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| 2472985649 | Allegory | a prose or narrative that demonstrates multilevels of meaning and significance. | 0 | |
| 2472987409 | Alliteration | the repetition of a similar sound that is usually heard in closely proximate stressed syllables | 1 | |
| 2472998766 | Allusion | a reference to a literary or historical event, person, or place. | 2 | |
| 2472999010 | Anaphora | the regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses | 3 | |
| 2472999856 | Anecdote | a brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature. | 4 | |
| 2473002143 | Antagonist | any force that is in opposition to the main character | 5 | |
| 2473002380 | Antithesis | the juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas | 6 | |
| 2473002687 | Apostrophe | an address to something that is inanimate | 7 | |
| 2473002982 | Archetype | recurrent concepts which are identifiable in a wide range of literature | 8 | |
| 2473003330 | Assonance | a repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds | 9 | |
| 2473004053 | Asyndeton | a style in which conjunctions are omitted | 10 | |
| 2473004860 | Attitude | a disposition towards a subject | 11 | |
| 2473005850 | Ballad | a narrative poem that is meant to be sung | 12 | |
| 2473006121 | Ballad stanza | a common stanza form consisting of a quatrain that alternate four-beat and three-beat lines. | 13 | |
| 2473007775 | Blank verse | a verse form that consists of unrhymed lines in iambic pentameter | 14 | |
| 2473008367 | Caesura | a pause in a line or verse | 15 | |
| 2473008368 | Caricature | a depiction in which a character's features are deliberately exaggerated | 16 | |
| 2473008921 | Chiasmus | A figure of speech in which words or concepts are repeated in reverse order | 17 | |
| 2473009227 | Colloquial | ordinary language, the vernacular | 18 | |
| 2473009487 | Conceit | an extended metaphor | 19 | |
| 2473009655 | Connotation | meaning implied by a word | 20 | |
| 2473009863 | Consonance | the repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds | 21 | |
| 2473010140 | Couplet | two rhyming lines of iambic pentameter | 22 | |
| 2473010502 | Dactylic | a metrical pattern in which each foot consists of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones. | 23 | |
| 2473011311 | Denotation | a direct and specific meaning | 24 | |
| 2473011483 | Dialect | the language and speech idiosyncrasies of a specific area, region, or group | 25 | |
| 2473011836 | Diction | word choice | 26 | |
| 2473012146 | Dramatic monologue | a monologue set in a specific situation and spoken to an imaginary audience | 27 | |
| 2473012659 | Elegy | a poetic lament upon the death of a particular person | 28 | |
| 2473013360 | Enjambment | the continuation of a sentence from one line to the next | 29 | |
| 2473013857 | Epic | a poem that celebrate the achievements of heroes and heroines. | 30 | |
| 2473014186 | Exposition | the structure that establishes the situation at the beginning of a play or story | 31 | |
| 2473015207 | Extended metaphor | a metaphor that extends over a long section of a work | 32 | |
| 2473015744 | Falling action | the plot structure in which the complications of the rising action are untangled | 33 | |
| 2473016152 | Farce | a play or scene that is characterized by broad humor | 34 | |
| 2473016373 | Foreshadowing | a hint at an indication of the future beforehand | 35 | |
| 2473016899 | Formal diction | language that is lofty, dignified, and impersonal | 36 | |
| 2473017102 | Flashback | an earlier event inserted into the normal chronology of a narrative | 37 | |
| 2473017652 | Free verse | poetry that is characterized by its lack of traditional meter and varying lengths of non-rhyming lines | 38 | |
| 2473019083 | Genre | a type or class of literature | 39 | |
| 2473019084 | Hyperbole | overstatement characterized by exaggerated language | 40 | |
| 2473019597 | Iambic | a metrical pattern in which each foot consists of a unstressed syllable followed by stressed one | 41 | |
| 2473020503 | Imagery | any sensory detail or evocation in a work | 42 | |
| 2473020731 | Informal diction | language that is not lofty, dignified, or impersonal | 43 | |
