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| 2938014920 | Meter | The stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse of a poem. | 0 | |
| 2938016567 | Alliteration | When multiple words have the same first consonant sound for effect. | 1 | |
| 2938019455 | Assonance | When multiple words repeat the same vowel sound but have a different first consonant. | 2 | |
| 2938020935 | Consonance | Repetitive sounds made by the consonants in a sentence or phrase. | 3 | |
| 2938022293 | Rhyme | Repetition of similar sounding words in a sentence or phrase | 4 | |
| 2938040385 | Masculine Rhyme | A rhyme that only matches one syllable, typically at the end. | 5 | |
| 2938042354 | Feminine Rhyme | A rhyme that matches two or more syllables, typically at the end of a sentence. Usually, last syllables are unstressed. | 6 | |
| 2938045572 | Near Rhyme | A rhyme formed by words with a similar sound but aren't identical. | 7 | |
| 2938048052 | Metaphor | A device that makes a comparison between two or more objects or ideas. | 8 | |
| 2938052471 | Extended Metaphor | A metaphor that is extended through multiple sentences in a paragraph (usually extending for that entire paragraph) or through multiple lines in a poem. | 9 | |
| 2938056362 | Metonymy | Replacing the name of one word with the name of something else that represents the a part or a whole of the same word. | 10 | |
| 2938065436 | Synecdoche | When a part of something represents a whole, or vice versa. | 11 | |
| 2938066755 | Anaphora | Repetition of the first part of the sentence to create an effect. | 12 | |
| 2938068143 | Epistrophe | Repetition of the last part of a sentence to create an effect. | 13 | |
| 2938069914 | Antithesis | When two opposite ideas are put together to create a contrasting effect. | 14 | |
| 2938071620 | Oxymoron | When words are opposite but are put together for effect. Usually an adjective and a noun. | 15 | |
| 2938075436 | Apostrophe | When the speaker detaches his or herself from reality to talk to an imaginary character or the audience. | 16 | |
| 2938078224 | Chiasmus | A rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures. | 17 | |
| 2938080775 | Parallelism | When components of a sentence are similar in structure and grammar. | 18 | |
| 2938082521 | Ellipsis | Used to omit parts of a sentence or event to allow the reader to fill in parts of the story. | 19 | |
| 2938084362 | Asyndeton | Intentionally removing the conjunctions in a sentence. | 20 | |
| 2938085891 | Polysyndeton | When several conjunctions are used in succession to create and effect. | 21 | |
| 2938087738 | Allegory | A piece of literature in which the objective is to teach about a moral or political lesson. | 22 | |
| 2938090027 | Historical Allusion | A reference to people, places, or events with historical significance. | 23 | |
| 2938091862 | Literary Allusion | A reference to people, places, or events in other established pieces of literature. | 24 | |
| 2938104936 | Classical Allusion | A reference to people, places, or events in ancient Greek or Roman works. | 25 | |
| 2938106980 | Anthropomorphism | Attribution of human characteristics to things that do not usually have them. | 26 | |
| 2938142192 | Archetype | A universal symbol, character, or action. One that has occurred and reoccurred often. | 27 | |
| 2938144666 | Caesura | A pause in a poetic line or sentence. Often occurs in the middle of a sentence. | 28 | |
| 2938146543 | Connotation | A meaning that is implied by the word apart from its literal definition. | 29 | |
| 2938148544 | Denotation | The literal definition and meaning of the word. | 30 | |
| 2938150821 | Denouement | The resolution of a plot in a piece. | 31 | |
| 2938153258 | Enjambment | The continuation of a sentence without a pause at the end of the line. | 32 | |
| 2938154665 | End-Stopped Line | Where the phrase, clause, or sentence ends at the end of the line. | 33 | |
| 2938156934 | Epizeuxis | A rhetorical device in which words or phrases are repeated quickly after one another for emphasis. | 34 | |
| 2938159884 | Verbal Irony | When what the speaker says contradicts what the speaker intends to do or means. | 35 | |
| 2938171472 | Dramatic Irony | When the audience knows more about the situation than some of the characters in the piece, which creates suspense or humor. | 36 | |
| 2938173716 | Situational Irony | An incongruity in which what actually happens contrasts what the audience expected to happen. | 37 | |
| 2938176537 | Elegy | A poem or song that mourns the loss of an individual. | 38 | |
| 2938178325 | Juxtaposition | When two or more ideas, places, or characters are placed together to observe comparisons or differences. | 39 | |
| 2938181540 | Motif | An idea or object that repeats itself multiple times in a piece of work. | 40 | |
| 2938183160 | Paradox | A statement that is self-contradictory but still may have an underlying truth. | 41 | |
| 2938187038 | Portmanteau Word | A blend of two or more different words to create a new word. | 42 | |
| 2938188948 | Tone | The attitude the writer puts into his or her writing. | 43 | |
| 2938188949 | Mood | What the audience feels upon reading the work. | 44 | |
| 2938190784 | Bildungsroman | A coming of age, a type of novel which focuses on the growth of the main character. | 45 | |
| 2938196561 | Omniscient Narrator | A third person narrator that knows the feelings and thoughts of every character. | 46 | |
| 2938198861 | Reliable Narrator | A narrator who is credible. | 47 | |
| 2938200529 | Naive Narrator | A narrator that fails to understand all the implications in a story. | 48 | |
| 2938205151 | Comic Hero | A main character that displays the very least amount of charm to win the audience's approval. | 49 | |
| 2938206743 | Antihero | A main character without tradition heroic characteristics, such as morality. | 50 | |
| 2938208251 | Cacophony | A harsh mix of sounds. | 51 | |
| 2938210015 | Euphony | A mix of sounds that are pleasant or harmonious. | 52 |
