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| 6746152169 | allegory | story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning | 0 | |
| 6746152170 | alliteration | beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words | 1 | |
| 6746152171 | allusion | indirect of passing reference | 2 | |
| 6746152172 | anaphora | repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning | 3 | |
| 6746152173 | antagonist | a hostile person who is opposed to another character |  | 4 |
| 6746152174 | apostrophe | figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character |  | 5 |
| 6746152176 | aside | when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage |  | 6 |
| 6746152177 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |  | 7 |
| 6746152178 | blank verse | poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme |  | 8 |
| 6746152179 | cacophony | blend of unharmonious sounds |  | 9 |
| 6746152181 | catharsis | the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse) |  | 10 |
| 6746152182 | flat character | story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic |  | 11 |
| 6746152183 | round character | character who has complex personality: contradicted person |  | 12 |
| 6746152184 | dynamic character | changes throughout the story, through major conflict |  | 13 |
| 6746152185 | static character | person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality |  | 14 |
| 6746152186 | characterization | process of revealing characters personality |  | 15 |
| 6746152187 | climax | point where conflict hits its highest point |  | 16 |
| 6746152188 | comedy | drama that is amusing or funny |  | 17 |
| 6746152189 | conflict | struggle between opposing forces |  | 18 |
| 6746152190 | connotation | secondary meaning to a word |  | 19 |
| 6746152191 | consonance | repetition of same consonant in words close together |  | 20 |
| 6746152192 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse |  | 21 |
| 6746152193 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word |  | 22 |
| 6746152195 | deus ex machina | resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence |  | 23 |
| 6746152194 | denouement | final outcome of the story |  | 24 |
| 6746152196 | didactic writing | writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach |  | 25 |
| 6746152198 | double rhyme | rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn) | 26 | |
| 6746152199 | dramatic exposition | prose commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world |  | 27 |
| 6746152200 | end rhyme | rhymes occurring at the end of line |  | 28 |
| 6746152201 | end stopped line | line ending in regular punctuation |  | 29 |
| 6746152202 | English (Shakespearean) sonnet | a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg |  | 30 |
| 6746152203 | epiphany | when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life |  | 31 |
| 6746152204 | euphony | smooth choice and arrangement of sounds |  | 32 |
| 6746152205 | extended figure | A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem. |  | 33 |
| 6746152208 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. |  | 34 |
| 6746152209 | figure of speech | a way of saying something other than the ordinary way |  | 35 |
| 6746152211 | form | external pattern or shape of a poem |  | 36 |
| 6746152212 | free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |  | 37 |
| 6746152214 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) |  | 38 |
| 6746152215 | indirect presentation of character | the personality of a character is revealed by what he or she does or says |  | 39 |
| 6746152216 | internal rhyme | A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line |  | 40 |
| 6746152217 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality |  | 41 |
| 6746152218 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |  | 42 |
| 6746152219 | dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. |  | 43 |
| 6746152220 | situational irony | refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended |  | 44 |
| 6746152221 | italian sonnet | A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd |  | 45 |
| 6746152224 | metaphor | A comparison without using like or as |  | 46 |
| 6746152225 | meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |  | 47 |
| 6746152226 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it |  | 48 |
| 6746152227 | motivation | A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior |  | 49 |
| 6746152228 | narrator | Person telling the story |  | 50 |
| 6746152229 | octave | 8 line stanza |  | 51 |
| 6746152230 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. |  | 52 |
| 6746152231 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor |  | 53 |
| 6746152232 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. |  | 54 |
| 6746152233 | paradox | A contradiction or dilemma |  | 55 |
| 6746152235 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |  | 56 |
| 6746152236 | plot | Sequence of events in a story | | 57 |
| 6746152237 | point of view | The perspective from which a story is told |  | 58 |
| 6746152238 | omniscient point of view | The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person. |  | 59 |
| 6746152239 | third person limited point of view | narrator tells the story from only one character's point of view | 60 | |
| 6746152240 | first person point of view | a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself | 61 | |
| 6746152241 | objective point of view | a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story with no comment on any characters or events. | 62 | |
| 6746152242 | protagonist | Main character | 63 | |
| 6746152243 | quatrain | A four-line stanza | 64 | |
| 6746152244 | rhythm | a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound | 65 | |
| 6746152245 | rhyme scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem | 66 | |
| 6746152247 | sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt | 67 | |
| 6746152248 | 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. | 68 | |
| 6746152249 | scansion | Analysis of verse into metrical patterns | 69 | |
| 6746152250 | sestet | six-line stanza | 70 | |
| 6746152251 | setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. | 71 | |
| 6746152252 | simile | A comparison of unlike things using a comparison word such as "like" or "as" | 72 | |
| 6746152253 | soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage | 73 | |
| 6746152254 | sonnet | 14-line poem | 74 | |
| 6746152255 | stanza | A group of lines in a poem | 75 | |
| 6746152256 | stream of consciousness | a literary style in which a character's thoughts, feelings, and reactions are depicted in a continuous flow uninterrupted by objective description or conventional dialogue. | 76 | |
| 6746152257 | syllabic verse | Verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of feet per line. | 77 | |
| 6746152258 | symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else | 78 | |
| 6746152259 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 79 | |
| 6746152260 | synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") | 80 | |
| 6746152263 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature, a generalization about the human condition | 81 | |
| 6746152264 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 82 | |
| 6746152265 | tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character | 83 | |
| 6746152267 | understatement | the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis | 84 | |
| 6746152268 | verse | A single line of poetry. Also, writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme | 85 | |
| 6748520019 | ambiguity | when, for a higher purpose, an author intentionally suggests more than one, and sometimes contradictory, interpretations of a situation | 86 | |
| 6748530209 | anthropomorphism | A literary technique in which the author gives human characteristics to non-human objects | 87 | |
| 6748533839 | conceit | an unusual, elaborate, or startling analogy, a poetic literary device which was common among the Metaphysical poets of the 17th century | 88 | |
| 6748540421 | digression | a literary device in which the author creates a temporary departure from the main subject or narrative in order to focus on a related matter | 89 | |
| 6748550170 | double-entendre | ). A literary device which consists of a double meaning, especially when the second meaning is impolite or risqué. | 90 | |
| 6748553897 | elegy | a meditative poem in the classical tradition of certain Greek and Roman poems, which deals with more serious subject | 91 | |
| 6748560532 | epithet | : a picturesque tag or nickname associated with a certain character | 92 | |
| 6748565714 | juxtaposition | The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development | 93 |
