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| 6159644811 | Protagonist | the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. |  | 0 |
| 6159770229 | Paradox | Statement which seems to contradict itself |  | 1 |
| 6159761815 | Masculine ending | stressed extra syllable at the end of a line |  | 2 |
| 6159795837 | Memoir | An account of the personal experiences of an author |  | 3 |
| 6159814586 | Personification | A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form |  | 4 |
| 6159835013 | Poetic Justice | The rewarding of virtue and the punishment of vice in the resolution of a plot. The character, as they say, gets what he/she deserves |  | 5 |
| 6159855715 | Prequel | A literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel |  | 6 |
| 6159824047 | Epiphany | Sudden enlightenment or realization, a profound new outlook or understanding about the world usually attained while doing everyday mundane activities |  | 7 |
| 6159868273 | Prologue | An introduction or preface, especially a poem recited to introduce a play |  | 8 |
| 6159881924 | Prose | Ordinary speech or writing without metrical structure, written in paragraph form |  | 9 |
| 6159899192 | Pun | Play on words, when two words have multiple meanings and spellings and are used in a humorous manner |  | 10 |
| 6159908510 | Rhyme | The repetition of sounds in words |  | 11 |
| 6159923973 | Rising Action | The events of a dramatic or narrative plot preceding the climax |  | 12 |
| 6159914930 | Rhyme Scheme | The act of assigning letters in the alphabet to demonstrate the rhyming lines in a poem |  | 13 |
| 6159837533 | Metonymy | The use of a word or phrase to stand in for something else which it is often associated |  | 14 |
| 6159846773 | Motif | A dominant theme or central idea |  | 15 |
| 6159858822 | First Person | The narrator is a character in the story |  | 16 |
| 6159914336 | Simile | A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by "like" or "as" |  | 17 |
| 6159930564 | Flat Character | A literary character whose personality can be defined by one or two traits and does not change over the course of the story. |  | 18 |
| 6159950423 | Foil | A character that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another. |  | 19 |
| 6159969675 | Folklore | The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally. |  | 20 |
| 6159985364 | Foot | The metrical length of a line is determined by the number of feet it contains. |  | 21 |
| 6160007554 | Lamb | An iambic foot has two syllables. The first is stressed and the seconded is unstressed. |  | 22 |
| 6160020166 | Trochee | A trochaic foot has two syllables. The first is stressed and the second is unstressed. |  | 23 |
| 6160044742 | Dactyl | A foot that has three syllables beginning with a stressed syllable; the other two unstressed. |  | 24 |
| 6160067015 | Anapest | An anapestic foot has three syllables. The first two are unstressed with the third stressed. |  | 25 |
| 6159886728 | Round character | A character who is developed over the course of the book, round, characters are usually major characters in a novel |  | 26 |
| 6159955887 | Tone | Reflects how the author feels about the subject matter or the feeling the author wants to instill in the reader. |  | 27 |
| 6159910942 | Illocution | Language that avoids meaning of the words. When we speak, sometimes we conceal intentions or side step the true subject of a conversation. Writing illocution expresses two stories, one of which is not apparent to the characters, but is apparent to the reader. |  | 28 |
| 6159902263 | Satire | A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit; the goal is to change the behavior/issue. Authors known for satires are Jonathan Swift and George Orwell |  | 29 |
| 6159905620 | Oblique Rhyme | Imperfect rhyme scheme |  | 30 |
| 6159911924 | flashbacks | When a character remembers a past event that is relevant to the current situation of the story. |  | 31 |
| 6159955271 | Irony | When one thing should occur, is apparent, or in logical sequence but the opposite actually occurs. Example: A man in the ocean might say, "Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink." |  | 32 |
| 6159915333 | Tragedy | A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances. |  | 33 |
| 6159907937 | Ode | A lyric poem of some length, usually of a serious or meditative nature |  | 34 |
| 6159938462 | In medias res | A story that begins in the middle of things. |  | 35 |
| 6159942977 | Inversion | In poetry is an intentional digression from ordinary word orer which is used to maintain regular meters. |  | 36 |
| 6159926197 | Imagery | The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas. |  | 37 |
| 6159898055 | Resolution | Solution to the conflict in literature |  | 38 |
| 6159882218 | Novella | A short novel usually under 100 pages |  | 39 |
| 6159895416 | Neutral Language | Language opposite from emotive languages as it is literal or even objective in nature |  | 40 |
| 6159893992 | Colloquial Language | Informal, controversial language. |  | 41 |
| 6159876519 | Rites of passage | An incident which creates tremendous growth signifying a transition from adolescence to adulthood |  | 42 |
| 6159892733 | Epic | An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero |  | 43 |
| 6159886357 | Climax | Turning point in the plot of the high point of action | | 44 |
| 6159886555 | Enjambment | The continuation of reading one line of poem to the next with no pause, a run-on line | | 45 |
| 6159900257 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or comic/dramatic effect. |  | 46 |
| 6159887786 | figurative language | Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning. |  | 47 |
