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| 9791902024 | Accent | the stressed portion of a word | 0 | |
| 9791905264 | allegory | an extended metaphor in prose or verse in which the characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface story; the underlying meaning maybe be moral, religious, political, social, or satiric | 1 | |
| 9791936359 | Alliteration | the repetition of consonant words at the beginning of words | 2 | |
| 9791954485 | allusion | reference to another work or famous figure assumed to be well known enough to be recognized by the reader | 3 | |
| 9791968498 | anachronism | an event, object, custom, person, or thing that is out of order in time; some anachronisms are unintentional while some are used satirically | 4 | |
| 9791999399 | analogy | a comparison of two similar but different things in order to clarify a relationship | 5 | |
| 9792008481 | anecdote | a short, simple narrative of an incident | 6 | |
| 9792014017 | aphorism | a short, often witty statement of a principle or truth about life | 7 | |
| 9792022580 | apostrophe | a character calls out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction either to begin a poem, or to make a dramatic break in thought somewhere within the poem | 8 | |
| 9792046909 | aside | a brief speech or comment that an actor makes to the audience supposedly without being heard by the other actors on stage; used for melodramatic or comedic effect | 9 | |
| 9792061594 | assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds between different consonants "neigh/fade" | 10 | |
| 9792077310 | ballad | a long narrative poem that presents a single dramatic episode, which is often tragic or violent; two types | 11 | |
| 9792090956 | folk ballad | one of the earliest forms of literature; usually sung or passed down orally from singer to singer | 12 | |
| 9792104272 | literary ballad | also called an art ballad; imitates the form and spirit of the folk ballad but is more polished and uses a higher level of poetic diction | 13 | |
| 9792119208 | blank verse poetry | written in unrhymed iambic pentameter; Shakespeare frequently used it in his works | 14 | |
| 9792129982 | burlesque | broad parody; will take an entire style or form, such as pastoral poetry, and exaggerate it into ridiculousness whereas just a normal parody makes fun of a specific work | 15 | |
| 9792159341 | cacophony | harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose | 16 | |
| 9792166348 | caricature | descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of appearance or facet of personality | 17 | |
| 9792176718 | catharsis | the emotional release that an audience member experiences as a result of watching a tragedy | 18 | |
| 9792185262 | chorus | in Greek drama, a group of characters who comments on the actions taking place on stage | 19 | |
| 9792193851 | classicism | the principles and styles admired in the classics of Greek and Roman literature, such as objectivity, sensibility, restraint, and formality | 20 | |
| 9792213716 | colloqualism | a word or phrase used in everyday conversation or informal writing that is sometimes inappropriate in formal writing | 21 | |
| 9792241428 | consonance | the repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowel sounds, such as "boost/best" also can be seen in several compound words such as "fulfill/ping-pong" | 22 | |
| 9792266030 | periodic sentence | a sentence that is not grammatically complete until its last phrase: "Despite Glenn's hatred of his sister's laziness and noisy eating habits, he still cared for her." | 23 | |
| 9792282764 | personification | the attribution of human qualities to a nonhuman or an inanimate object | 24 | |
| 9792292456 | persuasion | one of the four modes of discourse; language intended to convince through appeals to reason or logic; also called argument | 25 | |
| 9792310062 | Petrarchan sonnet | 26 | ||
| 9792233032 | conceit | an elaborate figure of speech in which dissimilar things or situations are compared | 27 | |
| 9792816049 | conundrum | a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun; may also be a paradox or difficult problem | 28 | |
| 9793200616 | description | the picturing in words of something or someone through detailed observation of color, sound, taste, smell, and touch; one of the modes of discourse | 29 | |
| 9793213301 | diction | word choice; also called syntax | 30 | |
| 9793216776 | discourse | spoken or written language, including literary works; the four traditionally classified modes of discourse are description, exposition, narration, and persuasion | 31 | |
| 9793239122 | dissonance | the grating of sounds that are harsh or do not go together | 32 | |
| 9793246198 | elegy | a formal poem focused on death or mortality; usually begins with the recent death of a particular person | 33 | |
| 9793254434 | end rhyme | a rhyme that comes at the end of lines of poetry | 34 | |
| 9793260332 | epic | a long narrative poem about a serious or profound subject in a dignified style; usually featuring heroic characters and deeds important in legends. ex: Iliad and Odyssey | 35 | |
| 9793279224 | epigram | a concise, witty saying in poetry or prose that either stands alone or is part of a larger work; may also refer to a short poem of this type | 36 | |
| 9793294348 | euphony | a succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose | 37 | |
| 9793300411 | exemplum | a brief tale used in medieval times to illustrate a sermon or teach a lesson | 38 | |
| 9793313257 | exposition | the immediate revelation to the audience of the setting and other background info necessary for understanding the plot | 39 |