| 2473021619 | In medias res | refers to opening a story in the middle of the action | 44 | |
| 2473021832 | Irony | a figure of speech in which intent and actual meaning differ | 45 | |
| 2473022625 | Jargon | specialized or technical language | 46 | |
| 2473023096 | Juxtaposition | the location of one thing being adjacent or juxtaposed with another | 47 | |
| 2473023705 | Limited point of view | a perspective limited to one person | 48 | |
| 2473024076 | Litote | a figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement | 49 | |
| 2473024904 | Loose sentence | a sentence that is grammatically complete before the end | 50 | |
| 2473025292 | Lyric | any short poem in which the speaker expresses intense personal emotion | 51 | |
| 2473025691 | Message | the central idea or statement of a story or explanation | 52 | |
| 2473025948 | Metaphor | one thing described as if it were something else, suggesting a likeness or analogy between them. | 53 | |
| 2473027075 | Meter | the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | 54 | |
| 2473028261 | Metonymy | a figure of speech in which an attribute is used to name or designate something | 55 | |
| 2473028911 | Mood | a feeling or ambiance resulting from a piece of literature | 56 | |
| 2473029434 | Motif | a recurrent concept that serves as a signal for the appearance of a character or event | 57 | |
| 2473029781 | Narrative structure | a textual organization based on sequences of connected events | 58 | |
| 2473030994 | Narrator | the "character" who "tells" the story | 59 | |
| 2473031362 | Occasional poem | a poem written about or for a specific occasion | 60 | |
| 2473031634 | Ode | a lyrical poem that praises or exalt something | 61 | |
| 2473031978 | Omniscient point of view | a perspective that can be seen from more than one character | 62 | |
| 2473032429 | Onomatopoeia | a word capturing the sound of what it describes | 63 | |
| 2473032843 | Overstatement | exaggerated language | 64 | |
| 2473033378 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines two contradictory elements | 65 | |
| 2473033613 | Parable | a short fiction that illustrate moral lessons through the use of analogy | 66 | |
| 2473034018 | Paradox | a contradictory statement | 67 | |
| 2473036931 | Parody | a work that imitates another work for comic effect | 68 | |
| 2473037128 | Parallel structure | A similar grammatical structure within a sentence or paragraph | 69 | |
| 2473037962 | Pastoral | a poem that describes the simple life of country folk | 70 | |
| 2473039169 | Periodic sentence | a sentence that is not grammatically complete before the end | 71 | |
| 2473039396 | Persona | the voice or figure of the author who tells and structures the story | 72 | |
| 2473040765 | Personification | treating a nonhuman object as if it were a person by endowing it with human qualities | 73 | |
| 2473042050 | Petrarchan sonnet | a sonnet that divides the poem into one section of eight lines and a second section of six lines. Rhyme scheme is abba abba cde cde | 74 | |
| 2473042480 | Plot | the arrangement of the narration | 75 | |
| 2473042962 | Protagonist | the main character in a work | 76 | |
| 2473043340 | Quatrain | a poetic stanza of four lines | 77 | |
| 2473043642 | Realism | the practice of describing nature and life without idealization and with attention to detail | 78 | |
| 2473044024 | Refrain | a repeated stanza or line in a poem or song | 79 | |
| 2473044662 | Rising action | the development of action in a work | 80 | |
| 2473045028 | Rhyme | the repetition of the same or similar sounds | 81 | |
| 2473045814 | Rhythm | the modulation of weak and strong elements in the flow of speech | 82 | |
| 2473046074 | Sarcasm | a form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually critical | 83 | |
| 2473047108 | Satire | a literary work that holds up human failings to ridicule and censure | 84 | |
| 2473047642 | Scansion | the analysis of verse to show its meter | 85 | |
| 2473047901 | Setting | the time and place of the action | 86 | |
| 2473048386 | Shakespearean sonnet | a sonnet that divide the poem into three units of four lines each and a final unit of two lines | 87 | |
