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| 5882053729 | Allegory | any literary work or picture that can be interpreted to show a hidden message | 0 | |
| 5882053730 | Alliteration | repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words that are relatively close together | 1 | |
| 5882053731 | Allusion | casually or indirecting referencing a well-known work, person, event, or idea using descriptive and figurative language | 2 | |
| 5882054258 | Ambiguity | containing multiple different meanings or definitions than what is interpreted | 3 | |
| 5882054259 | Analogy | comparisons made for clarification purposes | 4 | |
| 5882054788 | Anaphora | repetition of the first part of the sentence | 5 | |
| 5882056047 | Anastrophe | the inversion of a usually used phrase | 6 | |
| 5882056048 | Anecdote | a short story or synopsis used to prove a point or provide comic relief | 7 | |
| 5882056582 | Antagonist | opposite of a hero, evil intentions, villain | 8 | |
| 5882057101 | Antimetabole | switching the words of a sentence to emphasize a point | 9 | |
| 5882057102 | Antithesis | contrasting ideas presented in a parallel structure | 10 | |
| 5882057103 | Antihero | a main character in literature that does not have the qualities of a traditional hero | 11 | |
| 5882058610 | Anthropomorphism | when human traits are given to objects to make them appear human | 12 | |
| 5882058611 | Aphorism | a short phrase or sentence that explains an idea of great purpose | 13 | |
| 5882059188 | Apostrophe | talking to an imaginary thing as if it were real | 14 | |
| 5882098670 | Apposition | when a noun or phrase describes another noun; usually the second identifies or supplements the first | 15 | |
| 5882098671 | Assonance | when 2 or more words repeat the same vowel sounds | 16 | |
| 5882099349 | Asyndeton | stylistic device used to eliminate conjunctions between phrases | 17 | |
| 5882101845 | Indirect characterization | when an author uses speech or actions to show personality indirectly | 18 | |
| 5882102586 | Direct characterization | directly stating characteristics to show a character's personality | 19 | |
| 5882104148 | Static character | a literary or dramatic character who endures little to no inner change | 20 | |
| 5882105778 | Dynamic character | character who undergoes a dramatic change | 21 | |
| 5882130353 | Flat character | simple character, not known about, usually minor | 22 | |
| 5882130912 | Round character | complex or multi-faceted personality, depth, or passion like a real person | 23 | |
| 5882131632 | Chiasmus | two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point, usually in poetry | 24 | |
| 5882131633 | Diction | style of writing based choice of words | 25 | |
| 5882132207 | Didactic | a work of literature that teaches something; a parable | 26 | |
| 5882132208 | Elegy | a mournful and somber poem expressing sorrow | 27 | |
| 5882133040 | Epanalepsis | figure of speech when the initial word is repeated at the end | 28 | |
| 5882133041 | Epic | a poem or hero that has bad traits | 29 | |
| 5882147439 | Epigraph | quote or sentence at the beginning of a piece that reflects something we know | 30 | |
| 5882147440 | Epistrophe | repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 31 | |
| 5882148966 | Epithet | a descriptive term that is often added onto a name to form a characterizing nickname | 32 | |
| 5882148967 | Explication | commentary revealing the meaning of the work | 33 | |
| 5882148968 | Fable | a story that teaches a lesson or moral | 34 | |
| 5882149651 | Farce | satirical situation using improbable situations and physical humor to entertain | 35 | |
| 5882123436 | Litotes | two negatives are used to show a positive | 36 | |
| 5882126903 | Verbal irony | a person says or writes one thing and means another | 37 | |
| 5882126216 | Dramatic irony | the audience knows something that the other characters do not | 38 | |
| 5882126217 | Juxtaposition | two or more things are paired to show a comparison | 39 | |
| 5882125473 | Situational irony | actions that have the opposite effect | 40 | |
| 5882172183 | Flashback | a sudden and vivid memory of an event in the past | 41 | |
| 5882171542 | Foil | character in a literary work who contrasts with the main character | 42 | |
| 5882171543 | Foreshadowing | predicts the future | 43 | |
| 5882171179 | Hyperbole | exaggerated claim or statement that is not intended to be literal | 44 | |
| 5882171544 | Free verse | usually in poetry, no rhyming or particular structure | 45 | |
| 5882171180 | Hypotactic | sentence made by the use of connecting words between clauses and sentences | 46 | |
| 5882170533 | Imagery | to use figurative language to reflect ideas that appeal to the senses | 47 | |
