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| 9277601701 | allegory | story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning |  | 0 |
| 9277601702 | alliteration | beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words |  | 1 |
| 9277601703 | allusion | indirect of passing reference |  | 2 |
| 9277601704 | anaphora | repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning |  | 3 |
| 9277601705 | antagonist | a hostile person who is opposed to another character |  | 4 |
| 9277601706 | apostrophe | figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character |  | 5 |
| 9277601707 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |  | 6 |
| 9277601708 | flat character | story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic |  | 7 |
| 9277601709 | round character | character who has complex personality: contradicted person |  | 8 |
| 9277601710 | dynamic character | changes throughout the story, through major conflict |  | 9 |
| 9277601711 | static character | person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality |  | 10 |
| 9277601712 | characterization | process of revealing characters personality |  | 11 |
| 9277601713 | climax | point where conflict hits its highest point |  | 12 |
| 9277601714 | comedy | drama that is amusing or funny |  | 13 |
| 9277601715 | conflict | struggle between opposing forces |  | 14 |
| 9277601716 | connotation | secondary meaning to a word |  | 15 |
| 9277601717 | consonance | repetition of same consonant in words close together |  | 16 |
| 9277601718 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse |  | 17 |
| 9277601719 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word |  | 18 |
| 9277601720 | denouement | final outcome of the story |  | 19 |
| 9277601721 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. |  | 20 |
| 9277601722 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) |  | 21 |
| 9277601723 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality |  | 22 |
| 9277601724 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |  | 23 |
| 9277601725 | dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. |  | 24 |
| 9277601726 | irony of situation | refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended |  | 25 |
| 9277601727 | metaphor | A comparison without using like or as |  | 26 |
| 9277601728 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it |  | 27 |
| 9277601729 | motivation | A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior |  | 28 |
| 9277601730 | narrator | Person telling the story |  | 29 |
| 9277601731 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. |  | 30 |
| 9277601732 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor |  | 31 |
| 9277601733 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. |  | 32 |
| 9277601734 | paradox | A contradiction or dilemma |  | 33 |
| 9277601735 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |  | 34 |
| 9277601736 | plot | Sequence of events in a story | | 35 |
| 9277601737 | omniscient point of view | The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person. |  | 36 |
| 9277601738 | third person limited point of view | narrator tells the story from only one character's pov |  | 37 |
| 9277601739 | first person point of view | a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself |  | 38 |
| 9277601740 | objective point of view | a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events. |  | 39 |
| 9277601741 | protagonist | Main character |  | 40 |
| 9277601742 | quatrain | A four line stanza |  | 41 |
| 9277601743 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. |  | 42 |
| 9277601744 | soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage |  | 43 |
| 9277601745 | stream of consciousness | private thoughts of a character without commentary |  | 44 |
| 9277601746 | symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else |  | 45 |
| 9277601747 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |  | 46 |
| 9277601748 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature |  | 47 |
| 9277601749 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character |  | 48 |
| 9277601750 | tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character |  | 49 |
| 9277601751 | understatement | the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis |  | 50 |
