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| 5568151862 | pathos | Appeal to emotion | 0 | |
| 5568151863 | catharsis | Emotional release | 1 | |
| 5568151864 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 2 | |
| 5568152275 | interior monologue | writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head | 3 | |
| 5568152276 | analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 4 | |
| 5568152277 | 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. Even such elements as a description of the weather can contribute to the atmosphere. Frequently atmosphere foreshadows events. Perhaps it can create a mood. | 5 | |
| 5568152278 | apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 6 | |
| 5568152279 | black humor | The use of disturbing themes in comedy. | 7 | |
| 5568152280 | ballad | A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas | 8 | |
| 5568152281 | archaism | The use of deliberately old-fashioned language. | 9 | |
| 5568152282 | aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 10 | |
| 5568152928 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 11 | |
| 5568152929 | periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. | 12 | |
| 5568152930 | implicit | (adj.) implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in | 13 | |
| 5568152931 | foil | A character who is in most ways opposite to the main character (protagonist) or one who is nearly the same as the protagonist. The purpose of the foil character is to emphasize the traits of the main character by contrast only | 14 | |
| 5568152932 | euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 15 | |
| 5568152933 | lament | passionate expression of grief, often in music, poetry, or song form | 16 | |
| 5568152934 | lyric | A type of poetry that explores the poet's personal interpretation of and feelings about the world. | 17 | |
| 5568153495 | limited omniscient narrator | third-person narrator who generally reports only what one character (usually main character) sees, reports only thoughts of that one character | 18 | |
| 5568153496 | stream of consciousness | a style of writing that portrays the inner (often chaotic) workings of a character's mind. | 19 | |
| 5568153497 | suggest | imply | 20 | |
| 5568154027 | subjunctive mood | A grammatical situation involving the words "if" and "were," setting up a hypothetical situation. | 21 | |
| 5568154028 | loose sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses | 22 | |
| 5568154029 | dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. | 23 | |
| 5568154030 | epic | A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society | 24 | |
| 5568154031 | genre | A category or type of literature (or of art, music, etc.) characterized by a particular form, style, or content. | 25 | |
| 5568154032 | inversion | A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject. | 26 | |
| 5568154465 | meaning | definition | 27 | |
| 5568154466 | enjambment | A run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next. | 28 | |
| 5568154467 | free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme | 29 | |
| 5568154468 | melodrama | A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response. | 30 | |
| 5568154952 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 31 | |
| 5568154953 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 32 | |
| 5568154954 | pun | A play on words | 33 | |
| 5568154955 | refrain | A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem. | 34 | |
| 5568154956 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 35 | |
| 5568154957 | dirge | a funeral hymn or mournful speech | 36 | |
| 5568154958 | pastoral | A work of literature dealing with rural life | 37 | |
| 5568155545 | allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | 38 | |
| 5568155546 | summary | synopsis | 39 | |
| 5568155547 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 40 | |
| 5568155548 | bombast | pompous in speech and manner | 41 | |
| 5568155549 | suspension of disbelief | a willingness to suspend one's critical faculties and believe the unbelievable; sacrifice of realism and logic for the sake of enjoyment | 42 | |
| 5568156028 | antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 43 | |
| 5568156029 | opposition | dissent | 44 | |
| 5568156030 | canto | division of a long poem | 45 | |
| 5568156031 | elements | Basic techniques of each genre of literature | 46 | |
| 5568156032 | alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds | 47 | |
| 5568156033 | antihero | a protagonist who is markedly unheroic: morally weak, cowardly, dishonest, or any number of other unsavory qualities | 48 | |
| 5568156783 | chorus | A group who says things at the same time | 49 | |
| 5568156784 | pathetic fallacy | faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects | 50 | |
| 5568156785 | anecdote | A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event. | 51 | |
| 5568156786 | anachronism | Something out of place in time | 52 | |
| 5568157517 | academic | scholarly | 53 | |
| 5568157518 | abstract | Theoretical | 54 | |
| 5568157519 | aesthetic | Concerning the appreciation of beauty | 55 | |
| 5568157520 | assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 56 | |
| 5568158343 | allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. Allusions can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical. There are many more possibilities, and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers of allusion. | 57 | |
| 5568158344 | epitaph | A brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone | 58 | |
| 5568158345 | parenthetical | a comment that interrupts the immediate subject, often to qualify or explain | 59 | |
| 5568158346 | elegy | a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. | 60 | |
| 5568158347 | nemesis | Enemy | 61 | |
| 5568158361 | hubris | Excessive pride | 62 | |
| 5568158874 | gothic | A sensibility that includes such features as dark, gloomy castles and weird screams from the attic each night. | 63 | |
| 5568158875 | feminine rhyme | lines rhymed by their final two syllables | 64 | |
| 5568158876 | foreshadowing | A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader. | 65 | |
| 5568158877 | foot | A metrical unit composed of stressed and unstressed syllables. | 66 | |
| 5568158878 | doggerel | comic, sometimes crude, informal verse | 67 | |
| 5568159651 | dramatic monologue | when a single speaker in literature says something to a silent audience | 68 | |
| 5568159652 | euphony | pleasant, harmonious sound | 69 | |
| 5568159653 | simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 70 | |
| 5568159654 | metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared. | 71 | |
| 5568159655 | colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 72 | |
| 5568159656 | conceit | A fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor | 73 | |
| 5568160289 | connotation | All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests | 74 | |
| 5568160290 | denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 75 | |
| 5568160291 | couplet | Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme | 76 | |
| 5568161099 | decorum | Proper behavior | 77 | |
| 5568161100 | diction | Choice of words | 78 | |
| 5568161101 | plaint | A poem or speech expressing sorrow | 79 | |
| 5568161102 | anticlimax | letdown in thought or emotion | 80 | |
| 5568161103 | objective | (adj) factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased | 81 | |
| 5568161704 | aside | A device in which a character in a drama makes a short speech which is heard by the audience but not by other characters in the play | 82 | |
| 5568161707 | stanza | A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem | 83 | |
| 5568161705 | accent | emphasize | 84 | |
| 5568161706 | imagery | Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work; the use of language to create sensory impressions. | 85 |
