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| 2482011198 | allegory | A work that functions on a symbolic level. | 0 | |
| 2482011199 | alliteration | repetition of sounds at the beginning of words | 1 | |
| 2482012326 | allusion | a reference to an earlier text or historical event | 2 | |
| 2482014814 | ambiguity | uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language. | 3 | |
| 2482015268 | anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of lines or sentences. | 4 | |
| 2482015269 | anastrophe | Inversion of the normal word order of a sentence. | 5 | |
| 2482017936 | anecdote | Brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, often shows character of an individual | 6 | |
| 2482017937 | antagonist | Opponent who struggles against or blocks the hero, or protagonist, in a story. | 7 | |
| 2482018880 | antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order. | 8 | |
| 2482022623 | anthropomorphism | attributing human qualities to animals (personification) | 9 | |
| 2482022624 | apostrophe | calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea. | 10 | |
| 2482026832 | assonance | repetition of a vowel sound | 11 | |
| 2482026833 | asyndeton | Omission of conjunctions | 12 | |
| 2482029808 | indirect characterization | the author reveals to the reader what the character is like by describing how the character looks, speaks, etc. | 13 | |
| 2482029809 | direct characterization | the author reveals to the reader what the character is like directly | 14 | |
| 2482033415 | chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts, where the second part is opposite of the first structurally. | 15 | |
| 2482033416 | cliche | is a word or phrase, often a figure of speech, that has become lifeless because of overuse. | 16 | |
| 2482034480 | colloquialism | a word or phrase in everyday use in conversation and informal writing but is inappropriate for formal situations. | 17 | |
| 2482037856 | conceit | an elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different. Often an extended metaphor. | 18 | |
| 2482037857 | connotation | the emotional meaning of a word | 19 | |
| 2482037865 | couplet | two lines of rhyme in poetry | 20 | |
| 2482040724 | diction | the word choice of the author | 21 | |
| 2482040725 | didactic | form of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking. | 22 | |
| 2482040726 | elegy | poem of mourning, usually about someone who has died. | 23 | |
| 2482044488 | epanalepsis | Using the same word/phrase at the beginning of a sentence and at its end. | 24 | |
| 2482044489 | epic | a long narrative poem, written in heightened language , which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society. | 25 | |
| 2482046296 | epigraph | a quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme. | 26 | |
| 2482046297 | epistrophe | Opposite of anaphora; repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of lines, clauses, sentences. | 27 | |
| 2482049862 | flashback | a scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time. | 28 | |
| 2482049863 | foil | A character who acts as contrast to another character. Often a funny side kick to the dashing hero, or a villain contrasting the hero. | 29 | |
| 2482050857 | foreshadowing | the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot. | 30 | |
| 2482052612 | free verse | poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme. | 31 | |
| 2482052613 | hyperbole | a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement, for effect. "If I told you once, I've told you a million times...." | 32 | |
| 2482055499 | verbal irony | occurs when someone says one thing but really means something else. | 33 | |
| 2482055500 | situational irony | takes place when there is a discrepancy between what is expected to happen, or what would be appropriate to happen, and what really does happen. | 34 | |
| 2482055501 | dramatic irony | is so called because it is often used on stage. A character in the play or story thinks one thing is true, but the audience or reader knows better. | 35 | |
| 2482058469 | juxtaposition | Placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast | 36 | |
| 2482058470 | local color | a term applied to fiction or poetry which tends to place special emphasis on a particular setting, including its customs, clothing, dialect and landscape. | 37 | |
| 2482061986 | loose sentence | Entire main clause is at the beginning of the sentence, usually before a long series of parallel constructions. | 38 | |
| 2482074420 | extended metaphor | is a metaphor that is extended or developed as far as the writer wants to take it. | 39 | |
| 2482074421 | metonymy | a figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing, is referred to by something closely associated with it. | 40 | |
| 2482075606 | mood | a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. | 41 | |
| 2482075607 | motif | a recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation used throughout a work (or in several works by one author), unifying the work by tying the current situation to previous ones, or new ideas to the theme. | 42 | |
| 2482076688 | onomatopoeia | Use of words whose sound or rhythm suggest their meaning | 43 | |
| 2482078253 | oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase | 44 | |
| 2482078254 | parable | a relatively short story that teaches a moral, or lesson about how to lead a good life. | 45 | |
| 2482080411 | paradox | A statement that seems contrary to common sense but may, in fact, be true. | 46 | |
| 2482080412 | parellel structure | Similarity of structure | 47 | |
| 2482082238 | periodic sentence | Entire main clause is at the end of the sentence, usually after a long series of parallel constructions. | 48 | |
| 2482082239 | polysyndeton | Use of many conjunctions. | 49 | |
| 2482083897 | protagonist | the main character that experiences a dramatic change | 50 | |
| 2482083898 | quatrain | stanza of 4 rhyming lines | 51 | |
| 2482086446 | rhetorical question | a question asked for an effect, and not actually requiring an answer. | 52 | |
| 2482086447 | satire | a type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about a change. | 53 | |
| 2482090019 | soliloquy | a long speech made by a character in a play while no other characters are on stage | 54 | |
| 2482091175 | stream of consciousness | a style of writing that portrays the inner (often chaotic) workings of a character's mind. | 55 | |
| 2482094278 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole. "If you don't drive properly, you will lose your wheels." | 56 | |
| 2482096298 | tone | the attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work. | 57 | |
| 2482096299 | understatement | a statement that says less than what is meant. | 58 | |
| 2482098527 | vernacular | the language spoken by the people who live in a particular locality | 59 | |
| 2482099983 | chiaroscuro | an effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something. | 60 | |
| 2482102602 | enjambment | A poetry technique that involves the running on of a line or stanza to continue the flow of the text. | 61 | |
| 2482102603 | iambic pentameter | a poetric structure of five feet of unstressed/stressed syllables | 62 | |
| 2482105807 | archetype | a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology. | 63 | |
| 2482105808 | ubermensch | Nietzche's theory of the "Superman" | 64 | |
| 2482112714 | euphony | A pleasant, musical combination of sounds | 65 | |
| 2482112715 | cacophony | A harsh, unpleasant combination of sounds | 66 | |
| 2482113881 | consonance | Repetition of consonant sounds within words | 67 | |
| 2482113882 | prosody | Sound in poetry | 68 | |
| 2482129596 | anadiplosis | Repetition of the last word/phrase at the beginning of the next sentence/clause. | 69 | |
| 2483143492 | euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way to say something that is unpleasant. | 70 | |
| 2483149377 | antithesis | a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other. | 71 | |
| 2483156347 | double entendre | A phrase with two meanings. | 72 | |
| 2483165938 | caesura | a complete pause in a line of poetry or in a musical composition | 73 | |
| 2483197768 | ellipsis | Omission of words for brevity, emphasis, ambiguity, or grace | 74 | |
| 2483236208 | pathetic fallacy | A form of personfication where weather is given human qualities | 75 | |
| 2483268250 | ballad | a traditional poem that tells a story | 76 | |
| 2483269923 | villanelle | a poem with 19 lines of iambic pentameter | 77 | |
| 2483271130 | ode | a poem of praise for a person, place or thing | 78 |
