Terms : Hide Images
| 5184254262 | anaphora | the regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of two or more successive phrases or clauses. |  | 0 |
| 5184254263 | chiasmus | a reversal in the word order of words in two otherwise parallel sentences |  | 1 |
| 5184254264 | apostrophe | the direct address to an absent or dead person, or to an object, quality, or idea. |  | 2 |
| 5184254265 | hyperbole | a rhetorical figure in which emphasis is achieved through exaggeration |  | 3 |
| 5184254266 | metaphor | figurative language that describes something as though it actually were something else |  | 4 |
| 5184254267 | metonymy | the substitution of one term for another that is generally associated with it. (ex. the crown declared that the man would be executed.) |  | 5 |
| 5184254268 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole (ex. all hands on deck) |  | 6 |
| 5184254269 | onomatopoeia | the use of words that sound like a noise |  | 7 |
| 5184254270 | paradox | a statement or expression so surprisingly self-contradictory but ends up being true on some level |  | 8 |
| 5184254271 | parallelism | the use of similar grammatical structures or word order. |  | 9 |
| 5184254272 | personification | the use of human characteristics to describe animals, things, or ideas. |  | 10 |
| 5184254273 | point of view | the perspective that a narrator takes toward the events it describes |  | 11 |
| 5184254274 | protagonist | the central character in a story | 12 | |
| 5184254275 | pun | a witty word-play which reveals that words with different meanings have similar or even identical sounds |  | 13 |
| 5184254276 | satire | writing that ridicules or holds up to contempt the faults of individuals or groups |  | 14 |
| 5184254277 | polysyndeton | the repetition of conjunctions in a sentence |  | 15 |
| 5184254278 | asyndeton | the omission of conjunctions in a sentence |  | 16 |
| 5184254279 | archetype | a symbol found in many cultures |  | 17 |
| 5184254280 | dramatic irony | a situation where the audience knows something that the characters on stage are not aware of |  | 18 |
| 5184254281 | allusion | a reference to a piece of literature, character, historical figure that the author assumes the reader will recognize |  | 19 |
| 5184254282 | dramatic climax | the turning point in a Shakespearean tragedy where the action turns against the protagonist |  | 20 |
| 5184254283 | diction | the word choices made by a writer |  | 21 |
| 5184254284 | didactic | having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing |  | 22 |
| 5184254285 | flat (static) character | a character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story |  | 23 |
| 5184254286 | dynamic (round) character | a character who undergoes a change or transformation in the course of a story | 24 | |
| 5184254287 | exposition | the beginning portion of Freytag's pyramid where the background information, characters and setting are introduced |  | 25 |
| 5184254288 | exciting force | the spark or complication that "gets the action going" in the play the event that sets the plot into motion |  | 26 |
| 5184254289 | rising action | Events leading up to the climax |  | 27 |
| 5184254290 | denouement (catastrophe) | The final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work or the outcome of a complicated sequence of events |  | 28 |
| 5184254291 | omniscient narrator | a narrator who is able to know, see, and tell all, including the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters |  | 29 |
| 5184254292 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature |  | 30 |
| 5184254293 | tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels. |  | 31 |
| 5184254294 | deus ex machina | an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel |  | 32 |
