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| 5066463718 | Allegory | A story, poem, or picture that has a deeper meaning. Examples: The Lord of the Flies by William Golding has many allegories about society, morality and religion, to name a few. Animal Farm by George Orwell is a political allegory of events in Russia and Communism. | 0 | |
| 5066486286 | Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Examples:But a better butter makes a batter better. A big bully beats a baby boy. | 1 | |
| 5066494918 | Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. Examples:"Don't act like a Romeo in front of her." "This place is like a Garden of Eden." | 2 | |
| 5066507061 | Anapest | Meter consisting of 2 short 1 long syllable Examples: Obvious, Regular, Understand, Contradict, Anapest | 3 | |
| 5066523096 | Antagonist | A character, group of characters, institution, or concept that stands in or represents opposition against which the protagonist(s) must contend. In other words, an antagonist is a person or a group of people who opposes a protagonist. Examples: Darth Vader, The Joker | 4 | |
| 5066534189 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech sometimes represented by exclamation "O". A writer or a speaker, using an apostrophe, detaches himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech. Example: "Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become as nought; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me in darkness." -Frankenstein | 5 | |
| 5066548939 | Aside | A remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play. Examples: Shakespeare fools | 6 | |
| 5066555349 | Aubade | A love poem set at dawn which bids farewell to beloved (not necessarily a permanent departure), after a night of fun ;) | 7 | |
| 5066570826 | Ballad | A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture. Example: Edward, Edward Ballad | 8 | |
| 5066578328 | Blank Verse | Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter. Example: "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death........" (Macbeth by William Shakespeare) | 9 | |
| 5066586775 | Cacophony | Points to a situation where there is a mixture of harsh and inharmonious sounds. In literature, however, the term refers to the use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing and unmelodious sounds primarily those of consonants to achieve desired results. Example: "And being no stranger to the art of war, I have him a description of cannons, culverins, muskets, carabines, pistols, bullets, powder, swords, bayonets, battles, sieges, retreats, attacks, undermines, countermines, bombardments, sea-fights..." (Gulliver's Travels) | 10 | |
| 5066599366 | Caesura | A rhythmical pause in a poetic line or a sentence. It often occurs in the middle of a line, or sometimes at the beginning and the end. At times, it occurs with punctuation; however, at other times it does not. | 11 | |
| 5066613924 | Catharsis | An emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal or achieve a state of liberation from anxiety and stress; typically the final realization Example:"Here's to my love! [Drinks] O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die. [Falls]" (Romeo and Juliet) | 12 | |
| 5066624769 | Character | A person in a novel, play, or movie Example: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Voldy | 13 | |
| 5066635448 | Climax | The highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination; a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot. Example: When Romeo kills Tybalt | 14 | |
| 5066649631 | Comic Relief | An amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play, in order to provide temporary relief from tension, or to intensify the dramatic action Example: Fools in Shakespeare | 15 | |
| 5066667789 | Conflict | Involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist. Example: Harry Potter: Voldy | 16 | |
| 5066675477 | Connotation | An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. Example: "there was a connotation of distrust in his voice" | 17 | |
| 5066682567 | Couplet | Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. Example:"The time is out of joint, O cursed spite That ever I was born to set it right!" (Hamlet) | 18 | |
| 5066688579 | Dactyl | A word consisting of 1 long 2 short syllables Examples: Bicycle, cigarette, interrupt, fabulous | 19 | |
| 5066708365 | Denotation | The literary meaning of a word; dictionary definition | 20 | |
| 5066718519 | Deus ex machine | A hopeless situation that the writer has to get out of Example: Jurassic Park- Just when the humans are surrounded by velociraptors, but not the humans | 21 | |
| 5066730435 | Diction | Style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer | 22 | |
| 5066737840 | Dramatic Monologue | (most often) a poem that reveals a conversation between a speaker and an implied listener; written in conversational format; relates an episode in speaker's life Example: Creature's monologue in Frankenstein | 23 | |
| 5066767108 | Elegy | A poem or song in the form of elegiac couplets, written in honor of someone deceased. It typically laments or mourns the death of the individual Example: O Captain! My Captain!, by Walt Whitman (Lincoln) | 24 | |
| 5066779738 | Enjambment | (in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. | 25 |
