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| 7588711682 | Imagery | Means to use figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. | 0 | |
| 7588727504 | Figurative Language | Uses a figure of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful. | 1 | |
| 7588739891 | Figurative Language: Metaphor | Comparison of two unalike things without using the words like or as. | 2 | |
| 7588751716 | Figurative Language: Metonymy | Figurative language that replaces the name of a thing with which it is closely associated. | 3 | |
| 7588760381 | Figurative Language: Simile | A comparison of two unalike things using the words like or as. | 4 | |
| 7588767783 | Figurative Language: Personification | Figurative language in which a thing-an idea of animal-is given human attributes. | 5 | |
| 7588784815 | Figurative Language: Symbolism | Is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meaning that are different from their literal sense. | 6 | |
| 7588803316 | Repetition | A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer. | 7 | |
| 7588813158 | Rhetorical Question | A question that suggest an answer. In theory, the effect of a ___ is that it causes the listener to feel that they have come up with the answer themselves. | 8 | |
| 7588832116 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration or overstatement. | 9 | |
| 7588840255 | Foil | A character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character with the objective to highlight the traits of other characters. | 10 | |
| 7588860493 | Theme | Is defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly. | 11 | |
| 7588872574 | Setting | Is an environment or surrounding in which a story takes place. | 12 | |
| 7588883556 | Setting: Integral | When the place and time influence theme, character, and action of a story. | 13 | |
| 7588896522 | Setting: Backdrop | Emerges when it is not important for a story and it could happen in any such setting. | 14 | |
| 7588909875 | Characterization | Authors step by step development of a character (by explaining or highlighting character in work) | 15 | |
| 7588923035 | Protagonist | Is the central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel, or any other story (often the hero). | 16 | |
| 7588947185 | Antagonist | Is a character or a group of characters that stand in opposition to the protagonist or the main character. | 17 | |
| 7588957806 | Foreshadowing | When the writer gives a hint of what is to come later in the story. | 18 | |
| 7588968023 | Juxtaposition | A literary technique in which two or more ideas, places and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparison and contrast. | 19 | |
| 7588985246 | Diction | Style of speaking or witting defined by the choice of words by a speaker. - distinctive tone of an author's writing | 20 | |
| 7589002739 | Connotation | Meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. | 21 | |
| 7589009369 | Denotation | Literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings. | 22 | |
| 7589021559 | Structure | The arrangement or the organization of the building blocks of a work of literature, including its chronology, point of view, chapter division, plot, tone, symbolism, genre, and etc. | 23 | |
| 7589041534 | Narrative Technique | Would be any individual piece that makes up a work if narrative literature. -Ex. tone, point of view, foreshadowing,and etc. | 24 | |
| 7589066286 | Plot Structure | A literary term used to describe the events that make up a story. |  | 25 |
| 7589079137 | Point of View | Angle of something considering things, shows an opinion or feelings of individuals involved in a situation, eyes through which a story is told. | 26 | |
| 7589093807 | Unreliable Narrator | A narrator whose credibility has been seriously compromised. Provides either incorrect or incomplete information, not able to be trusted by reader. | 27 | |
| 7589110469 | Genre | Type of art, literature, or music characterized by a specific form, content, and style. Main genres in literature: poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction. | 28 | |
| 7589131137 | Metadrama/ metafiction | Fictional writing which self consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact in order to pose questions between fiction and reality. | 29 | |
| 7589158830 | Magical Realism | A genre that incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into other wise realistic fiction. | 30 | |
| 7589167532 | Allegory | A story with two level of meanings, surface level and symbolic deeper level, where the character, images, or events act as symbols. | 31 | |
| 7589185659 | Fable; beast fable | A literary device which can be defined as a concise and brief story intended to provide a moral lesson in the end. A type of fable in which human behavior and weaknesses are subject to scrutiny by reflection into the animal kingdom. | 32 | |
| 7589207548 | Parable | A figure of speech, which presents a short story typically with a moral lesson at the end. | 33 | |
| 7589218138 | Allusion | Is a literary text is a reference without necessarily explicitly identifying it. | 34 | |
| 7589233813 | Realism | A literary technique used by writers to describe story elements, such as setting, character, themes, and etc., without using elaborate imagery or figurative language. | 35 | |
| 7589255002 | Digression | Sudden interruption in a narrative, particularly main action of the story, which provides hum background information, establishes his interest, describes characters motivation, and builds suspense. | 36 | |
| 7589280575 | Ambiguity | Refers to a word, phrase, or statement that contains more than one meaning. | 37 | |
| 7589290293 | Style | After a few paragraphs of a work of literature, you'll know whether the language is poetic or plain, flowery or simple, lofty or down-to-earth. Sentence length and structure, word choice, figures of speech, allusions, use of dialogue, punctuation, etc all contribute to this. | 38 | |
| 7589320740 | Syntax | IS about sentence structure and sentence construction. Refers to the actual way in which words and sentences are placed together in writing. | 39 |
