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| 14593077786 | Act | a major unit of action in a drama or play. Each act can be further divided into smaller sections called scenes. | 0 | |
| 14593082984 | Allegory | a story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or generalization about life. Allegories often have a strong moral or lesson. | 1 | |
| 14594881224 | Alliteration | Repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words. | 2 | |
| 14594885967 | Allusion | A reference in literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature. Allusions are often indirect or brief references to well-known characters or events. | 3 | |
| 14594901290 | Analogy | A comparison of two or more like objects that suggests if they are alike in certain respects, they will probably be alike in other ways as well | 4 | |
| 14613445516 | Anecdote | A brief account of an interesting incident or event that usually is intended to entertain or to make a point | 5 | |
| 14613449542 | Aside | An actor's speech, directed to the audience, that is not supposed to be heard by other actors on stage. An aside is used to let the audience know what a character is about to do or what he or she is thinking. | 6 | |
| 14613459542 | Assonance | repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry | 7 | |
| 14613462016 | Audience | The particular group of readers or viewers that the writer is addressing. A writer considers his or her audience when deciding on a subject, a purpose for writing and the tone and style in which to write. | 8 | |
| 14613468139 | Author | The writer of a book, article or other text. | 9 | |
| 14613469990 | Author's Purpose | an author's purpose is his or her reason for creating a particular work. The purpose can be to entertain, explain or inform, express an opinion, or to persuade. | 10 | |
| 14613477237 | Autobiography | a form of nonfiction in which a person tells the story of his or her life | 11 | |
| 14613479160 | Ballad | is a poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited. | 12 | |
| 14613480700 | Biography | The story of a person's life that is written by someone else | 13 | |
| 14613483075 | Blank Verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter | 14 | |
| 14613483722 | Caesura | A pause or sudden break in a line of poetry | 15 | |
| 14613485791 | Cause and Effect | two events are related as cause and effect when one event brings about or causes the other. The event that happens first is the cause; the one that follows is the effect. | 16 | |
| 14613487822 | Character | A person who is responsible for the thoughts and actions within a story, poem, or other literature. | 17 | |
| 14613632655 | Antagonist | A character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, works against the main character, or protagonist, in some way | 18 | |
| 14613638859 | Caricature | a picture or imitation of a person's habits, physical appearance or mannerisms exaggerated in a comic or absurd way | 19 | |
| 14613639940 | Foil | character who serves as a contrast or a conflict to another character | 20 | |
| 14613643626 | Hero/Heroine | a character whose actions are inspiring or noble; often the main character | 21 | |
| 14613646983 | Character trait | a character's personality; a trait is not a physical description of a character. | 22 | |
| 14613649812 | Direct characterization | The author directly states a character's traits or makes direct comments about a character's nature | 23 | |
| 14613655358 | Dynamic Character | a character who changes throughout the course of the story | 24 | |
| 14613660977 | Flat Character | a character about whom little information is provided | 25 | |
| 14613661786 | Indirect Character | Author does not directly state a character's trait; instead | 26 | |
| 14613665701 | Round Character | a character who is fully described by the author | 27 | |
| 14613667840 | Static Character | A character who does not change or who changes very little in the course of a story. | 28 | |
| 14613672699 | chronological order | the order in which events happen in time | 29 | |
| 14613674098 | Characterization | all of the techniques that writers use to create characters | 30 | |
| 14613675470 | Refain | 31 |
