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| 7349913035 | Aesthetics | "Philosophical investigation into the nature of beauty and the perception of beauty, especially in the arts; the theory of art or artistic taste." | 0 | |
| 7349913036 | Allegory | A story or visual image with a second distinct meaning partially hidden behind its literal or visible meaning... In written narrative, it involves a continuous parallel between two (or more) levels of meaning in a story, so that its persons and events correspond to their equivalents in a system of ideas or a chain of events external to the tale. | 1 | |
| 7349913037 | Allusion | An indirect or passing reference to some event, person, place, or artistic work.... the nature and relevance of which is not explained by the writer but relies on the reader's familiarity with what is mentioned. | 2 | |
| 7349913038 | Ambiguity | Containing two or more meanings. | 3 | |
| 7349913039 | Analogy | A resemblance of relations, an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. | 4 | |
| 7349913040 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences. example: "In books, I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs are set forth; from books come forth the laws of peace." -Richard de Bury | 5 | |
| 7349913041 | Anecdote | A very short tale told by a character in a literary work. examples: I "Canterbury Tales," "The Miller's Tale" and "The Carpenter's Tale" | 6 | |
| 7349913042 | Antagonist | Character/force that opposes the protagonist in a story and gives rise to the conflict of the story | 7 | |
| 7349913043 | Anti-hero | A protagonist who has the oposite of most of the traditional attributes of a hero... may be bewildered, ineffectual, deluded, or merely pathetic | 8 | |
| 7349913044 | Aphorism | A brief statement which expresses an observation on life, usually intended as a wise observation example: Benjamin Franklin Drive - thy business; let it not drive thee | 9 | |
| 7349913045 | Apostrophe | Figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman | 10 | |
| 7349913046 | Archetype | A term used to describe universal symbols that evoke deep and sometimes unconscious responses in a reader... characters, images, and themes that symbolically embody universal meanings and basic human experiences. | 11 | |
| 7349913047 | Aside | A device in which a character in a drama makes a short speech which is heard by the audience but not by other characters in the play. | 12 | |
| 7349913048 | Asyndeton | The omission of a conjunction from a list; gives the impression that the list may not be complete. example: "She likes pickles, olives, dates, raisins, pretzels." to "She likes pickles, olives, dates, raisins, AND pretzels." | 13 | |
| 7349913049 | Canon | A Greek word that implies rule or law... in literature as the source which regulates which selection of authors or works, would be considered important pieces of literature. | 14 |
