious background, etc) | 3 | |
| 10448376508 | pastoral | a convention that celebrated the virtues of Rural Life and largely idealized them | 4 | |
| 10448376509 | comic relief | in a tragedy, a comic scene that follows a scene of seriousness and by contrast intensifies the emotions aroused by the serious scene | 5 | |
| 10448376510 | dramatic convention | any dramatic device which, though it parts from reality, is implicitly accepted by author and audience as a means of representing reality | 6 | |
| 10448376511 | farce | a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations | 7 | |
| 10448376512 | rhythm | a wave-like recurrence of motion or sound | 8 | |
| 10448376513 | accent | a syllable given more prominent in pronunciation that its neighbors is said to be accented or stressed | 9 | |
| 10448376514 | foot | the basic unit used in the measurement of verse of foot. usually contains one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables | 10 | |
| 10448376515 | iamb | a metrical foot consisting of one unaccented syllable followed by one accented syllable | 11 | |
| 10448376516 | trochee | a metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by one unaccented syllable | 12 | |
| 10448376517 | Anapest | a metrical foot consisting of two unaccented syllables followed by one accented syllable | 13 | |
| 10448376518 | dactyl | a metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables | 14 | |
| 10448376519 | spondee | a metrical foot consisting of two syllables equally or almost equally accented | 15 | |
| 10448376520 | meter | the regular patterns of accent that underlie metrical verse, the measurable repetition of accented and unaccented syllables in poetry | 16 | |
| 10448376521 | monometer | a metrical line containing one foot | 17 | |
| 10448376522 | diemeter | a metrical line containing 2 ft | 18 | |
| 10448376523 | trimester | a metrical line containing 3 ft | 19 | |
| 10448376524 | tetrameter | a metrical line containing 4 feet | 20 | |
| 10448376525 | pentameter | a metrical line containing 5 ft | 21 | |
| 10448376526 | hexameter | a metrical line containing 6 feet | 22 | |
| 10448376527 | couplet | two successive lines, usually of the same meter, linked by rhyme | 23 | |
| 10448376528 | envoi | a brief ending, usually not more than four lines long, most often to The Ballad, but also to the sestina which contains a summary rounding off the object and argument of the poem | 24 | |
| 10448376529 | heroic couplet | poems constructed from a sequence of rhyming pairs | 25 | |
| 10448376530 | heterometric stanza | a stanza using lines of different lengths | 26 | |
| 10448376531 | isometric stanza | a stanza using lines of the same | 27 | |
| 10448376532 | blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter ( most of Shakespeare's plays are written in blank verse) | 28 | |
| 10448376533 | free verse | non metrical poetry in which the basic rhythmic unit is the line, and in which pauses, line breaks, and formal pattern develop organically from the requirements of the individual poem rather than from established poetic forms | 29 | |
| 10448376534 | internal rhyme | a rhyme in which one or both of the rhyme words occur within the line | 30 | |
| 10448376535 | masculine rhyme | when the rhyme sound involve only one syllable ( decks and sex, support and retort) | 31 | |
| 10448376536 | feminine rhyme | when the rhyme sounds involve two or more syllables (turtle and fertile, spitefully and delightfully) | 32 | |
| 10448376537 | ballad | a song or poem, especially a traditional one or one in a traditional style, telling a story and a number of short regular stanzas, often with the refrain | 33 | |
| 10448376538 | idyll | a brief descriptive poem, often dealing with Rural Life | 34 | |
| 10448376539 | lyric | a short poem in which a single emotion, usually personal, is expressed | 35 | |
| 10448376540 | ode | a poem, usually dignified, that is usually address to some person or object or compose for some special occasion | 36 | |
| 10448376541 | sestina | a form of 30 lines and 6 stanzas, with a three-line envoi at the end. There are no Rhymes. The form works by repetition of end words, 6 in all, which are repeated throughout the poem in a shifting order and pattern | 37 | |
| 10448376542 | sibilant | describes consonants that are pronounced with a hissing sound, usually associated with the consonant s and z | 38 | |
| 10448376543 | sonnet | a fixed form of 14 lines, normally iambic pentameter, with a rhyme scheme conforming to or approximating one of two main types | 39 | |
| 10448376544 | English Sonnet (Shakespearean) | a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdefefgg. its content or structure ideally parallels the rhyme scheme, falling into three coordinate quatrains and a concluding couplet | 40 | |
