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| 7282450668 | Ambiguity | A conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretations | 0 | |
| 7282452771 | Antithesis | Rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas through grammatical arrangement of words; "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" | 1 | |
| 7282459487 | Apostrophe | A digression which addresses someone not present or to a personified object/idea; "Goodbye, cruel world." | 2 | |
| 7282464349 | Bathos | Use of insincere or overdone sentimentality | 3 | |
| 7282466085 | Bombast | inflated, pretentious language used in trivial subjects | 4 | |
| 7282468065 | Caricature | A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in people and objects | 5 | |
| 7282470529 | Conceit | A simile or metaphor that is exceedingly unlikely but intellectually imaginative OR a witty/ingenious thought | 6 | |
| 7282474699 | Didactic | Intended for instruction | 7 | |
| 7282479516 | Diction | Word choice | 8 | |
| 7282480919 | Elliptical Construction | A sentence composed with a deliberate omission of words, often signified by an ellipsis or a dash | 9 | |
| 7282484409 | Empathy | A feeling of association or identification with an object/person | 10 | |
| 7282486273 | Euphemism | A mild or less negative diction connoting a harsh or blunt term; to pass away rather than to die | 11 | |
| 7282494413 | Grotesque | strangely or fascinatingly distorted for effect | 12 | |
| 7282496242 | Harangue | A forceful sermon, lecture or tirade | 13 | |
| 7282497618 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration for rhetorical effect | 14 | |
| 7282498956 | Irony | State of affairs or events that is the reverse of what might have been expected | 15 | |
| 7282500706 | Keening | Device employed in Anglo-Saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities; "ring-giver" for king, or "whale road" for ocean | 16 | |
| 7282506561 | Litotes | A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or added intensity; "She was not unattractive" | 17 | |
| 7282510745 | Loose sentence | Sentence that follows the customary syntax of english sentences; subject-verb-object | 18 | |
| 7282513612 | Metonymy | Figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated; "The white house announced budget cuts in education," or "pinned beneath the car he watched the life spill from his body." | 19 | |
| 7284686010 | Montague | A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea | 20 | |
| 7284686012 | Non Sequitur | A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before | 21 | |
| 7284699227 | Oxymoron | A pairing of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect; "deafening silence," "beautiful tyrant." | 22 | |
| 7284699228 | Paradox | A self-contradictory statement, idea, or concept.. This statement is false. | 23 | |
| 7284699229 | Pathetic Fallacy | Rhetorical device that ascribes human feelings or emotions to inanimate objects of nature to create or heighten mood. (similar to personification, but Path. Fal. ONLY deals in feelings, emotions, and objects of nature. | 24 | |
| 7284714937 | Pathos | The element in a work of literature that stimulates pity or sorrow | 25 | |
| 7284714938 | Periodic Sentence | Sentence that deviates from the customary syntax of English sentences by expressing its main thought only at the end. Opposite of "Loose Sentence" | 26 | |
| 7284718172 | Point of View (Internal or External) | The relation in which the narrator or speaker stands to the story or subject. First person is internal, third is external. | 27 | |
| 7284721404 | Rhetoric | Language and style of a work | 28 | |
| 7284725040 | Rhetorical Stance | Language that conveys a speaker's attitude or opinion | 29 | |
| 7284726149 | Sarcasm | Sharp and caustic expression or remark. | 30 | |
| 7284730075 | Stream of Consciousness | Style in which an author attempts to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind | 31 | |
| 7284732520 | Synecdoche | Figure of speech in which the part signifies the whole. Ex. All hands on deck; He loved her for all of his days; Lend me your ears; They tossed around the pigskin | 32 | |
| 7284736880 | Syntax | Word order | 33 | |
| 7284738367 | Verisimilitude | Quality or realism in a work meant to convey a vision of life as it truly is | 34 | |
| 7284738375 | Voice | The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker (active vs. passive) [Break] | 35 | |
| 7284742249 | Adage | A short, pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment. (AKA aphorism and Maxim | 36 | |
| 7284744256 | Allegory | Story with an underlying symbolic, metaphorical, or possibly ethical meaning | 37 | |
| 7286307089 | Allusion | Reference to a person, place, event, or element that does not correspond to the time or era in which the work is set | 38 | |
