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| 4750646754 | allegory | a work that functions on a symbolic level | 0 | |
| 4750648665 | alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds | 1 | |
| 4750649007 | allusion | a reference contained in work | 2 | |
| 4750649344 | anapest | a metrical pattern of 2 unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable | 3 | |
| 4750651580 | antagonist | the force or character that opposes the main charcater | 4 | |
| 4750653042 | apostrophe | direct address in poetry | 5 | |
| 4750654390 | aside | words spoken by an actor intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters | 6 | |
| 4750654912 | aubade | a love poem set at dawn which bids farewell to the beloved | 7 | |
| 4750655490 | ballad | a simple narrative poem, often incorporating dialogue that is written in quatrains, generally with a rhyme scheme a b c d | 8 | |
| 4750656748 | blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter. Most of Shakespeare's plays are in this form | 9 | |
| 4750658923 | cacophony | harsh and discordant sounds in a line or passage of a literary work | 10 | |
| 4750661832 | caesura | a break or pause within a line of poetry indicated by punctuation and used to emphasize meaning | 11 | |
| 4750662771 | catharsis | according to Aristotle, the release of emotion that the audience of a tragedy experiences | 12 | |
| 4750663938 | character | one who carries out the action of the plot in literature | 13 | |
| 4750664789 | climax | the turning point of action or character in a literary work, usually the highest moment of tension | 14 | |
| 4750668966 | comic relief | the inclusion of a humongous character or scene to contrast with the tragic elements of a work, thereby intensifying the next tragic event | 15 | |
| 4750672143 | conflict | a clash between opposing forces in a literary work, such as man vs man; man vs nature; man vs God; man vs self | 16 | |
| 4750673169 | connotation | the interpretive level of a word based on its associated images rather than its literal meaning | 17 | |
| 4750673829 | convention | a traditional aspect of a literary work, such as a soliloquy in a Shakespeare play or a tragic hero in Greek tradegy | 18 | |
| 4750675018 | couplet | two lines of rhyming poetry; often used by Shakespeare to conclude a scene or an important passage | 19 | |
| 4750675781 | dactyl | a foot of poetry consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables | 20 | |
| 4750677457 | denotation | the literal or dictionary meaning of a word | 21 | |
| 4750677935 | denouement | the conclusion or tying up of loosed ends in a literary works; the resolution of the conflict and plot | 22 | |
| 4750679639 | deus ex machina | a Greek invention, literally "the god from the machine" who appears at the last moment and resolves the loose ends of a play. Today, the term refers to anyone, usually of some stature, who untangles, resolves, or reveals the key to the plot of a work | 23 | |
| 4750682786 | diction | the author's choice of word | 24 | |
| 4750683559 | dramatic monologue | a type of poem that presents a conversation between a speaker and an implied listener | 25 | |
| 4750684685 | elegy | a poem that laments the dead or a loss | 26 | |
| 4750684931 | enjabment | a technique in poetry that involves the running on of a line or stanza. It enables the poem to move and to develop coherence as well as directing the reader with regard to form and meaning | 27 | |
| 4750688708 | epic | a lengthy, elevated poem that celebrates the exploits of a hero | 28 | |
| 4750689152 | epigram | a brief witty poem | 29 | |
| 4750689575 | euphony | the pleasant, mellifluous presentation of sounds in a literary work | 30 | |
| 4750691570 | exposition | background information presented in a literary work | 31 | |
| 4750691727 | fable | a simple, symbolic story, usually employing animals as characters | 32 | |
| 4750694087 | figurative language | the body of devices that enables the writer to operate on levels other than the literal one | 33 | |
| 4750694576 | flashback | a device that enables writers to refer to past thoughts, events, episodes | 34 | |
| 4750695602 | foot | a metrical unit in poetry; a syllabic measure of a line | 35 | |
| 4750696075 | foreshadowing | hints of future events in a literary work | 36 | |
| 4750696906 | form | the shape or structure of a literary work | 37 | |
| 4750697088 | free verse | poetry without a defined form, meter, or rhyme scheme | 38 | |
| 4750697695 | hyperbole | extreme exaggeration | 39 | |
| 4750698050 | iamb | a metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented on; the most common poetic foot in the English language | 40 | |
| 4750700168 | idyll | a type of lyric poem which extols the virtues of an ideal place or time | 41 | |
| 4750700670 | image | a verbal approximation of a sensory impression, concept, or emotion | 42 | |
| 4750701321 | imagery | the total effect of related sensory images on a work of literature | 43 | |
| 4750701734 | impressionism | writing that reflects a personal image of a character, event, or concept | 44 | |
| 4750702413 | irony | an unexpected twist or contrast between what happens and what was intended or expected to happen. It involves dialogue and situation, and it can be intentional or unplanned | 45 | |
| 4750705434 | dramatic irony | centers around the ignorance of those involved while the audience is aware of the circumstance | 46 | |
| 4750706777 | lyric poetry | a type of poetry characterized by emotion, personal feelings, and brevity; a large and inclusive category of poetry that exhibits rhyme, meter, and reflective thought | 47 | |