| 6159866352 | Style | The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era. |  | 48 |
| 6159890012 | Symbolism | Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible. |  | 49 |
| 6159882068 | Emotive Language | Deliberate use of language by a writer to instill a feeling or visual |  | 50 |
| 6159878517 | Third Person Omniscient | The narrator is able to tell the thoughts of any character |  | 51 |
| 6159877594 | Blank Verse | Name for unrhymed iambic pentameter. |  | 52 |
| 6159856139 | Feminine | Term that refers to an unstressed extra syllable at the end of a line of iambic pentameter |  | 53 |
| 6159871341 | Third Person Limited | The narrator is able to tell the thoughts of one character |  | 54 |
| 6159876363 | Elegy | A poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person |  | 55 |
| 6159869616 | Assonance | Repetition of the same vowel sound in a phrase of line of poetry. |  | 56 |
| 6159885563 | Hubris | Used in Greek tragedies, refers to excessive pride that usually leads to a hero's downfall. |  | 57 |
| 6159864925 | Third Person Objective | The narrator does not tell what anyone is thinking |  | 58 |
| 6159861469 | Euphony | A succession of word which are pleasing to the ear. These words may be alliterative, utilize consonance, or assonance and are often used in poetry but also seen in prose. |  | 59 |
| 6159864320 | Doppelganger | The alter ego of a character- the suppressed side of one's personality that is usually unaccepted by society. |  | 60 |
| 6159859911 | Apostrophe | When a character speaks to a character or object that is not present or is unable to respond. |  | 61 |
| 6159854735 | Narrator | Someone who tells a story |  | 62 |
| 6159877133 | Heroine | A woman noted for courage and daring action or the female protagonist. |  | 63 |
| 6159855675 | Denouncement | The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot |  | 64 |
| 6159823630 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another |  | 65 |
| 6159851097 | Diction | Word choice or the use of words in speech or writing |  | 66 |
| 6159850483 | Euphemism | The act of substituting a harsh, blunt, or offensive comment for a more politically accepted or positive one |  | 67 |
| 6159849852 | Anti-climatic | When the ending of the plot in poetry or prose is unfulfilling or lackluster. |  | 68 |
| 6159862931 | Gothic Novel | A genre of fiction characterized by mystery and supernatural horror, often set in a dark castle or other medieval setting. |  | 69 |
| 6159844330 | Antagonist | The protagonist's adversary |  | 70 |
| 6159839686 | Epistolary | Used to describe a novel that tells its story through letters written from one character to another |  | 71 |
| 6159807454 | Meter | The measured arrangement of words in poetry, as by accentual rhythm, syllabic quantity, or the number of syllables in a line |  | 72 |
| 6159833491 | Anecdote | Short story or joke told at the beginning of a speech to gain the audience's attention. |  | 73 |
| 6159855105 | Sonnet | A poem with fourteen lines. |  | 74 |
| 6159825454 | Couplet | Two rhyming lines in poetry |  | 75 |
| 6159831810 | Deus ex machina | Term that refers to a character or force that appears at the end of a story or play to help resolve conflict. |  | 76 |
| 6159851195 | Genre | A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a distinctive style,form, or content. |  | 77 |
| 6159822476 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines in a poem. |  | 78 |
| 6159798320 | Alliteration | Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a line of poetry |  | 79 |
| 6159837057 | Fable | A usually short narrative making edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak like humans. |  | 80 |
| 6159808259 | Consonance | The repetition of consonant sounds in a phrase or line of poetry. The consonant sound may be at the beginning , middle, or end of the word | | 81 |
| 6159839444 | Free Verse | Type of verse that contains a variety of line lenghts, is unrhymed, and lacks traditional meter. |  | 82 |
| 6159806881 | Ambiguity | When an author leaves out details/information or is unclear about an event so the reader will use his/her imagination to fill in the blanks. |  | 83 |
| 6159798512 | Convention | An understanding between a reader and a writer about certain details of a story that does not need to be explained |  | 84 |
| 6159799406 | Epilogue | a short poem or speech spoken directly to the audience following the conclusion of a play, or in a novel the epilogue is a short explanation at the end of the book which indicates what happens after the plot ends |  | 85 |
| 6159831993 | Soliloquy | A dramatic or lterary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener. Typically in plays. |  | 86 |
| 6159791536 | Parody | A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule |  | 87 |
| 6159827146 | Foreshadowing | Clues in the text about indidents that will occur later in the plot, forshadowing creates anitcipation in the novel. |  | 88 |
| 6159824699 | Slang | A kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech, made up typically of short-lived coinages and figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard for added raciness, humor, irrelevance or, other effect. | | 89 |
| 6159920969 | Onomatopoeia | The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to |  | 90 |
| 6159777861 | Allegory | Representation of abstract ideas o principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form. |  | 91 |
| 6159819402 | Expansion | Adds an unstressed syllable and a contraction or elision removes an unstressed syllable in order to maintain the rhythmic meter of a line. |  | 92 |
| 6159789223 | Connotation | An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing Ex: It = Evil |  | 93 |