| 5882170017 | Inversion | the changing of words in a sentence for emphasis | 48 | |
| 6617650294 | Verbal Irony | a person says or writes one thing and means another | 49 | |
| 6617657139 | Dramatic Irony | audience knows something that the other characters do not | 50 | |
| 6617661822 | Loose sentence | the main idea is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases | 51 | |
| 6617674007 | Lyric poem | poem with a song-like quality, usually in the present tense and has a specific rhyme scheme | 52 | |
| 6617680874 | Situational Irony | actions that have an opposite effect than is intended | 53 | |
| 6617688840 | Implied metaphor | word or phrase that compares two unlike things to more clearly describe them | 54 | |
| 6617697391 | Dead metaphor | has lost its effectiveness due to repeated use | 55 | |
| 6617705040 | Mixed metaphor | two comparisons that don't make sense | 56 | |
| 6617709038 | Metonymy | word or phrase that is used to represent another word Ex. crown=royal family | 57 | |
| 6617716468 | Mood | the feeling that is evoked through the use of certain words or descriptions | 58 | |
| 6617721670 | Motif | a particular element of the story that repeats and symbolizes something, usually one word | 59 | |
| 6617728735 | Motivation | the reason a certain character has for voluntarily doing something | 60 | |
| 6617733161 | Onomatopeia | words that sound like a sound | 61 | |
| 6617735916 | Oxymoron | figure of speech in which two contrasting words are joined to create an effect | 62 | |
| 6617740129 | Parable | a short story that teaches a moral or religious principle | 63 | |
| 6617744481 | Paradox-Koan | paradox that is reflected upon during meditation usually related to spiritual subjects | 64 | |
| 6617749514 | Parallel structure | a stylistic device where two or more clauses have similar grammatical parforms | 65 | |
| 6617755846 | Paratactic structure | two sentences that do not make sense | 66 | |
| 6617758533 | Parody | an imitation with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect | 67 | |
| 6617761968 | Periodic sentence | a sentence that has the main clause at the end to create suspense | 68 | |
| 6617767199 | Personification | applying human traits to an inanimate object | 69 | |
| 6617769063 | Plot elements | a component of a literary work | 70 | |
| 6617773726 | Polysyndenton | the joining of clauses using words such as and, but, or | 71 | |
| 6617779245 | 1st person POV | story is narrated by one character who is telling the story | 72 | |
| 6617782402 | 3rd person POV | narrator related all action using 3rd person pronouns such as he or she | 73 | |
| 6617794563 | Omniscent POV | 3rd person POV where the narrator is all-knowing | 74 | |
| 6617797500 | Objective POV | when the writer tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred | 75 | |
| 6617801517 | Protagonist | main character in a work of literature | 76 | |
| 6617806017 | Quatrain | a fourline stanza with alternating rhymes | 77 | |
| 6617810342 | Refrain | repetition of a line, phrase, or even words within a poem usually at the end of each stanza | 78 | |
| 6617817854 | Rhythm | a particular beat or arrangement in a work of literature | 79 | |
| 6617821595 | Rhetoric | a technique using language effectively or persuasively, usually used to convince, influence, or please an audience | 80 | |
| 6617832037 | Rhetorical question | a question that was not meant to be answered and is used for emphasis | 81 | |
| 6617835753 | Satire | used to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of something through humor | 82 | |
| 6617839851 | Soliloquy | the act of speaking one's inner thoughts aloud when by oneself, usually in a play | 83 | |
| 6617850678 | Stream of Consciousness | a person's thoughts or internal reaction in response to certain events are percieed as a continuous flow | 84 | |
| 6617857926 | Symbol | contains several layers of meaning, usually concealed at first and an object | 85 | |
| 6617864375 | Synecdoche | Part that represents a whole or vice versa | 86 | |
| 6617866018 | Syntactic fluency | a writer's ability to use a variety of sentence structures while also using sentence structures that are easy to follow | 87 | |
| 6617880421 | Syntactic permutation | sentence structures that are extremely complex and involved, often difficult to follow | 88 | |
| 6617888736 | Tall tale | story with unbelievable elements, sometimes exaggerations of real events | 89 | |
| 6617895116 | Telegraphic sentence | a sentence that expresses a straightforward idea, usually five words or less | 90 | |
| 6617897510 | Theme | main idea or underlying idea of a literary work, usually a sentence | 91 |
