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| 3182855448 | Allegory | multiple symbols interact to create a meaning | 0 | |
| 3182855449 | Allusion | reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature | 1 | |
| 3182855450 | Apostrophe | addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing | 2 | |
| 3182855451 | Epithet | characteristic of a person or a thing | 3 | |
| 3182855452 | Euphemism | polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or which suggest something unpleasant | 4 | |
| 3182855453 | Figurative Language | language in which figures of speech are used to make it effective, persuasive and impactful | 5 | |
| 3182855454 | Hyperbole | an exaggeration | 6 | |
| 3182855455 | Dramatic Irony | audience knows more about the situations, the causes of conflicts and their resolutions before leading characters or actors | 7 | |
| 3182855456 | Verbal Irony | when the speaker says something contradictory to his/her emotions and actions | 8 | |
| 3182855457 | Situational Irony | something entirely different happens from what audience may be expecting or the final outcome is opposite to what the audience is expecting | 9 | |
| 3182855458 | Romantic Irony | The procedure by which apparently significant gestures or assertions or decisions are made only to immediately collapse | 10 | |
| 3182855459 | Litotes | a double negative statement that confirms a positive idea by negating the opposite. | 11 | |
| 3182855460 | Direct Metaphor | clearly states that one thing is another | 12 | |
| 3182855461 | Indirect Metaphor | the comparison is not plainly expressed | 13 | |
| 3182855462 | Conceit Metaphor | connection between two ideas that seem unrelateable | 14 | |
| 3182855463 | Metonymy | replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated | 15 | |
| 3182855464 | Oxymoron | two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect | 16 | |
| 3182855465 | Paradox | a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth (ex: The enemy of my enemy is my friend) | 17 | |
| 3182855466 | Personification | a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes | 18 | |
| 3182855467 | Pun | a play on words | 19 | |
| 3182855468 | Simile | a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison, showing similarities between two different things with the help of "like" or "as" | 20 | |
| 3182855469 | Symbol | signifies ideas and qualities by giving them meanings that are different from their literal sense | 21 | |
| 3182855470 | Synaesthesia | one sense is described using terms from another (ex: I smell trouble) | 22 | |
| 3182855471 | Synechdoche | a figure of speech where part of something is used to represent the whole thing | 23 | |
| 3182855472 | Understatement | a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is | 24 | |
| 3182855473 | Ambiguity | a word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning | 25 | |
| 3182855474 | Anachronism | an error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece | 26 | |
| 3182855475 | Archetype | a typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature | 27 | |
| 3182855476 | Concrete Language | identifies things perceived through the senses | 28 | |
| 3182855477 | Connotation | implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly | 29 | |
| 3182855478 | Deconnotation | literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings | 30 | |
| 3182855479 | Details | carefully chosen and well organized can help make a piece of writing or an oral report more precise, vivid, convincing, and interesting | 31 | |
| 3182855480 | Didactic | Stories intended to instruct, inform, or teach a moral lesson. | 32 | |
| 3182855481 | Epigraph | a literary device in the form of a poem, quotation or sentence usually placed at the beginning of a document or a simple piece having a few sentences but which belongs to another writer | 33 | |
| 3182855482 | Explication | a commentary revealing the meaning of the work | 34 | |
| 3182855483 | Foreshadowing | hints a future event | 35 | |
| 3182855484 | Image | vivid or picturesque phrase that evokes a particular sensation in the reader's mind | 36 | |
| 3182855485 | Imagery | appeals to human senses to deepen the reader's understanding of the work | 37 | |
| 3182855486 | Mood | the overall feeling of the work | 38 | |
| 3182855487 | Moral | principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong | 39 | |
| 3182855488 | Motif | a dominant idea or central theme | 40 | |
| 3182855489 | Parable | A story designed to suggest a principle, illustrate a moral, or answer a question | 41 | |
| 3182855490 | Syntax | The structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence | 42 | |
| 3182855491 | Theme | The main thought expressed by a work | 43 | |
