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| 9816357535 | allegory | story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning | 0 | |
| 9816357536 | alliteration | beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words | 1 | |
| 9816357537 | allusion | indirect of passing reference | 2 | |
| 9816357538 | anaphora | repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning | 3 | |
| 9816357539 | antagonist | a hostile person who is opposed to another character |  | 4 |
| 9816357540 | apostrophe | figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character |  | 5 |
| 9816357541 | approximate rhyme | words in rhyming pattern that sound alike |  | 6 |
| 9816357542 | aside | when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage |  | 7 |
| 9816357543 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |  | 8 |
| 9816357544 | blank verse | poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme |  | 9 |
| 9816357545 | cacophony | blend of unharmonious sounds |  | 10 |
| 9816357546 | caesura | pause in the middle of a line |  | 11 |
| 9816357547 | catharsis | the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse) |  | 12 |
| 9816357548 | flat character | story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic |  | 13 |
| 9816357549 | round character | character who has complex personality: contradicted person |  | 14 |
| 9816357550 | dynamic character | changes throughout the story, through major conflict |  | 15 |
| 9816357551 | static character | person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality |  | 16 |
| 9816357552 | characterization | process of revealing characters personality |  | 17 |
| 9816357553 | climax | point where conflict hits its highest point |  | 18 |
| 9816357554 | comedy | drama that is amusing or funny |  | 19 |
| 9816357555 | conflict | struggle between opposing forces |  | 20 |
| 9816357556 | connotation | secondary meaning to a word |  | 21 |
| 9816357557 | consonance | repetition of same consonant in words close together |  | 22 |
| 9816357558 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse |  | 23 |
| 9816357559 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word |  | 24 |
| 9816357560 | denouement | final outcome of the story |  | 25 |
| 9816357561 | deus ex machina | resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence |  | 26 |
| 9816357562 | didactic writing | writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach |  | 27 |
| 9816357563 | direct presentation of character | author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story |  | 28 |
| 9816357564 | double rhyme | rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn) | 29 | |
| 9816357565 | dramatic exposition | prose commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world |  | 30 |
| 9816357566 | end rhyme | rhymes occurring at the end of line |  | 31 |
| 9816357567 | end stopped line | line ending in regular punctuation |  | 32 |
| 9816357568 | English sonnet | a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg |  | 33 |
| 9816357569 | epiphany | when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life |  | 34 |
| 9816357570 | euphony | smooth choice and arrangement of sounds |  | 35 |
| 9816357571 | extended figure | A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem. |  | 36 |
| 9816357572 | falling action | Events after the climax, leading to the resolution |  | 37 |
| 9816357573 | feminine rhyme | lines rhymed by their final two syllables |  | 38 |
| 9816357574 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. |  | 39 |
| 9816357575 | figure of speech | a way of saying something other than the ordinary way |  | 40 |
| 9816357576 | foot | basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables |  | 41 |
| 9816357577 | form | external pattern or shape of a poem |  | 42 |
| 9816357578 | free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |  | 43 |
| 9816357579 | hamartia | tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall |  | 44 |
| 9816357580 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) |  | 45 |
| 9816357581 | indirect presentation of character | the personality of a character is revealed by what he or she does or says |  | 46 |
| 9816357582 | internal rhyme | A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line |  | 47 |
| 9816357583 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality |  | 48 |
| 9816357584 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |  | 49 |
| 9816357585 | dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. |  | 50 |
| 9816357586 | irony of situation | refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended |  | 51 |
| 9816357587 | italian sonnet | A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd |  | 52 |
| 9816357588 | masculine rhyme | A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable |  | 53 |
| 9816357589 | melodrama | a play based upon a dramatic plot and developed sensationally |  | 54 |
| 9816357590 | metaphor | A comparison without using like or as |  | 55 |
| 9816357591 | meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |  | 56 |
| 9816357592 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it |  | 57 |
| 9816357593 | motivation | A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior |  | 58 |
| 9816357594 | narrator | Person telling the story |  | 59 |
| 9816357595 | octave | 8 line stanza |  | 60 |
| 9816357596 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. |  | 61 |
| 9816357597 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor |  | 62 |
| 9816357598 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. |  | 63 |
| 9816357599 | paradox | A contradiction or dilemma |  | 64 |
| 9816357600 | paraphrase | A restatement of a text or passage in your own words. |  | 65 |
| 9816357601 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |  | 66 |
| 9816357602 | plot | Sequence of events in a story | | 67 |
| 9816357603 | point of view | The perspective from which a story is told |  | 68 |
| 9816357604 | omniscient point of view | The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person. |  | 69 |
| 9816357605 | third person limited point of view | narrator tells the story from only one character's point of view | 70 | |
| 9816357606 | first person point of view | a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself | 71 | |
| 9816357607 | objective point of view | a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story with no comment on any characters or events. | 72 | |
| 9816357608 | protagonist | Main character | 73 | |
| 9816357609 | quatrain | A four-line stanza | 74 | |
| 9816357610 | rhythm | a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound | 75 | |
| 9816357611 | rhyme scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem | 76 | |
| 9816357612 | rising action | Events leading up to the climax | 77 | |
| 9816357613 | sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt | 78 | |
| 9816357614 | 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. | 79 | |
| 9816357615 | scansion | Analysis of verse into metrical patterns | 80 | |
| 9816357616 | sestet | six-line stanza | 81 | |
| 9816357617 | setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. | 82 | |
| 9816357618 | simile | A comparison of unlike things using a comparison word such as "like" or "as" | 83 | |
| 9816357619 | soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage | 84 | |
| 9816357620 | sonnet | 14-line poem | 85 | |
| 9816357621 | stanza | A group of lines in a poem | 86 | |
| 9816357622 | 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. | 87 | |
| 9816357623 | syllabic verse | Verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of feet per line. | 88 | |
| 9816357624 | symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else | 89 | |
| 9816357625 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 90 | |
| 9816357626 | synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") | 91 | |
| 9816357627 | tercet | three-line stanza | 92 | |
| 9816357628 | terza rima | a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc. | 93 | |
| 9816357629 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature, a generalization about the human condition | 94 | |
| 9816357630 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 95 | |
| 9816357631 | tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character | 96 | |
| 9816357632 | truncation | the omission of one or more unaccented syllables at the beginning or the end of a line of verse. | 97 | |
| 9816357633 | understatement | the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis | 98 | |
| 9816357634 | verse | A single line of poetry. Also, writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme | 99 | |
| 9816357635 | villanelle | a nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the other tercets and with both repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain. | 100 |
