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| 7355178027 | Allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | 0 | |
| 7355178028 | Alliteration | occurs when a series of words in a row (or close together) have the same first consonant sound. For example, "She sells sea-shells down by the sea-shore" or "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers" are both examples. | 1 | |
| 7355180276 | Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | 2 | |
| 7355180277 | Analogy | the comparison of two things for the purpose of explaining a difficult idea (shows how the difficult/confusing idea is similar to the familiar one) |  | 3 |
| 7355183318 | Antagonist | A character or force in conflict with the main character. An opponent. | 4 | |
| 7355206341 | Characterization | Act of creating and developing a character | 5 | |
| 7355206342 | Plot | the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence. | 6 | |
| 7355208338 | Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces | 7 | |
| 7355208339 | Connotation | The implied or associative meaning of a word | 8 | |
| 7355217194 | Dialogue | Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie | 9 | |
| 7355217195 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 10 | |
| 7355217196 | Verbal Irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |  | 11 |
| 7355220924 | Dramatic Irony | When the audience knows something that the characters don't | 12 | |
| 7355220925 | Irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | 13 | |
| 7355220926 | Metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared, without using the words "like" or "as". | 14 | |
| 7355222269 | Flashback | Present action is temporarily interrupted so that past events can be described. A scene that goes back in time to present incidents that occurred before the beginning of the story | 15 | |
| 7355222270 | Foreshadowing | An author's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story | 16 | |
| 7355223568 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. | 17 | |
| 7355223569 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 18 | |
| 7355223570 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 19 | |
| 7355225318 | Point of View | The perspective from which a story is told | 20 | |
| 7355225319 | Personification | Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea | 21 | |
| 7355227000 | Protagonist | The main character in a literary work | 22 | |
| 7355227001 | Parallelism | giving two or more parts a similar form to create a definite pattern |  | 23 |
| 7355229069 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 24 | |
| 7355229070 | Sensory Details | Use of sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and textures to convey meaning | 25 | |
| 7355230965 | Setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. | 26 | |
| 7355230966 | Simile | A comparison between two unlike things using like or as | 27 | |
| 7355230967 | Suspense | A feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work. | 28 | |
| 7355232177 | Symbol | Anything physica [tangible] l that stands for or represents something else, usually intangible. | 29 | |
| 7355232178 | Theme | Central idea of a work of literature. A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader. | 30 | |
| 7355232179 | Tone | The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. | 31 | |
| 7355232180 | Fiction | literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people. | 32 | |
| 7355255569 | Situational Irony | A type of irony in which events turn out the opposite of what was expected. |  | 33 |