| 2473049352 | Shaped verse | poetry that is shaped to look like an object | 88 | |
| 2473049563 | Simile | a direct comparison of one thing to another | 89 | |
| 2473050175 | Soliloquy | a monologue in which a character in a play is alone and speaking to himself or herself | 90 | |
| 2473050518 | Speaker | the person who is the voice of the poem | 91 | |
| 2473053233 | Stanza | a section of a poem separated by extra line spacing | 92 | |
| 2473056282 | Stereotype | a characterization based on assumptions | 93 | |
| 2473059194 | Stock character | one who appears in a number of stories or plays | 94 | |
| 2473059885 | Structure | the organization of various elements in a work | 95 | |
| 2473060243 | Style | a distinctive manner of expression | 96 | |
| 2473060685 | Symbolism | a concept in a literary work that figuratively represents something else | 97 | |
| 2473061725 | Synecdoche | when a part is used to signify a whole | 98 | |
| 2473062355 | Syntax | the way words are put together | 99 | |
| 2473062824 | Terza rima | A three-line stanza rhymed aba bcb cdc | 100 | |
| 2505110070 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | 101 | |
| 2473065022 | Theme | the main thought expressed by a work | 102 | |
| 2473065993 | Tone | the manner in which attitude is expressed | 103 | |
| 2473066803 | Tragedy | a drama in which a character is brought to a disastrous end in his or her confrontation with a superior force | 104 | |
| 2473067203 | Trochee | a metrical pattern in which a foot consists of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one. | 105 | |
| 2473067993 | Turning point | the point at which the action stops rising and begins falling or reversing | 106 | |
| 2505005516 | Detail | items or parts that make up a larger picture or story | 107 | |
| 2505008905 | Devices of sound | the techniques of deploying the sound of words | 108 | |
| 2505011801 | Figurative language | writing that uses figures of speech | 109 | |
| 2505016407 | Narrative techniques | the methods involved in telling a story | 110 | |
| 2505019490 | Point of view | Any possible vantage points from which a story is told | 111 | |
| 2505022037 | Resources of language | A general phrase for the linguistic techniques that a writer can use | 112 | |
| 2505024797 | Rhetorical techniques | The devices used in effective or persuasive language | 113 | |
| 2505027226 | Strategy | The management of language for a specific effect | 114 | |
| 2505031901 | Symbol | Something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else | 115 | |
| 2505034400 | Ambiguity | Multiple meanings a literary work may communicate | 116 | |
| 2505036867 | Convention | A subject matter so often used that it becomes a recognized means of expression | 117 | |
| 2505045483 | Didactic | Explicitly instructive | 118 | |
| 2505049083 | Digression | The use of material unrelated to the subject of the work | 119 | |
| 2505052368 | Epigram | A pithy saying, often using contrast | 120 | |
| 2505057065 | Euphemism | A figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness | 121 | |
| 2505058758 | Grotesque | Characterized by distortions or incongruities | 122 | |
| 2505061636 | Reliability | The level of trust that a reader can invest in a character | 123 | |
| 2505065267 | Rhetorical question | A question asked for effect, not in expectation of a reply | 124 | |
| 2505067229 | Syllogism | A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them | 125 | |
| 2505071849 | Thesis | The theme, meaning, or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support | 126 | |
| 2505076643 | End-stopped | A line with a pause at the end | 127 | |
| 2505078470 | Heroic couplet | Two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines that rhyme | 128 | |
| 2505081083 | Internal rhyme | Rhyme that occurs within a line | 129 | |
| 2505083586 | Rhyme royal | A 7-line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc | 130 | |
| 2505118474 | Clause | A group of words that contains a subject and a verb | 131 | |
| 2505120365 | Ellipsis | The omission of word(s) | 132 | |
| 2505123098 | Imperative | The mood of the verb that gives an order | 133 | |
| 2505124133 | Modify | To restrict or limit in meaning | 134 |
