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| 4082083735 | Allusion | a reference in literature or in art to previous literature, history, mythology, pop culture/current events or the Bible | 0 | |
| 4082084787 | Analysis | The process of examining the components of a literary work | 1 | |
| 4082085840 | Antagonist | A character who functions as a resisting force to the goals of the protagonist | 2 | |
| 4082484041 | antihero | a protagonist who carries the action of the literary piece but does not embody the classic characteristics of courage, strength, and nobility | 3 | |
| 4082484827 | archetype | a character, situation, or symbol that is familiar to people from all cultures because it occurs frequently in literature, myth, religion, or folklore | 4 | |
| 4082489807 | colloquial | relating to slang or regional dialect, used in familiar everyday conversation/ an informal style that reflects the way people spoke in a distinct time and/or place | 5 | |
| 4082489808 | connotation | associations a word calls to mind (including emotions/ different from dictionary definition) | 6 | |
| 4082490762 | denotation | dictionary or literal meaning of a word phrase | 7 | |
| 4082491120 | denouement | outcome or clarification at the end of a story or play/ the winding down from a climax to ending | 8 | |
| 4082492567 | diction | the deliberate choice of a style of language for a desired effect or tone. | 9 | |
| 4082493202 | didactic | a story, speech, essay or play that is one in which the author's primary purpose is to instruct, teach or moralize | 10 | |
| 4082493756 | figurative language | uses metaphors, simile, personification to appeal to one's sense. Most poetry contains this | 11 | |
| 4082495248 | flashback | interruption of a narrative by the introduction of an earlier event or by an image of a past experience | 12 | |
| 4082495930 | genre | category into which a piece of writing can be classified poetry, prose, drama | 13 | |
| 4082496794 | imagery | anything that affects or appeals to the reader's sense: sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell | 14 | |
| 4082498033 | metaphor | figure of speech that compares two dissimilar things, asserting that one thing is another thing | 15 | |
| 4082499599 | myth | a story, usually with supernatural significance, that explains the origins of gods, heroes, or natural phenomena. They are fictional stories but they also contain deeper truths | 16 | |
| 4082500420 | personification | attribution of human characteristics to an animal or to an inanimate object | 17 | |
| 4082501648 | point of view | perspective or the speaker or narrator in a literary work | 18 | |
| 4082501965 | protagonist | the main or principal character in a work | 19 | |
| 4082502201 | simile | a comparison of unlike things using the words like, as or so | 20 | |
| 4082502872 | style | the way a writer uses language. Takes into account word choice, diction, figures of speech and so on. writer's "voice" | 21 | |
| 4082503471 | symbol | a concrete object, scene, or action which has deeper significance because it is associated with something else, often an important idea or theme in the work | 22 | |
| 4082504528 | syntax | the way in which words, phrases, and sentences are ordered and connected | 23 | |
| 4082504925 | theme | central idea of a literary work | 24 | |
| 4082505199 | tone | refers to the author's attitude toward the subject, and often sets the mood of the piece | 25 |