| 7286310255 | Analogy | Comparison that points out the similarities between two dissimilar things. Usually begins with a simile or metaphor and elaborates upon it | 39 | |
| 7286313807 | Archetype | A typical or ideal example | 40 | |
| 7286315079 | Bard | A traveling poet of varying renown | 41 | |
| 7286318509 | Bildungsroman | A novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist | 42 | |
| 7286320654 | Burlesque | Literature meant to ridicule a subject by vulgarizing lofty material or treating trite material with mock dignity | 43 | |
| 7286329317 | Canon | Works widely read and considered significant | 44 | |
| 7286329318 | Catharsis | Purging and purification of emotion resulting in renewal and restoration | 45 | |
| 7286333084 | Classical | Deriving from the orderly qualities of ancient Greek and Roman culture and implying formality, objectivity, simplicity, and restraint | 46 | |
| 7286337657 | Climax | The point of suspense and the turning point of a novel | 47 | |
| 7286339011 | Connotation | Suggested or implied meaning of a word | 48 | |
| 7286340661 | Denotation | The formal dictionary definition of a word | 49 | |
| 7286343094 | Dénouement | The result/end of a work | 50 | |
| 7286345986 | Deus Ex Machina | Using an artificial plot device or gimmick to solve a problem | 51 | |
| 7286347436 | Eponymous | Character for whom a work is titled | 52 | |
| 7286349019 | Exposition | Background that leads to the presentation of a work's main idea | 53 | |
| 7286350357 | Extended Metaphor | Series of comparisons between two unlike objects | 54 | |
| 7286353186 | Fable | A short tale, oft featuring personified nonhuman characters | 55 | |
| 7286357243 | Falling Action | The stuff after the climax that leads to a work's conclusion | 56 | |
| 7286358851 | Farce | Comedy that contains extravagant and nonsensical disregard for seriousness, though it may have a serious, scornful purpose | 57 | |
| 7286361623 | Foil | Character who's personality or attitude that contrasts with those of another | 58 | |
| 7286363659 | Frame | Structure that opens and closes a larger premise or setting | 59 | |
| 7286366833 | Genre | A literary form | 60 | |
| 7286366834 | Gothic | Work in which supernatural horrors or unknown terrors pervade the action | 61 | |
| 7286370054 | Humanism | Belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential | 62 | |
| 7286372856 | In Medias Res | Narrative that begins in the middle of a story | 63 | |
| 7286374225 | Lampoon | Mocking and satirical assault on a person/situation | 64 | |
| 7286376212 | Melodrama | Form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response | 65 | |
| 7286378177 | Middle English | English spoken between the years of 1150 and 1500 | 66 | |
| 7286379591 | Mode | Literary form that is broader than the genre, ex. satiric, comic, didactic and ironic | 67 | |
| 7286384864 | Motif | Phrase idea or event that serves to unify or convey a theme through repitition | 68 | |
| 7286386941 | Myth | Legend, with no part of natural explanation that becomes an accepted part of the cultural or religious traditions of a society | 69 | |
| 7286390526 | Naturalism | Emphasizing a bleak and pessimistic perspective featuring characters who struggle unsuccessfully to exercise free will | 70 | |
| 7286394619 | Old English | English spoken between 450 and 1150 | 71 | |
| 7286399165 | Omniscient narrator | Narrator with omnipresence | 72 | |
| 7286400965 | Parable | Story consisting of events from which a moral/spiritual truth may be derived | 73 | |
| 7286403918 | Parody | Imitation of a work meant to ridicule its style and subject | 74 | |
| 7286405338 | Pastoral | Work that displays sprawling beauty of rural landscapes and the virtue of rural life | 75 | |
| 7286407654 | Picaresque | Episodic novel with a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits | 76 | |
| 7286415930 | Pulp Fiction | Novels written for mass consumption, emphasizing sensationalized plots | 77 | |
| 7286420217 | Realism | Depiction of people things and events without idealization or exaggeration for effect, but less negative than naturalism | 78 | |
| 7286423737 | Roman á Clef | Novel in which historical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction | 79 | |
| 7286425764 | Romance | Narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places <3 | 80 | |
| 7286429434 | Satire | Literary style used to attack an idea for the purpose of inducing change | 81 | |
| 7286432892 | Subtext | Implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work | 82 | |
| 7286434579 | Tragedy | Form of Literature where the Hero is destroyed by a fatal flaw and a set of forces cause the hero considerable anguish | 83 | |
| 7286440304 | Trope | Figure of speech for an image symbol simile or metaphor that is generic | 84 | |
| 7286442692 | Volta | A shift or turning point in a work | 85 |
