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| 4919302311 | Accent | the stressed portion of a word | 0 | |
| 4919302312 | Allegory | an extended narrative in prose or verse in which 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 may be moral, religious, political, social, or satiric | 1 | |
| 4919302313 | Alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close to one another | 2 | |
| 4919304263 | Anachronism | an event, object, custom, person, or thing that is out of order in time | 3 | |
| 4919304264 | Anecdote | a short, simple narrative of an incident | 4 | |
| 4919305678 | Aphorism | a short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life | 5 | |
| 4919305679 | Apostrophe | usually in poetry (not grammar, but sometimes in prose) the device of calling 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 | 6 | |
| 4919305680 | Aside | a brief speech or comment that an actor makes to the audience, supposedly without being heard by the other actors on stage; often used for melodramatic or comedic effect | 7 | |
| 4919305681 | Assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds between different consonants | 8 | |
| 4919308240 | Folk Ballad | one of the earliest forms of literature, this ballad was usually sung and was passed down orally from singer to singer; its author (if a single author) is generally unknown, and its form and melody often changed according to a singer's preference | 9 | |
| 4919308241 | Literary Ballad | also called an art ballad, this is a ballad that imitates the form and spirit of the folk ballad, but is more polished and uses a higher level of poetic diction | 10 | |
| 4919311327 | Blank Verse | poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter; a favorite form used by Shakespeare | 11 | |
| 4919311328 | Cacophony | harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose | 12 | |
| 4919311329 | Catharsis | the emotional release that an audience member experiences as a result of watching a tragedy | 13 | |
| 4919313443 | Chorus | in Greek drama, a group of characters who comments on the action taking place on stage | 14 | |
| 4919313444 | Classicism | the principles and styles admired in the classics of Greek and Roman literature, such as objectivity, sensibility, restraint, and formality | 15 | |
| 4919315617 | Colloquialism | a word or phrase used in everyday conversation and informal writing that is sometimes inappropriate in formal writing | 16 | |
| 4919320176 | Conceit | an elaborate figure of speech in which two seemingly dissimilar things or situations are compared | 17 | |
| 4919325914 | Consonance | the repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowel sounds | 18 | |
| 4919349890 | Conundrum | a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun; may also be a paradox or difficult problem | 19 | |
| 4919360338 | Diction | word choice | 20 | |
| 4919360339 | Elegy | a formal poem focusing on death or mortality, usually beginning with the recent death of a particular person | 21 | |
| 4919360340 | End Rhyme | a rhyme that comes at the end of lines of poetry | 22 | |
| 4919360341 | Epic | a long narrative poem about a serious or profound subject in a dignified style; usually featuring heroic characters and deeds important in legends | 23 | |
| 4919361768 | 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 | 24 | |
| 4946019661 | Euphony | a succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose | 25 | |
| 4946019662 | Exemplum | a brief tale used in medieval times to illustrate a sermon or teach a lesson | 26 | |
| 4946020578 | Exposition | the immediate revelation to the audience of the setting and other background information necessary for understanding the plot | 27 | |
| 4946020579 | Farce | a light, dramatic composition characterized by broad satirical comedy and a highly improbable plot | 28 | |
| 4946020580 | Figurative Language | language that contains figures of speech such as similes and metaphors in order to create associations that are imaginative rather than literal | 29 | |
| 4946021747 | Figures of Speech | expressions such as similes, metaphors, and personifications that make imaginative, rather than literal, comparisons or associations | 30 | |
| 4946022376 | Foil | a character who, by contrast, highlights the characteristics of another character | 31 | |
| 4946022377 | Folklore | traditional stories, songs, dances, and customs that are preserved among a people; folklore usually precedes literature, being passed down orally between generations until recorded by scholars | 32 | |
| 4946022378 | Anapest (foot) | two unstressed followed by one stressed syllable | 33 | |
| 4946024198 | Dactyl (foot) | one stressed followed by two unstressed syllables | 34 | |
| 4946024199 | Spondee (foot) | two successive stressed syllables | 35 | |
| 4946025205 | Trochee (foot) | one stressed followed by one unstressed syllable | 36 | |
| 4946025206 | Foreshadowing | the use of a hint or clue to suggest a larger event that occurs later in the work | 37 | |
| 4946025207 | Free Verse | poetry that is written without a regular meter, usually without rhyme | 38 | |
| 4946025745 | Genre | a type of literary work, such as a novel or poem; there are also subgenres, such as science fiction novel and sonnet, within the larger genres | 39 | |
| 4946025746 | Gothic | referring to a type of novel that emerged in the eighteenth century that uses mystery, suspense, and sensational and supernatural occurrences to evoke terror | 40 |
