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| 5772021307 | Allegory | a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures and events. |  | 0 |
| 5772021308 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words |  | 1 |
| 5772021309 | Allusion | Reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature, often without explicit idetification |  | 2 |
| 5772021310 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences |  | 3 |
| 5772023108 | Antagonist | An opponent; one who opposes or competes |  | 4 |
| 5772023109 | Anti-Climax | s a rhetorical device which can be defined as a disappointing situation or a sudden transition in discourse from an important idea to a ludicrous or trivial one. |  | 5 |
| 5772023972 | Ambiguity | the state of having more than one possible meaning |  | 6 |
| 5772023973 | Antihero | a literary device used by writers for a prominent character in a play or book that has characteristics opposite to that of a conventional hero. |  | 7 |
| 5772023979 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which someone not present or not human is addressed as though it could respond |  | 8 |
| 5772025620 | Archetype | the original pattern or model; a perfect example |  | 9 |
| 5772025621 | Aside | a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage |  | 10 |
| 5772025622 | Assonance | The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence or a line of poetry or prose, as in "I rose and told him of my woe." Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" contains assonantal "I's" in the following lines: "How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, / Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself." |  | 11 |
| 5772025623 | Asyndeton | the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence |  | 12 |
| 5772026730 | Blank Verse | poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |  | 13 |
| 5772026731 | Cacophony | harsh discordance of sound; dissonance |  | 14 |
| 5772026732 | Catharsis | the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions. is the purification and expurgation of emotions. |  | 15 |
| 5772027543 | Chiasmus | is a rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect. |  | 16 |
| 5772027544 | Cliche | (n.) - a trite, overused expression |  | 17 |
| 5772027545 | Consonance | The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of the end of words (example: wind, sand) |  | 18 |
| 5772028613 | Couplet | A stanza of two lines, usually rhyming |  | 19 |
| 5772028614 | Deus Ex machina | A incidence where an implausible concept or character is brought into a story in order to make the conflict in the story resolve and to bring about a pleasing solution |  | 20 |
| 5772028615 | Dialect | a version of a language that reflects changes in speech patterns due to class, region, or cultural changes |  | 21 |
| 5772029391 | Diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. |  | 22 |
| 5772029392 | Dramatic Irony | When there is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true. Audience knows, but actors don't |  | 23 |
| 5772029393 | Enjambment | In poetry it means moving over from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark. It can be defined as a thought or sense, phrase or clause in a line of poetry that does not come to an end at the line break but moves over to the next line |  | 24 |
| 5772030597 | Epigraph | quotation or motto at beginning of a book or chapter |  | 25 |
| 5772030598 | Epistrophe | is derived from a Greek word that means turning upon, which indicates the same word returns at the end of each sentence. |  | 26 |
| 5772031493 | Euphemism | Definition: A pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one |  | 27 |
| 5772031494 | Euphony | It gives pleasing and soothing effects to the ears due to repeated vowels and smooth consonants. |  | 28 |
| 5772031495 | Exposition | The introduction beginning of a story. this tells us who, what, where, and when. |  | 29 |
| 5772032225 | Farce | is a literary genre and the type of a comedy that makes the use of highly exaggerated and funny situations aimed at entertaining the audience. |  | 30 |
| 5772032226 | Foil | A character that serves by contrast to highlight or emphasize opposing traits in another character |  | 31 |
| 5772032227 | Foreshadowing | clues that the author gives that indicate what might happen later in the short story, novel, or play |  | 32 |
| 5772032228 | Frame Narrative | is a story set within a story, narrative or movie told by the main or the supporting character. It occurs within the story or the movie or the narrative and audience comes across it when reading a book or watching a movie. |  | 33 |
| 5772033700 | Free Verse | poetry without regular meter or rhyme |  | 34 |
| 5772033701 | Genre | Definition: A type or category, especially of art or writing |  | 35 |
| 5772033702 | Hubris | excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance |  | 36 |
| 5772033703 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech that contains an exaggeration for emphasis |  | 37 |
| 5772035184 | Imagery | A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell. The use of images serves to intensify the impact of the work |  | 38 |
| 5772035185 | In Media Res | In The Middle of Things |  | 39 |
