7220754509 | alliteration | same letter/sound at the beginning of a word | 0 | |
7220754510 | allegory | metaphor to real world issue or event | 1 | |
7220755916 | allusion | indirect passing reference | 2 | |
7220757530 | anastrophe | inversion of a usual | 3 | |
7220761556 | antagonist | bad guy | 4 | |
7220762775 | antithesis | person/thing opposite of something/someone | 5 | |
7220766399 | apostrophe | speech or open addressed to someone (topically dead) | 6 | |
7220766995 | archetype | typical example of person/thing | 7 | |
7220768307 | assonance | repetition of a vowel | 8 | |
7220770235 | blank verse | verse without rhyme | 9 | |
7220770711 | chiasmus | words repeated in reverse order | 10 | |
7220777227 | conceit | kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way | 11 | |
7220778266 | connotation | idea or feeling | 12 | |
7220778522 | consonance | repetition of a consonant sound | 13 | |
7220780400 | exposition | explanation of idea/theory | 14 | |
7220781627 | rising action | suspense creator | 15 | |
7220781950 | conflict | disagreement/clash | 16 | |
7220783181 | climax | most important/exciting part | 17 | |
7220786138 | falling action | aftermath of climax | 18 | |
7220786525 | resolution | solution/worked out | 19 | |
7220786797 | denouement | resolution | 20 | |
7220787697 | end stopped | ended with a period, exclamation, or colons as a natural pause | 21 | |
7220791254 | enjambment | continuation of sentence without pause | 22 | |
7220791489 | commentary | expression or opinion | 23 | |
7220791913 | concrete detail | discrete information | 24 | |
7220792481 | thesis | statement to be proven or maintained | 25 | |
7220792664 | topic sentence | main idea of a paragraph | 26 | |
7220792841 | fiction | fake | 27 | |
7220792843 | foil | character who contrasts with another | 28 | |
7220793162 | foreshadowing | be a warning or indication of (a future event) | 29 | |
7220793677 | free verse | poetry doesnt rhyme or have regular meter | 30 | |
7220796463 | hyperbole | exaggeration | 31 | |
7220796597 | iamb | 1 short syllable followed by 1 long syllable | 32 | |
7220796924 | imagery | description to portray an image | 33 | |
7220797344 | irony | opposite in order to have humor | 34 | |
7220797612 | litotes | understatement by negative of its contrary ( You wont be sorry) | 35 | |
7220798062 | metaphor | not literally applicable | 36 | |
7220798377 | meter | rhythm in poetry | 37 | |
7220798708 | metonymy | substitution for something (suit=business) | 38 | |
7220799386 | onomatopoeia | sound association with name ( cuckoo, sizzle) | 39 | |
7220801644 | paradox | absurd statement/proposition | 40 | |
7220802589 | personification | giving human like characteristics to non living items | 41 | |
7220803028 | poetic foot | rhythm | 42 | |
7220804529 | protagonist | hero | 43 | |
7220804530 | simile | comparison | 44 | |
7220804807 | tone | characteristic/attitude | 45 | |
7220804981 | diction | words, vocab, etc. | 46 | |
7220805631 | detail | feature, fact, item | 47 | |
7220806044 | organization | order | 48 | |
7220806045 | point of view | the position from which something or someone is observed. | 49 | |
7220807090 | syntax | sentence structure | 50 | |
7220809722 | symbol | mark of representation | 51 | |
7220810221 | synecdoche | figure of speech to represent a whole | 52 | |
7220818843 | theme | subject to talk about | 53 | |
7220819319 | thesis | statement to proven or maintained | 54 | |
7220819697 | volta | turn of thought or argument | 55 |
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