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| 7372988233 | Deus Ex Machina | the circumstance where an implausible concept or a divine character is introduced into a storyline for the purpose of resolving its conflict and procuring an interesting outcome. | 0 | |
| 7372644337 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | 1 | |
| 7372646224 | Allegory (story) | A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself. | 2 | |
| 7372649693 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words | 3 | |
| 7372651436 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. | 4 | |
| 7372653264 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 5 | |
| 7372654917 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them | 6 | |
| 7372661347 | Antithesis | The opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite. | 7 | |
| 7372663176 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. | 8 | |
| 7372665133 | Apostrophe | A prayer like figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction such as liberty or love. | 9 | |
| 7372675101 | Atmosphere | The emotional nod created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. | 10 | |
| 7372676961 | Caricature | A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics. | 11 | |
| 7372679205 | Chiasmus | a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form; e.g. | 12 | |
| 7372689144 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects | 13 | |
| 7372691364 | Didacticism | Have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles. | 14 | |
| 7372707608 | Euphemism | A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept | 15 | |
| 7372709926 | Extended Metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 16 | |
| 7372712021 | Figurative Language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid | 17 | |
| 7372714497 | Litotes | A figure of speech which employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions. | 18 | |
| 7372716887 | tautology | The saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style | 19 | |
| 7372719190 | Figure of Speech | A device used to produce figurative language. | 20 | |
| 7372721260 | Generic conventions | Describes traditions for each genre. | 21 | |
| 7372723996 | Genre | The major category into which a literary work fits | 22 | |
| 7372727298 | Homily | Any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | 23 | |
| 7372729694 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. | 24 | |
| 7372731965 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. | 25 | |
| 7372737475 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 26 | |
| 7372740533 | Irony | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant, or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true. | 27 | |
| 7372743126 | Metaphor | A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity. | 28 | |
| 7372745599 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. | 29 | |
| 7372747775 | Mood | The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work. | 30 | |
| 7372749886 | Narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. | 31 | |
| 7372751743 | onomatopoeia | A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. | 32 | |
| 7372755182 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox | 33 | |
| 7372757750 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. | 34 | |
| 7372760369 | Parallelism | Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity. | 35 | |
| 7372777945 | Malapropism | A word humorously misused | 36 | |
| 7372777946 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 37 | |
| 7372777947 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish | 38 | |
| 7372777948 | Personification | A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions. | 39 | |
| 7372783710 | Point of view | The perspective from which a story is told. | 40 | |
| 7372786223 | Prose | Refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms | 41 | |
| 7372788313 | Repetition | The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language such as sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern | 42 | |
| 7372804990 | Sarcasm | Involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something | 43 | |
| 7372807505 | Satire | A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. | 44 | |
| 7372807571 | Style | An evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and others. | 45 | |
| 7372812980 | Symbol/Symbolism | Anything that represents itself and stands for something else | 46 | |
| 7372814999 | Theme | The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. | 47 | |
| 7372816614 | Tone | Describes the author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both. | 48 | |
| 7372818966 | Understatement | The ironic minimizing of fact | 49 | |
| 7372822587 | Wit | Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights | 50 | |
| 7372833522 | Hero | A protagonist who behave virtuously | 51 | |
| 7372835639 | Villain | An evil or cruel antagonist | 52 | |
| 7372837833 | Dialect | Dialogue written to reflect qualities of a character's speech | 53 | |
| 7372840130 | Antagonist | Force or character who struggles against the protagonist | 54 | |
| 7372843143 | Foreshadowing | Hinting at events that will occur later in a story | 55 | |
| 7372845704 | Propaganda | Literature plainly written to persuade the reader to espouse the author's position on a significant issue of his time. | 56 | |
| 7372847605 | Protagonist | Main character of a story | 57 | |
| 7372847606 | Conflict | Opposition of two or more characters or forces | 58 | |
| 7372849761 | Suspense | Reader anxiety resulting from the author's withholding of plot details | 59 | |
| 7372852262 | Setting | The time, place, and way of life in which the action of the story occurs | 60 | |
| 7372859612 | Foil | Character that opposes another | 61 | |
| 7372870939 | Persona | Personality created by the author that narrates the story | 62 | |
| 7372861957 | Tragedy | A story in which the protagonist's flaws cause him tremendous suffering | 63 | |
| 7372873815 | Anecdote | A short narrative of a single interesting or amusing incident | 64 | |
| 7372877232 | Frame Story | Type of story containing a second story set within the opening and closing narrative | 65 | |
| 7372891295 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special | 66 | |
| 7372914412 | onomatopoeia | a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. | 67 | |
| 7372926290 | Pun | a play on words in which a humorous effect is produced by using a word that suggests two or more meanings or by exploiting similar sounding words having different meanings. | 68 | |
| 7372933251 | Achetype | a typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature. | 69 | |
| 7372966991 | 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. | 70 | |
| 7372978165 | Comedy | a literary genre and a type of dramatic work that is amusing and satirical in its tone, mostly having cheerful ending. | 71 | |
| 7373029260 | Stream of Consciousness | a method of narration that describes in words the flow of thoughts in the minds of the characters. | 72 | |
| 7373036572 | Synesthesia | a technique adopted by writers to present ideas, characters or places in such a manner that they appeal to more than one senses like hearing, seeing, smell etc. at a given time. | 73 | |
| 7373067180 | Anti-hero | a prominent character in a play or book that has characteristics opposite to that of a conventional hero. | 74 | |
| 7373081427 | Dystopia | a world in which everything is imperfect and everything goes terribly wrong. | 75 | |
| 7373119519 | Double Entendre | a literary device that can be defined as a phrase or a figure of speech that might have multiple senses, interpretations or two different meanings or that could be understood in two different ways. | 76 | |
| 7372763338 | Malapropism | A word humorously misused | 77 |