| 5772035186 | Interior Monoloque | a character externalizes his thoughts, so that audience could witness the experiences, which might otherwise be remained internal. |  | 40 |
| 5772036548 | Internal Rhyme | is a poetic device which can be defined as metrical lines in which its middle words and its end words rhymes with each other. |  | 41 |
| 5772036549 | Juxtaposition | putting two or more ideas near each other to compare/contrast them, to create suspense, or for other rhetorical effect |  | 42 |
| 5772036550 | Kenning | is derived from Norse and Anglo-Saxon poetry. It is a stylistic device and can be defined as a two-word phrase that describes an object through metaphors. |  | 43 |
| 5772036551 | Litote | derived from a Greek word meaning "simple", is a figure of speech which employs an understatement by using double negatives |  | 44 |
| 5772037802 | Local Color | The use of detail peculiar to a particular region and environment to add interest and authenticity to a narrative |  | 45 |
| 5772037803 | Metaphor | A figure of speech wherein a comparison is made between two unlike quantities without the use of the words "like" or "as." |  | 46 |
| 5772037804 | Meter | A regular pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line or lines of poetry |  | 47 |
| 5772038703 | Metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant |  | 48 |
| 5772038704 | Mood | The stance the author adopts in shaping a specific emotional perspective toward the subject of the literary work |  | 49 |
| 5772038705 | Motif | A conspicuous recurring element, such as a type of incident, a device, a reference, or verbal formula, which appears frequently in works of literature |  | 50 |
| 5772038706 | Onomatopoeia | A literary device wherein the sound of a word echoes the sound it represents |  | 51 |
| 5772039750 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction |  | 52 |
| 5772039751 | Paradox | A situation or a statement that seems to contradict itself, but on closer inspection, does not |  | 53 |
| 5772039752 | Parody | Imitative use of words, styles, attitude, tone, and ideas of an author in such a way it makes them ridiculous |  | 54 |
| 5772039753 | Persona | It is also known as a theatrical mask. It can be defined in a literary work as a voice or an assumed role of a character that represents the thoughts of a writer or a specific person the writer wants to present as his mouthpiece |  | 55 |
| 5772040624 | Personification | A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human characteristics. |  | 56 |
| 5772040625 | Polysyndeton | is the use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some could otherwise be omitted (as in "he ran and jumped and laughed for joy") |  | 57 |
| 5772040626 | Protagonist | Definition: The leading character in a novel, play, or other work; a leader or champion |  | 58 |
| 5772041450 | Pun | A play on words wherein a word is used to convey two meanings at the same time. |  | 59 |
| 5772041451 | Quatrain | A poem consisting of four lines, or four lines of a poem that can be considered as a unit. |  | 60 |
| 5772041452 | Satire | The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement |  | 61 |
| 5772041453 | Simile | figure of speech which takes the form of a comparison between two unlike quantities for which a basis for comparison can be found, and which uses the words "like" or "as" in the comparison. "clear as frost on the grass-blade,In this line, a fan of white silk is being compared to frost on a blade of grass". Note the use of the word "as" in the comparison |  | 62 |
| 5772043320 | Solioquy | is often used as a means of character revelation or character manifestation to the reader or the audience of the play. Due to a lack of time and space, it was sometimes considered essential to present information about the plot and to expose the feelings and intentions of the characters. |  | 63 |
| 5772043321 | Stream of Consciousness | is a method of narration that describes in words the flow of thoughts in the minds of the characters. |  | 64 |
| 5772044370 | Suspension of Disbelief |  | 65 | |
| 5772044371 | Symbol | Something that stands for something else, as by association, resemblance, or convention. |  | 66 |
| 5772044372 | Synecdoche | is a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part. |  | 67 |
| 5772045347 | Tone | The implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and characters of a work, |  | 68 |
| 5772045348 | Tragic Flaw | is a literary device that can be defined as a trait in a character leading to his downfall and the character is often the hero of the literary piece. |  | 69 |
| 5772045349 | Verbal Irony | When the words spoken are not meant to be understood literally |  | 70 |
| 5973646492 | Anapest | It is a metrical foot that consists of three syllables wherein the first two syllables are stressed and the last one is unstressed such as stressed/stressed/unstressed pattern. | 71 | |
| 5977594659 | Dactylic | meter consists of first stressed syllable and then two unstressed syllables (stressed/unstressed/unstressed), | 72 | |
| 5977598405 | iamb | a foot containing unaccented and short syllables followed by a long and accented syllable in a single line of a poem (unstressed/stressed syllables). | 73 | |
| 5977605238 | Trochee | Combination of stressed and unstressed syllables | 74 | |
| 5977606729 | Spondee | Combination of two stressed syllables | 75 |