| 4750709605 | magical realism | a type of literature that explores narratives by and about characters who inhabit and experience their reality differently from what we term the objective world | 48 | |
| 4750712843 | metaphor | a direct comparison between dissimilar things | 49 | |
| 4750713482 | metaphorical poetry | refers to the work of poets like John Donne who explore highly complex, philosophical ideas through extended metaphors and paradox | 50 | |
| 4750714685 | meter | a pattern of beats in poetry | 51 | |
| 4750715086 | metonymy | a figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea | 52 | |
| 4750715972 | monologue | a speech given buy one character | 53 | |
| 4750716231 | motif | the repetition or variations of an image or idea in a work which is used to develop theme or charcaters | 54 | |
| 4750716941 | narrative poem | a poem that tells a story | 55 | |
| 4750717216 | narrator | the speaker of a literary work | 56 | |
| 4750717702 | octave | an eight-line stanza, usually combined with a seater in a Petrarchan sonnet | 57 | |
| 4750718312 | ode | a formal lengthy poe that celebrates a particular subject | 58 | |
| 4750718726 | onomatopeia | words that sound like the sound they represnt | 59 | |
| 4750719146 | oxymoron | an image of contradictory terms | 60 | |
| 4750719411 | parable | a story that operates on more than one level and usually teaches a moral lesson | 61 | |
| 4750720182 | paradox | a set of seemingly contradictory elements which nevertheless reflects an underlying truth | 62 | |
| 4750722483 | parallel plot | a secondary story line that mimics and reinforces the main plot | 63 | |
| 4750722986 | parody | a comic imitation of a work that ridicules the original | 64 | |
| 4750723515 | pathos | the aspects of a literary work that elicit pity from the audience | 65 | |
| 4750723777 | personification | the assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts | 66 | |
| 4750724575 | plot | a sequence of events in a literary work | 67 | |
| 4750725522 | point of view | the method of narration in a work | 68 | |
| 4750726253 | protagonist | the hero or main character of a literary work | 69 | |
| 4750726998 | quatrain | a four-line stanza | 70 | |
| 4750727125 | resolution | the denouement of a literary work | 71 | |
| 4750728123 | rhetorical question | a question that does not expect an explicit answer. It is used to pose an idea to be considered by the speaker or audience | 72 | |
| 4750729508 | rhyme | the duplication of final syllable sounds in two or more lines | 73 | |
| 4750730513 | rhythm | the repetitive pattern of beats in a poeam | 74 | |
| 4750731220 | rhyme scheme | the annotation of the pattern of the rhyme | 75 | |
| 4750731829 | romanticism | a style or movement of literature that has as its foundation an interest in freedom, adventure, idealism, and escape | 76 | |
| 4750733241 | satire | a mode of writing based on ridicule, which criticizes the foibles and follies of society without necessarily offering a solution | 77 | |
| 4750734312 | scansion | analysis of a poem's rhyme and meter | 78 | |
| 4750734684 | sestet | a highly structured poetic form of 39 lines, written in iambic pentameter. it depends on the repetition of six words from the first stanza in each of six stanzas | 79 | |
| 4750736501 | setting | the time and place of a literary work | 80 | |
| 4750737055 | simile | an indirect comparison that uses the work like or as to link the differing items in the comparison | 81 | |
| 4750738421 | soliloquy | a speech in a play which is used to reveal the character's inner thoughts to the audience. | 82 | |
| 4750745111 | sonnet | a 14-line poem with a prescribed rhyme scheme in iambic pentameter | 83 | |
| 4750746417 | spondee | a poetic foot consisting of two accented syllables | 84 | |
| 4750747008 | stage directions | the specific instructions a playwright includes concerning sets, characterization, delivery, etc. | 85 | |
| 4750748250 | stanza | a unit of a poem, similar in rhyme, meter, and length to other units in the poem | 86 | |
| 4750749163 | structure | the organization and form of a work | 87 | |
| 4750749778 | style | the unique way an author presents his ideas | 88 | |
| 4750754344 | subplot | a secondary plot that explores ideas different from the main storyline | 89 | |
| 4750754931 | subtext | implied meaning of a work or section of a work | 90 | |
| 4750755168 | symbol | something in a literary work that stands for something else | 91 | |
| 4750756473 | syncdoche | a figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole | 92 | |
| 4750757581 | syntax | the grammatical structure of prose and poetry | 93 | |
| 4750757972 | tercet | a three-line stanza | 94 | |
| 4750758252 | theme | the underlying ideas that the author illustrates through characterization, motifs, language, plot, etc. | 95 | |
| 4750759163 | tone | the author's attitude toward his subject | 96 | |
| 4750759644 | tragic hero | according to Aristotle, a basically good person of noble birth or exalted position who has a fatal flaw or commits an error in judgment which leads to his downfall | 97 | |
| 4750762342 | trochee | a single metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by one unaccented syllable | 98 | |
| 4750764806 | understatement | the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended | 99 | |
| 4750765925 | villanelle | a highly structured poetic form that comprises six stanzas: five tercets and a quatrain. The poem repeats the first and third line throughout. | 100 |
