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| 10479297005 | Allegory | a narrative or description having a second meaning beneath the surface one | 0 | |
| 10479297847 | Allusion | A reference, explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature or history | 1 | |
| 10479299215 | Anecdote | A short account of an interesting or humorous incident | 2 | |
| 10479301045 | Artistic unity | That condition of a successful literary work whereby all its elements work together for the achievement of its central purpose | 3 | |
| 10479305180 | Cacophony | A harsh, discordant, unpleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds | 4 | |
| 10479307291 | Euphony | A smooth, pleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds | 5 | |
| 10479307591 | Genre | A type or class, as poetry, drama, etc. | 6 | |
| 10479309569 | Imagery | The representation through language and sensory experience | 7 | |
| 10479336628 | Mood | The pervading impression of a work | 8 | |
| 10479337377 | Prose | Non-metrical language; the opposite of verse | 9 | |
| 10479337977 | Tone | The writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject, the audience, or herself or himself; the emotional coloring, or emotional meaning, of a work | 10 | |
| 10479341270 | Verse | Metrical language; the opposite of prose | 11 | |
| 10479343237 | Voice | The distinctive style or manner of expression of an author or a character in a book | 12 | |
| 10479346394 | Deuteragonist | the second most important character, after the protagonist, often a foil or eventual antagonist | 13 | |
| 10479349831 | Direct presentation of character | A method of characterization in which the author, by exposition or analysis, tells us directly what a character is like, or has someone else in the story do so | 14 | |
| 10479351666 | Dynamic character | A character who during the course of a story undergoes a permanent change in some aspect of character or outlook | 15 | |
| 10479357806 | Flat character | A character whose character is summed up in one or two traits | 16 | |
| 10479360055 | Foil | A character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character | 17 | |
| 10479362996 | Hubris | Overbearing and excessive pride | 18 | |
| 10479365386 | Indirect presentation of character | That method of characterization in which the author shows us a character in action, compelling us to infer what the character is like from what is said or done by the character | 19 | |
| 10479369139 | Round character | a character whose character is complex and many sided | 20 | |
| 10479370776 | Static character | A character who is the same sort of person at the end of a story as at the beginning | 21 | |
| 10479373230 | Stock character | A stereotyped character | 22 | |
| 10479374523 | Aside | A brief speech in which a character turns from the person being addressed to speak directly to the audience; a dramatic device for letting the audience know what a character is really thinking or feeling as opposed to what the character pretends to think or feel | 23 | |
| 10479379089 | Dialect | A regional variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary | 24 | |
| 10479381533 | Euphemism | Substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for a harsh, blunt, or offensive one | 25 | |
| 10479383554 | Figure of speech | Broadly, any way of saying something other than the ordinary way; more narrowly, a way of saying one thing and meaning another | 26 | |
| 10479384584 | Invective | Denunciatory or abusive language | 27 | |
| 10479391254 | Monologue | A dramatic soliloquy. A literary composition in such form | 28 | |
| 10479391924 | Proverb | A short, pithy saying that expresses a basic truth or practical precept | 29 | |
| 10479396876 | Soliloquy | A device often used in drama where by a character relates his or her thoughts and feelings to him/herself and to the audience without addressing any of the other characters. | 30 | |
| 10479399974 | Exposition | The part of a play (usually at the beginning) that provides the background information needed to understand the characters and the actions | 31 | |
| 10479403214 | Denouement | Also called the resolution; the conclusion of the story. Conflicts are resolved, creating normality for the characters and a sense of catharsis for them and the reader. Sometimes a hint as to the characters' future is given. | 32 | |
| 10479415370 | Dramatic irony | An incongruity or discrepancy between what a character says or thinks and what the reader knows to be true. | 33 | |
| 10479418643 | Irony of situation | A situation in which there is an incongruity between appearance and reality, or between expectation and fulfillment, or between the actual situation and what would seem appropriate. | 34 | |
| 10479421386 | Verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 35 | |
| 10479427643 | Epistolary novel | a novel written as a series of documents | 36 | |
| 10479428684 | Flashfoward | A literary device in which a later event is inserted into a narrative. | 37 | |
| 10479431843 | Flashback | A literary device in which an earlier event is inserted into a narrative. | 38 | |
| 10479433912 | In medias res | (into the middle of things) is a Latin phrase denoting the literary and artistic narrative technique wherein the relation of a story begins either at the mid-point or at the conclusion, rather than at the beginning, establishing setting, character, and conflict via flashback and expository conversations. | 39 | |
| 10479438804 | Limited omniscient point of view | The author tells the story, using the third person, but is limited to a complete knowledge of one character in the story and tells us only what that one character thinks, feels, sees, or hears. | 40 | |
| 10479458654 | Linear structure | a plot that follows a straight-moving, cause and effect, chronological order | 41 | |
| 10479461037 | Objective point of view | The author tells the story, using the third person, but is limited to reporting what the charters say or do; the author does not interpret their behavior or tell us their private thoughts or feelings | 42 | |
| 10479470137 | Omniscient point of view | The author tells the story using the third person, knowing all and free to tell us anything, including what the characters are thinking or feeling and why they act as they do. | 43 | |
