2973557714 | Antithesis | the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give the feeling of balance. | 0 | |
2973557715 | Static Character | A character that does not change throughout the story. | 1 | |
2973557716 | Dramatic Irony | Technique in which the author lets the audience in on a character's situation while the character remains uninformed. | 2 | |
2973557717 | Hubris | Excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist. | 3 | |
2973557718 | Colloquialism | a word or phrase used in informal/everyday conversation. | 4 | |
2973557719 | Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds. | 5 | |
2973557720 | Foreshadowing | Hints or clues about the end of the novel. | 6 | |
2973557721 | Epistolary Novel | the narrative is conveyed by means of letters from one character to another. | 7 | |
2973557722 | Assonance | The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sequence of nearby words. | 8 | |
2973557723 | Doggerel | Crude, simplistic verse, often in sing-song rhyme. | 9 | |
2973557724 | Chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed. | 10 | |
2973557725 | Malapropism | A general term for the misuse of words, especially words that sound like other words. | 11 | |
2973557726 | Dialect | A way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain group. | 12 | |
2973557727 | Dystopia | A work of literature that projects a future world, state, or situation in which the human condition is wholly degraded. | 13 | |
2973557728 | Metonymy | Substitution of the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself. | 14 | |
2973557729 | Paradox | A self-contradictory statement that actually contains some truth. | 15 | |
2973557730 | Apostrophe | Calling out to an object or an abstract idea. | 16 | |
2973557731 | Elegy | A lament over someone's death. | 17 | |
2973557732 | Motif | a recurring image, word, or idea throughout a work. | 18 | |
2973557733 | Free Verse | A broadly descriptive term for poetry that does not follow a regular metrical pattern or rhyme scheme. | 19 |
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