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| 3758313376 | Comic Relief | A humorous character, scene, or tool that provides a relief from stress. | 0 | |
| 3758315238 | Conceit | An extended metaphor with complex logic that governs the entire piece. | 1 | |
| 3758318733 | Connotation | An idea or feeling that a word may invoke. | 2 | |
| 3758319576 | Consonance | Agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions. | 3 | |
| 3758320622 | Couplet | A pair of metered lines in poetry. | 4 | |
| 3758322040 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word. | 5 | |
| 3758323120 | Denouement | The final part to a literary piece; a resolution. | 6 | |
| 3758325954 | Dialect | The language used by the people of a specific area. | 7 | |
| 3758326991 | Diction | The choice of words in a literary piece. | 8 | |
| 3758328065 | Didactic | Relating to imparting morals or teaching a person. | 9 | |
| 3758331428 | Digression | A temporary departure from the main subject in speech and writing. | 10 | |
| 3758332856 | Dramatic Irony | A point in time when the audience knows something that the characters in a play do not know. | 11 | |
| 3758335666 | Elegy | A poem of serious reflection, normally used to lament for the dead. | 12 | |
| 3758336202 | Ellipsis | A literary device used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence or event. | 13 | |
| 3758337839 | Enjambment | The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. | 14 | |
| 3758339662 | Ennui | A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement. | 15 | |
| 3758340716 | Epic | A long narrative poem written in elevated style which a legendary hero performs amazing, valorous deeds. | 16 | |
| 3758343084 | Epigraph | A short quote or saying at the beginning of a book which generally suggests a certain theme. | 17 | |
| 3758343646 | Epiphany | A moment when a character gains complete and total realization of a certain set of events or ideas. | 18 | |
| 3758345776 | Euphemism | An indirect saying used to replace a harsh or blunt phrase. | 19 | |
| 3758348918 | Euphony | The quality of being pleasing to the ear. | 20 | |
| 3758349471 | Exposition | The introduction and initial setting at the start of a story. | 21 | |
| 3758351609 | Extended Metaphor | The comparison between two unlike things that continue throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem. | 22 | |
| 3758352582 | Farce | A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically include crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations. | 23 | |
| 3758353208 | Flashback | A scene in a literary piece in which the plot recalls an point in time earlier than the main story. | 24 | |
| 3758354155 | Flat Character | A character that remains the same from the beginning to the end of a narrative. | 25 | |
| 3758354926 | Foil | A character that serves to highlight attributes of another character, such as the protagonist. | 26 | |
| 3758356680 | Foot | In poetry, a combination of a stressed and unstressed syllable. | 27 | |
| 3758358144 | Foreshadowing | A warning or a suggestion of a future event. | 28 | |
| 3758359440 | Free Verse | Poetry without a regular rhyme or meter. | 29 | |
| 3758360444 | Genre | A category of literary composition usually determined by literary technique, tone, or content. | 30 | |
| 3758362361 | Grotesque | A character or literary invention used to invoke both empathy and disgust. | 31 | |
| 3758365701 | Hamartia | A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of the tragic hero or heroine. | 32 |