| 10479472931 | Nonlinear structure | is when the plot is presented in a non-casual order, with events presented in a random series jumping to and from the main plot with flashbacks or flashforwards; or in any other manner that is either not chronological or not cause and effect, for example, in medias res. | 44 | |
| 10479479536 | Stream of consciousness | Narrative which presents the private thoughts of a character without commentary or interpretation by the author | 45 | |
| 10479481205 | Unreliable narrator | a narrator whose credibility has been seriously compromised. Unreliable narrators are usually first-person narrators. | 46 | |
| 10479486243 | Anticlimax | A sudden descent from the impressive or significant to the ludicrous or inconsequential | 47 | |
| 10479486866 | Catastrophe | The concluding action of a classical tragedy containing the resolution of the plot. | 48 | |
| 10479489417 | Comic Relief | A humorous incident introduced into a serious literary work in order to relieve dramatic tension or heighten emotional impact | 49 | |
| 10479491595 | Dilemma | A situation in which a character must choose between two courses of action, both undesirable | 50 | |
| 10479493059 | Deus ex machina | (god from the machine) The resolution of a plot by use of a highly improbable chance or coincidence (so named from the practice of some Greek dramatists of having a god descend from heaven at the last possible minute to rescue the protagonist from an impossible situation). | 51 | |
| 10479497607 | Indeterminate ending | An ending in which the central problem or conflict is left unresolved. | 52 | |
| 10479505253 | Plot manipulation | A situation in which an author gives the plot a twist or turn unjustified by preceding action or by the characters involved | 53 | |
| 10479507820 | Plot device | An object, character, or event whose only reason for existing is to advance the story. Often breaks suspension of disbelief. | 54 | |
| 10479589432 | Prologue | An introduction or a preface, esp. a poem recited to introduce a play | 55 | |
| 10479590822 | Red Herring | a literary tactic of diverting attention away from an item or person of significance | 56 | |
| 10479593664 | Suspension of Disbelief | An unspoken agreement between writer and reader: "I agree to believe your make-believe if it entertains me." | 57 | |
| 10479596430 | Comedy of manners | Comedy that ridicules the manners (way of life, social customs, etc.) of a certain segment of society | 58 | |
| 10479597029 | Satire | A kind of literature that ridicules human folly or vice with the purpose of bringing about reform or of keeping others from falling into similar folly or vice | 59 | |
| 10479598350 | Scornful comedy | A type of comedy whose main purpose is to expose and ridicule human folly, vanity, or hypocrisy | 60 | |
| 10479600990 | Romantic comedy | A type of comedy whose likable and sensible main characters are placed in difficulties from which they are rescued at the end of the play | 61 | |
| 10479601647 | Farce | A type of comedy that relies on exaggeration, horseplay, and unrealistic or improbable situations to provoke laughter | 62 | |
| 10479604296 | Escapist literature | Literature written purely for entertainment, with little or no attempt to provide insights into the true nature of human life or behavior. | 63 | |
| 10479611846 | Fable | A short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing animal characters that act like human beings | 64 | |
| 10479616228 | Interpretive literature | Literature that provides valid insights into the nature of human life or behavior | 65 | |
| 10479619373 | Myth | any story that attempts to explain how the world was created or why the world is the way that it is. Myths are stories that are passed on from generation to generation and normally involve religion. Most myths were first spread by oral tradition and then were written down in some literary form. | 66 | |
| 10479629270 | Parable | a simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson | 67 | |
| 10479631753 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and could reply | 68 | |
| 10479632726 | Ekpharsis | The poetic representation of a painting or sculpture in words | 69 | |
| 10479633938 | Epigram | (1)A short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation. (2) A concise, clever, often paradoxical statement. | 70 | |
| 10479640260 | Extended figure | A figure of speech (usually metaphor, simile, personification, or apostrophe) sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem | 71 | |
| 10479642945 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for a whole | 72 | |
| 10479644223 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which some significant aspect or detail of an experience is used to represent the whole experience | 73 | |
| 10479645101 | Ballad | a narrative folk song. The ballad is traced back to the Middle Ages. Ballads were usually created by common people and passed orally due to the illiteracy of the time. Subjects for ballads include killings, feuds, important historical events, and rebellion. | 74 | |
| 10479648578 | Elegy | A type of literature defined as a song or poem, written in elegiac couplets, that expresses sorrow or lamentation, usually for one who has died. | 75 | |
| 10479652987 | Epic | A long poem in a lofty style about the exploits of heroic figures. These often come from an oral tradition of shared authorship or from a single, high-profile poet imitating style. | 76 | |
| 10479655780 | Lyric | a song-like poem written mainly to express the feelings of emotions or thought from a particular person, thus separating it from narrative poems. These poems are generally short, averaging roughly twelve to thirty lines, and rarely go beyond sixty lines. These poems express vivid imagination as well as emotion and all flow fairly concisely. | 77 | |
| 10479656380 | Narrative poem | A poem that tells a story. A narrative poem can come in many forms and styles, both complex and simple, short or long, as long as it tells a story. A few examples of a narrative poem are epics, ballads, and metrical romances. | 78 | |
| 10479656955 | Ode | Usually a lyric poem of moderate length, with a serious subject, an elevated style, and an elaborate stanza pattern. The ode often praises people, the arts of music and poetry, natural scenes, or abstract concepts. | 79 | |
| 10479659463 | Sonnet | A fixed form of fourteen lines, normally iambic pentameter, with a rhyme scheme conforming to or approximating one of two main types—the Italian or the English | 80 |