| 10448376545 | Italian Sonnet (Petrarchan) | a sonnet consisting of an octave rhyming AABBAABBa and of a sestet using any arrangement of two or three additional Rhymes, such as CDCDCD or cdecde | 41 | |
| 10448376546 | terza Rima | an interlocking rhyme scheme with the pattern aba bcb cdc | 42 | |
| 10448376547 | tercet | a three-line stanza exhibited in terza Rima and villanelle as well as other poetic forms | 43 | |
| 10448376548 | truncation | in metric verse, the omission of an unaccented syllable at either end of a line | 44 | |
| 10448376549 | villanelle | a 19 line fixed form consisting of five tercets rhymed aba and a concluding quatrain abaa, with line 1 and 3 of the first tercet serving as refrains in an alternating pattern through line 15 and then repeated as lines 18 and 19 | 45 | |
| 10448376550 | ague (n) | fever | 46 | |
| 10448376551 | ascetic (n) | a person who renounce material comforts and leads a life of self-discipline | 47 | |
| 10448376552 | bark (n) | small boat | 48 | |
| 10448376553 | benefactor (n) | one that gives aid, especially financial aid | 49 | |
| 10448376554 | besotted (v) | to muddle or stupefy | 50 | |
| 10448376555 | bier (N) | stand for carrying or displaying a corpse | 51 | |
| 10448376556 | brood (v) | 1. to sit on and hatch 2. to worry 3. to think resentful, dark, or miserable thoughts | 52 | |
| 10448376557 | casement (n) | window with sashes opening outward on hinges | 53 | |
| 10448376558 | charnel-houses (n) | places of storage for the bones of the dead which had been exhumed to make room for new bodies | 54 | |
| 10448376559 | copious (adj) | large; abundant | 55 | |
| 10448376560 | coquetry (n) | dalliance; flirtation | 56 | |
| 10448376561 | declamation (n) | a speech marked by strong feeling; a tirade | 57 | |
| 10448376562 | degradation (n) | a decline to a lower condition or quality | 58 | |
| 10448376563 | disaffect (v) | to cause to lose affection or loyalty | 59 | |
| 10448376564 | discomfiture (n) | frustration or disappointment | 60 | |
| 10448376565 | dissipation (n) | wasteful expenditure or consumption | 61 | |
| 10448376566 | dudgeon (n) | a state or fit of intense indignation; resentment; ill humore | 62 | |
| 10448376567 | epistle (n) | a letter, especially a formal one | 63 | |
| 10448376568 | execrate (v) | to feel loathing for; abhor | 64 | |
| 10448376569 | exigency (n) | a pressing or urgent situation | 65 | |
| 10448376570 | fastidious (adj) | difficult to please; exacting | 66 | |
| 10448376571 | fealty (n) | faithfulness; allegiance | 67 | |
| 10448376572 | fortnight (n) | two weeks | 68 | |
| 10448376573 | garrulous (adj) | talkative | 69 | |
| 10448376574 | gout (n) | arthritic condition traditionally attributed to rich diet | 70 | |
| 10448376575 | heath (n) | a wild, treeless tract of land; a moor | 71 | |
| 10448376576 | importunity (n) | urgent persuasion | 72 | |
| 10448376577 | imprecation (n) | the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil | 73 | |
| 10448376578 | indolence (n) | habitual laziness; sloth | 74 | |
| 10448376579 | insipid (adj) | lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull | 75 | |
| 10448376580 | interment (n) | the act or ritual of burying | 76 | |
| 10448376581 | lassitude (n) | a state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness | 77 | |
| 10448376582 | liege (n) | lord or sovereign | 78 | |
| 10448376583 | lolling (v) | lounge a relaxed way; sprawling | 79 | |
| 10448376584 | pallid (adj) | dull or lackluster; pale | 80 | |
| 10448376585 | paroxysm (n) | a sudden outburst of emotion or action | 81 | |
| 10448376586 | penitent (n) | a sinner or wrongdoer who feels regret or sorrow for misdeeds | 82 | |
| 10448376587 | penurious (adj) | unwilling to spend money; stingy | 83 | |
| 10448376588 | perfidious (adj) | of, relating to , or marked by treachery | 84 | |
| 10448376589 | presentient (n) | a sense that something is about to occur; a premonition | 85 | |
| 10448376590 | prodigious (adj) | impressively great in size, force or extent; enormous | 86 | |
| 10448376591 | propitious (adj) | presenting favorable circumstance; auspicious | 87 | |
| 10448376592 | prurience (adj) | inordinately interested in matters of sex; lascivious | 88 | |
| 10448376593 | refectory (n) | a room where meals are served, especially in college or institutions | 89 | |
| 10448376594 | remonstrance (n) | an act of protest, complaint, or reproof, especially a formal statement of grievances | 90 | |
| 10448376595 | revile (v) | abuse verbally | 91 | |
| 10448376596 | saturnine (adj) | melancholy or sullen | 92 | |
| 10448376597 | smitten (adj) | to affect sharply with great feeling | 93 | |
| 10448376598 | solecism (n) | a violation of etiquette | 94 | |
