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| 7682102681 | Adage | A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language | 0 | |
| 7682102682 | Anachronism | A person, scene, event, or other element that fails to correspond to the time period the work is set in | 1 | |
| 7682102683 | Annotation | A brief explanation or summary about a text | 2 | |
| 7682102684 | Antithesis | A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of grammatical structure | 3 | |
| 7682102685 | Apollonian | The most noble/godlike qualities of human nature | 4 | |
| 7682102686 | Archetype | An original form of an object | 5 | |
| 7682102687 | Bathos | The use of insincere or overdone sentimentality | 6 | |
| 7682102688 | Belle-Lettres | French term for the world of literature | 7 | |
| 7682102689 | Bildungsroman | German title for a book that follows a series of events as the hero travels in quest of his/her goal | 8 | |
| 7682102690 | Bombast | Inflated or pretentious language | 9 | |
| 7682102691 | Burlesque | A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject | 10 | |
| 7682102692 | Cacophony | Inharmonious sounds | 11 | |
| 7682102693 | Caesura | A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse, often marked by punctuation | 12 | |
| 7682102694 | Canon | Works widely read and studied | 13 | |
| 7682102695 | Caricature | A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things | 14 | |
| 7682102696 | Deus ex machina | In literature, the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem. | 15 | |
| 7682102697 | Dionysian | As distinguished from Apollonian, the word refers to sensual, pleasure-seeking impulses | 16 | |
| 7682102698 | Elegy | A poem or prose selection that laments or meditates on the passing or death of something or someone of value | 17 | |
| 7682102699 | Elliptical Construction | A sentence containing a deliberate omission of words. | 18 | |
| 7682102700 | Empathy | A feeling of association or identification with an object or person | 19 | |
| 7682102701 | End-stopped | A term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation. | 20 | |
| 7682102702 | Epigram | A concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement | 21 | |
| 7682102703 | Euphony | Pleasing, harmonious sounds | 22 | |
| 7682102704 | Epithet | An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking qualification of a person or thing. | 23 | |
| 7682102705 | Eponymous | A term for a title character of a work of literature. | 24 | |
| 7682102706 | Euphemism | A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term | 25 | |
| 7682102707 | Exegesis | A detailed analysis or interpretation of a work of literature | 26 | |
| 7682102708 | Expose | A piece of writing that reveals weakness, faults, frailties, or other short-comings | 27 | |
| 7682102709 | Explication | The interpretation or analysis of a text | 28 | |
| 7682102710 | Farce | A comedy that contains an extravagant or nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose. | 29 | |
| 7682102666 | Harangue | A forceful sermon, lecture, or tirade | 30 | |
| 7682102667 | Heroic couplet | Two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth-century verse | 31 | |
| 7682102668 | Humanism | A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity | 32 | |
| 7682102669 | Idyll | A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place | 33 | |
| 7682102670 | In medias res | A Latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point | 34 | |
| 7682102671 | Invective | A direct verbal assault; a denunciation | 35 | |
| 7682102672 | Kenning | A device employed in Anglo-Saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities | 36 | |
| 7682102673 | Lampoon | A mocking, satirical assault on a person or situation | 37 | |
| 7682102674 | Litotes | A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity | 38 | |
| 7682102675 | Loose sentence | A sentence that follows the customary word order of English sentences. The main idea of the sentence is presented first and is then followed by one or more subordinate clauses | 39 | |
| 7682102676 | Maxim | A saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth | 40 | |
| 7682102677 | Melodrama | A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response | 41 | |
| 7682102678 | Metaphysical poetry | The work of poets, particularly those of the seventeenth century, that uses elaborate conceits, is highly intellectual, and expresses the complexities of love and life | 42 | |
| 7682102679 | Mock epic | A parody of traditional epic form, it usually treats a frivolous topic with extreme seriousness, using convictions such as invocations to the Muse, action-packed battle scenes, and accounts of heroic exploits | 43 | |
| 7682102680 | Montage | A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea | 44 | |
| 7682102718 | Naturalism | A term often used as a synonym for realism, also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic | 45 | |
| 7682102719 | Non sequitur | A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before | 46 | |
| 7682102720 | Ode | A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings towards the subject. | 47 | |
| 7682102721 | Ottava rima | An eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem | 48 | |
| 7682102722 | Parody | An imitation of a work meant to ridicule its style and subject | 49 | |
| 7682102723 | Pastoral | A work of literature dealing with rural life | 50 | |
| 7682102724 | Pathetic fallacy | Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects | 51 | |
| 7682102725 | Pathos | An element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow | 52 | |
| 7682102726 | Pentameter | A verse with five poetic feet per line | 53 | |
| 7682102727 | Periodic sentence | A sentence that departs from the usual word order of English sentences by expressing its main thoughts only at the end | 54 | |
| 7682102728 | Picaresque novel | An episodic novel about a rogue-like a wanderer who lives off his wits | 55 | |
| 7682102729 | Prosody | The grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry | 56 | |
| 7682102730 | Pulp fiction | Novels written for mass consumption, often emphasizing exciting and titillating plots | 57 | |
| 7682102731 | Rhetoric | The language of a work and its style; words, often highly emotional, used to convince or sway an audience | 58 | |
| 7682102732 | Rhetorical stance | Language that conveys a speaker's attitude or opinion with regard to a particular subject | 59 | |
| 7682102711 | Roman a clef | French for a novel in which historical events and actual people appear in a fictional story | 60 | |
| 7682102712 | Sentiment | A synonym for view or feeling or a refined and tender emotion in literature | 61 | |
| 7682102713 | Stream of consciousness | A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind | 62 | |
| 7682102714 | Trope | The generic name for a figure of speech such as image, symbol, simile, or metaphor | 63 | |
| 7682102716 | Versification | The structural form of a line of verse as compared to the number of feet it contains | 64 | |
| 7682102715 | Verisimilitude | Similar to the truth or the quality of realism that persuades readers to believe that they are getting a vision of life as it is | 65 | |
| 7682102717 | Villanelle | A French verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of nineteen lines in a prescribed pattern of rhymes | 66 |
