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| 2864517381 | diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing | 0 | |
| 2864527703 | denotation | the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests | 1 | |
| 2864530623 | connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning | 2 | |
| 2864533092 | formal diction | a type of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people | 3 | |
| 2864540445 | colloquial diction | characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal | 4 | |
| 2864543737 | abstract diction | Language that describes qualities that cannot be perceived with the five senses | 5 | |
| 2864549555 | concrete diction | refers to words that stimulate some kind of sensory response in the reader: as we read the words, we can imaginatively use our senses to experience what the words represent | 6 | |
| 2864554168 | figure of speech | a word or phrase used in a nonliteral sense to add rhetorical force to a spoken or written passage | 7 | |
| 2864555851 | simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid | 8 | |
| 2864557717 | metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable | 9 | |
| 2864563064 | personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form | 10 | |
| 2864565541 | analogy | a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification | 11 | |
| 2864570860 | extended metaphor | is when an author exploits a single metaphor or analogy at length through multiple linked vehicles, tenors, and grounds throughout a poem or story | 12 | |
| 2864572991 | hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally | 13 | |
| 2864574456 | understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is | 14 | |
| 2864576482 | paradox | a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory | 15 | |
| 2864579250 | irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect | 16 | |
| 2864587520 | verbal irony | in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning | 17 | |
| 2864588384 | imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work | 18 | |
| 2864589680 | syntax | the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language | 19 | |
| 2864591613 | simple sentences | a sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate | 20 | |
| 2864593833 | cumulative sentence | a type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases | 21 | |
| 2864599226 | periodic sentences | described as one that is not complete grammatically or semantically before the final clause or phrase | 22 | |
| 2864601529 | tone | the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc | 23 | |
| 2864608774 | free verse | poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter | 24 | |
| 2864612657 | rhyme | correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry | 25 | |
| 2864614380 | end rhyme | when a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same | 26 | |
| 2864618681 | internal rhyme | a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next | 27 | |
| 2864620646 | eye rhyme | a similarity between words in spelling but not in pronunciation | 28 | |
| 2864623033 | near rhyme | rhyming in which the words sound the same but do not rhyme perfectly | 29 | |
| 2864625084 | quatrain | a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes | 30 | |
| 2864627702 | couplets | usually comprise two lines that rhyme and have the same metre | 31 | |
| 2864631366 | rhythm | a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound | 32 | |
| 2864636585 | blank verse | verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter | 33 | |
| 2864640850 | Italian sonnet | The original Italian sonnet form divides the poem's 14 lines into two parts, the first part being an octet and the second being a sestet | 34 | |
| 2864644582 | Petrarchan sonnet | consisting of an octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba and of a sestet with one of several rhyme schemes, as cdecde or cdcdcd | 35 | |
| 2864651747 | Shakespearean sonnet | In Shakespeare's sonnets, the rhyme pattern is abab cdcd efef gg, with the final couplet used to summarize the previous 12 lines or present a surprise ending. The rhythmic pattern of the sonnets is the iambic pentameter | 36 | |
| 2864654865 | elegy | a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead | 37 | |
| 2864656743 | lyric | expressing the writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms | 38 | |
| 2864659235 | ode | a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter | 39 | |
| 2864667185 | 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 | 40 | |
| 2864668440 | enjambment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza | 41 | |
| 2864674480 | alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words | 42 | |
| 2864679219 | assonance | in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible | 43 | |
| 2864681406 | onomatopoeia | the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named | 44 | |
| 2864683384 | archaic | no longer in everyday use but sometimes used to impart an old-fashioned flavor | 45 | |
| 2864687645 | oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 46 | |
| 2864692643 | parallel structure | is the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence | 47 | |
| 2864695758 | conflict | a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one | 48 | |
| 2864698364 | exposition | a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory | 49 | |
| 2864700300 | rising action | a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest | 50 | |
| 2864702496 | climax | the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex | 51 | |
| 2864704332 | falling action | the parts of a story after the climax and before the very end | 52 | |
| 2864709424 | denouement | the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved | 53 | |
| 2864712441 | in medias res | into the middle of a narrative; without preamble | 54 | |
| 2864714671 | flashback | a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story | 55 | |
| 2864717260 | foreshadowing | be a warning or indication of (a future event) | 56 | |
| 2864719233 | bildungsroman | a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education | 57 | |
| 2864721603 | epiphany | a sudden and striking realization | 58 | |
| 2864724560 | round character | are complex and undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader | 59 | |
| 2864727043 | flat character | wo-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work | 60 | |
| 2864728575 | stock characters | ictional character based on a common literary or social stereotype | 61 | |
| 2864734551 | direct characterization | occurs when the author specifically reveals traits about the character in a direct, straightforward manner | 62 | |
| 2864738365 | indirect characterization | the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance | 63 | |
| 2864741266 | point of view | the narrator's position in relation to the story being told | 64 | |
| 2864743824 | unreliable narrator | whether in literature, film, or theatre, whose credibility has been seriously compromised | 65 | |
| 2864746531 | stream of consciousness | a narrative mode, or device, that seeks "to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind. Another term for it is 'interior monologue' | 66 | |
| 2864756543 | dialogue | The lines spoken by a character or characters in a play, essay, story, or novel, especially a conversation between two characters, or a literary work that takes the form of such a discussion | 67 | |
| 2864759037 | soliloquy | an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play | 68 | |
| 2864762696 | monologue | a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program | 69 | |
| 2864764531 | dramatic irony | irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play | 70 | |
| 2864767808 | allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference | 71 | |
| 2864770448 | juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect | 72 | |
| 2864772779 | antithesis | a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else | 73 |
