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| 8805302566 | allegory | story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden moral/political meaning |  | 0 |
| 8805302567 | alliteration | beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words |  | 1 |
| 8805302568 | allusion | a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance |  | 2 |
| 8805302570 | antagonist | a hostile person who is opposed to another character |  | 3 |
| 8805302571 | apostrophe | figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character |  | 4 |
| 8805302572 | aside | when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage |  | 5 |
| 8805302573 | blank verse | poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme |  | 6 |
| 8805302574 | flat character | story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic |  | 7 |
| 8805302575 | round character | character who has complex personality: contradicted person |  | 8 |
| 8805302576 | dynamic character | changes throughout the story, through major conflict |  | 9 |
| 8805302577 | static character | person who doesn't change throughout story--keeps same personality |  | 10 |
| 8805302579 | climax | the beginning of the end, sets the stage for the final conflict |  | 11 |
| 8805302581 | conflict | struggle between opposing forces |  | 12 |
| 8805302582 | connotation | an idea or feeling evoked by a word |  | 13 |
| 8805302583 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse |  | 14 |
| 8805302584 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word |  | 15 |
| 8805302585 | denouement | final outcome of the story--loose ends are "tied up" |  | 16 |
| 8805302586 | deus ex machina | resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence |  | 17 |
| 8805302588 | end rhyme | rhymes occurring at the end of line |  | 18 |
| 8805302589 | end stopped line | poetic line ending in regular punctuation |  | 19 |
| 8805302590 | English sonnet | a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg |  | 20 |
| 8805302591 | epiphany | when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life |  | 21 |
| 8805302592 | falling action | Events after the climax, leading to the resolution |  | 22 |
| 8805302593 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. |  | 23 |
| 8805302595 | foot | basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables |  | 24 |
| 8805302597 | free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |  | 25 |
| 8805302599 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) |  | 26 |
| 8805302601 | internal rhyme | A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line |  | 27 |
| 8805302602 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality |  | 28 |
| 8805302603 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |  | 29 |
| 8805302604 | dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. |  | 30 |
| 8805302605 | situational irony | refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended |  | 31 |
| 8805302606 | italian sonnet | A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd |  | 32 |
| 8805302607 | metaphor | direct comparison without using like or as |  | 33 |
| 8805302608 | meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |  | 34 |
| 8805302609 | motivation | A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior |  | 35 |
| 8805302610 | narrator | Person telling the story |  | 36 |
| 8805302611 | octave | 8 line stanza |  | 37 |
| 8805302612 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. |  | 38 |
| 8805302613 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor |  | 39 |
| 8805302614 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. |  | 40 |
| 8805302615 | paradox | A contradiction or dilemma |  | 41 |
| 8805302616 | paraphrase | A restatement of a text or passage in your own words. |  | 42 |
| 8805302617 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |  | 43 |
| 8805302618 | plot | Sequence of events in a story | | 44 |
| 8805302619 | point of view | The perspective from which a story is told |  | 45 |
| 8805302620 | omniscient point of view | The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person. |  | 46 |
| 8805302621 | third person limited point of view | narrator tells the story from only one character's pov |  | 47 |
| 8805302622 | first person point of view | a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself |  | 48 |
| 8805302623 | objective point of view | a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events. |  | 49 |
| 8805302624 | protagonist | Main character |  | 50 |
| 8805302625 | quatrain | A four line stanza |  | 51 |
| 8805302627 | rhyme scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem |  | 52 |
| 8805302630 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. |  | 53 |
| 8805302631 | sestet | 6 line stanza |  | 54 |
| 8805302632 | setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. |  | 55 |
| 8805302633 | simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" |  | 56 |
| 8805302634 | soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage |  | 57 |
| 8805302635 | sonnet | 14 line poem |  | 58 |
| 8805302636 | stanza | A group of lines in a poem | | 59 |
| 8805302637 | stream of consciousness | private thoughts of a character without commentary |  | 60 |
| 8805302638 | symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else |  | 61 |
| 8805302639 | tercet | 3 line stanza | | 62 |
| 8805302640 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature |  | 63 |
| 8805302641 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character |  | 64 |
| 8805302642 | tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character |  | 65 |
| 8805302643 | understandment | the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis |  | 66 |
| 8805302644 | verse | A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme | | 67 |