| 10448376599 | supercilious (adj) | feeling or showing haughty disdain | 95 | |
| 10448376600 | surfeit (v) | to feed or supply to excess, or disgust | 96 | |
| 10448376601 | turbid (adj) | heavy, dark, or dense, as smoke or fog | 97 | |
| 10448376602 | uncouth (adj) | crude; unrefined | 98 | |
| 10448376603 | unctuous (adj) | oily; excessively or insincerely | 99 | |
| 10448376604 | unmitigated (adj) | absolute | 100 | |
| 10448376605 | usurious (adj) | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | 101 | |
| 10448376606 | uxorious (adj) | excessively fond or submissive to a wife | 102 | |
| 10448376607 | vanquished (v) | overcome in battle or in a contest | 103 | |
| 10448376608 | vignette (n) | a short, usually descriptive literary sketch | 104 | |
| 10448376609 | waif (n) | abandoned child | 105 | |
| 10448376610 | albatross | something that causes persistent deep concern or anxiety that is an encumbrance. | 106 | |
| 10448376611 | artful dodger | any skillful crook | 107 | |
| 10448376612 | bedlam | a state of wild disorder or noisy uproar | 108 | |
| 10448376613 | big brother | any government ruler that tries to dictate, eavesdrop, or gather personal information on it citizens | 109 | |
| 10448376614 | Brobdingnagian | marked by tremendous size | 110 | |
| 10448376615 | byronic | refers to any person who is like George Gordon, Lord Byron, who was an English Romantic poet who was considered a bit of a rake in this day. It also refers to anyone whose writing includes handsome, sad, brooking, and appealing characters like Byron's | 111 | |
| 10448376616 | Catch-22 | An absurd, no-win situation. | 112 | |
| 10448376617 | Dantesque | Dante wrote with epic scope, vivid detail, and allegorically. Now any writing resembling this is considered Dantesque | 113 | |
| 10448376618 | Dickensian | Charles Dicken wrote novels showing the poverty, injustices, and misery of England. Now situations or writings about similar topics are sometimes called Dickensian | 114 | |
| 10448376619 | Doublespeak | Refers to the deliberate use of evasive or ambiguous language | 115 | |
| 10448376620 | Faustian/Faustian Bargain | Refers to sacrificing one's self or one's values in exchange for getting what one desires, often material wealth | 116 | |
| 10448376621 | Gilded Age | This phrase denotes the Civil War era | 117 | |
| 10448376622 | Holy Grail | An object that is extremely desirable or valuable and which is attainable only after a long and difficult quest | 118 | |
| 10448376623 | In Medias Res | Refers to anything that begins abruptly, in the middle of the action, or it can be used in its literal sense: into the middle of things | 119 | |
| 10448376624 | Lilliputian | Refers to anything very tiny that can control something larger than themselves | 120 | |
| 10448376625 | Leviathan | Refers to anything that is huge and monstrous; esp. a totalitarian state with vast bureaucracy | 121 | |
| 10448376626 | Machiavellian | Refers to anyone who is merciless, clever, and unethical to obtain his goals, particularly politically | 122 | |
| 10448376627 | Man for All Seasons | Any respected person who sticks to his beliefs courageously | 123 | |
| 10448376628 | Man Friday | An efficient and devoted aide or employee; a right-hand man | 124 | |
| 10448376629 | Muckrake | To search out and expose real or apparent misconduct of prominent individuals or businesses | 125 | |
| 10448376630 | Noble Savage | Refers to an uncivilized person who is really more worthy and sensible than some of his - civilized counterparts | 126 | |
| 10448376631 | Platonic Love | Any strong affinity for another person, usually of the opposite gender | 127 | |
| 10448376632 | Pollyana | Someone who is unusually optimistic and always looking at the bright side. The term often has connotations of being excessively cheerful and naive | 128 | |
| 10448376633 | Scheherazade | A person who is an excellent storyteller, especially one who is able to keep an audience in suspense | 129 | |
| 10448376634 | Shangri-La | A remote, beautiful, imaginary place where life approaches perfection; Utopia | 130 | |
| 10448376635 | Silent Spring | An ecological disaster; the death of nature from the unrestricted use of toxic chemicals | 131 | |
| 10448376636 | Sound and Fury | Refers to the great, tumultuous, and passionate uproar that actually is unimportant or meaningless | 132 | |
| 10448376637 | Though Police | Intolerant enforcers of a narrow orthodoxy of ideas and actions. Also the more diffuse but powerful social pressure or fear of reprisal that inhibit the free expression of noncorming ideas | 133 | |
| 10448376638 | Ugly American | An American who acts ugly in foreign countries and thus represents American poorly | 134 | |
| 10448376639 | Xanadu | Refers to any magnificent, beautiful, almost magical place | 135 |
