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| 9857539532 | Allegory | A story or poem with two levels of meaning: literal and symbolic. In this type of story, almost every character, item, action, etc. is symbolic. | 0 | |
| 9857539533 | Alliteration | When several words in close proximity begin with the same consonant sound | 1 | |
| 9857539534 | Allusion | A reference to another text, event, or historical/literary figure | 2 | |
| 9857539535 | Anaphora | When the first few words of successive sentences or lines of poetry are the same |  | 3 |
| 9857539536 | Antagonist | The character who works against the protagonist | 4 | |
| 9857539537 | Apostrophe | Figure of speech used to address something which can not respond back | 5 | |
| 9857539538 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds in words which appear close to one another in a poem or passage | 6 | |
| 9857539539 | Dynamic character | A character who changes as a result of the events of the plot | 7 | |
| 9857539540 | Static character | A character whose personality remains the same throughout the events of the plot | 8 | |
| 9857539541 | Characterization | The process of revealing a character's personality | 9 | |
| 9857539542 | Climax | The part of the story where conflict hits its highest point | 10 | |
| 9857539543 | Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces | 11 | |
| 9857539544 | Connotation | The secondary meanings of a word, including their emotional connections | 12 | |
| 9857539545 | Consonance | Repetition of same consonant in words close together | 13 | |
| 9857539546 | Couplet | Two rhyming lines in verse | 14 | |
| 9857539547 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word | 15 | |
| 9857539548 | Denouement | The final outcome of the story | 16 | |
| 9857539549 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 17 | |
| 9857539550 | Verbal irony | A figure of speech in which there is a difference between what is said and what is meant | 18 | |
| 9857539551 | Dramatic irony | A type of irony in which the audience or reader knows more than a character knows | 19 | |
| 9857539552 | Situational irony | A type of irony which occurs when there is a difference between expectation and reality | 20 | |
| 9857539553 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 21 | |
| 9857539554 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is closely associated with it | 22 | |
| 9857539555 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 23 | |
| 9857539556 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 24 | |
| 9857539557 | Paradox | A statement which seems to contradict itself but actually reveals a truth | 25 | |
| 9857539558 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 26 | |
| 9857539559 | Omniscient point of view | The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person. | 27 | |
| 9857539560 | Third person limited point of view | An outside narrator tells the story from only one character's pov | 28 | |
| 9857539561 | First person point of view | A character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself | 29 | |
| 9857539562 | Objective point of view | A narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events. | 30 | |
| 9857539563 | Protagonist | The character with whom the audience is led to sympathize; often the main character | 31 | |
| 9857539564 | Quatrain | A four line stanza | 32 | |
| 9857539565 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies in order to promote change | 33 | |
| 9857539566 | Soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage | 34 | |
| 9857539567 | Stream of consciousness | A style of narration which imitates the characters' uninterrupted thought process | 35 | |
| 9857539568 | Symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else | 36 | |
| 9857539569 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole | 37 | |
| 9857539570 | Theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 38 | |
| 9857539571 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 39 | |
| 9857539572 | Tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character | 40 | |
| 9857539573 | Understatement | The deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is | 41 | |
| 9857539574 | Bildungsroman | Term for a "coming of age" novel or play | 42 | |
| 9857539575 | Blank verse | Lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter | 43 | |
| 9857539576 | Free verse | Poetry which has neither consistent rhyme nor meter | 44 | |
| 9857539577 | Meter | The regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | 45 | |
| 9857539578 | Elegy | A sad poem about a death, usually memorializing the person who has died | 46 | |
| 9857539579 | Ode | A serious poem glorifying the subject | 47 | |
| 9857539580 | Iambic pentameter | A line of poetry consisting of five feet of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one | 48 | |
| 9857539581 | Mood | The feeling or atmosphere created in a work of literature | 49 | |
| 9857539582 | Conceit | A lengthy comparison between two dissimilar items | 50 | |
| 9857539583 | Diction | An author's word choice | 51 | |
| 9857539584 | Dramatic monologue | A long poem in which a single speaker talks to a silent audience, revealing his or her inner thoughts | 52 | |
| 9857539585 | Foreshadowing | Hints or clues about what is to come later in a work of literature | 53 | |
| 9857539586 | Foil | Two characters with opposing traits whose purpose is to highlight each others' differences | 54 | |
| 9857539587 | Lyric poem | A poem which is about thoughts and feelings | 55 | |
| 9857539588 | Narrative poem | A poem which tells a complete story; includes plot, characters, setting, and theme | 56 | |
| 9857539589 | Sonnet | A fourteen line poem which follows a specific pattern of rhyme | 57 | |
| 9857539590 | Villanelle | A 19 line poem which uses only two rhyming sounds and repeats two refrains throughout the course of the poem | 58 |