| 3182855492 | Tone | The manner in which an author expresses his of her attitude | 44 | |
| 3182855493 | Climax | occurs when there is a turning point from which there is no going back | 45 | |
| 3182855494 | Internal Conflict | psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character | 46 | |
| 3182855495 | External Conflict | struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character | 47 | |
| 3182855496 | Denouement | All the loose ends of the plot are tied up in this last scene | 48 | |
| 3182855497 | Exposition | a form of writing that explains what's happening or has happened in the story in a very matter-of-fact way | 49 | |
| 3182855498 | Falling Action | occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved | 50 | |
| 3182855499 | Fiction | something invented by the imagination or feigned | 51 | |
| 3182855500 | Epiphany | where a character has a sudden insight or realization that changes his or her understanding | 52 | |
| 3182855501 | Inciting Incidents | event that set the central conflict into motion | 53 | |
| 3182855502 | Motivation | The mixture of situation and personality that impels a character to behave the way he or she does | 54 | |
| 3182855503 | Narrative Pace | how quickly or how slowly the writer takes a reader through a story | 55 | |
| 3182855504 | Plot | events that occur during the course of that story and the way in which they are presented to the reader; storyline | 56 | |
| 3182855505 | Rising Action | a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest | 57 | |
| 3182855506 | Setting | includes the historical moment in time and geographic location in which a story takes place, and helps initiate the main backdrop and mood for a story | 58 | |
| 3182855507 | Style | the literary element that describes the ways that the author uses words | 59 | |
| 3182855508 | Metafiction | is a term given to fictional writing which self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact in order to pose questions about the relationship between fiction and reality | 60 | |
| 3182855509 | Antagonist | the enemy or opposing force of the hero | 61 | |
| 3182855510 | Catharsis | the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions | 62 | |
| 3182855511 | Direct Characterization | tells the audience what the personality of the character is | 63 | |
| 3182855512 | Indirect Characterization | shows things that reveal the personality of a character | 64 | |
| 3182855513 | Dynamic Character | a character who undergoes dramatic changes | 65 | |
| 3182855514 | Flat Character | a character who undergoes no change | 66 | |
| 3182855515 | Foil | a character that serves to highlight one or more attributes of another character | 67 | |
| 3182855516 | Hamartia | commonly understood to refer to the protagonist's error or flaw that leads to a chain of plot actions culminating in a reversal from their good fortune to bad | 68 | |
| 3182855517 | Hubris | an extreme expression of pride or self-confidence in a character | 69 | |
| 3182855518 | Peripety | a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances | 70 | |
| 3182855519 | Protagonist | the hero | 71 | |
| 3182855520 | Round Character | a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated | 72 | |
| 3182855521 | Static Character | an easily recognized character type in fiction who may not be fully delineated but is useful in carrying out some narrative purpose of the author | 73 | |
| 3182855522 | Stock Character | a stereotypical person whom audiences readily recognize from frequent recurrences in a particular literary tradition | 74 | |
| 3182855523 | First Person Primary | narrator is usually the protagonist of the story, and this point of view allows the reader access to the character's inner thoughts and reactions to the events occurring | 75 | |
| 3182855524 | First Second Person Primary | implies a group of people narrating the story at once | 76 | |
| 3182855525 | Persona | is a character or figurative mask that an actor, writer, or singer takes on in order to perform | 77 | |
| 3182855526 | Second Person Point of View | using the "you" pronoun to narrate the story | 78 | |
| 3182855527 | Third Person Limited | the reader is privy only to one main character's thoughts | 79 | |
| 3182855528 | Third Person Omniscent | allows the author to delve into the thoughts of any character, making the narrator seem godlike | 80 | |
| 3182855529 | Third Person Objective | a narrator who tells a story without describing any character's thoughts, opinions, or feelings | 81 | |
| 3182855530 | Freytag's Pyramid | the structure of a dramatic work | 82 | |
| 3182855531 | Quixotic | having foolish and impractical ideas of honor, or schemes for the general good | 83 |
