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| 12870201256 | allegory | story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning | 0 | |
| 12870201257 | alliteration | beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words | 1 | |
| 12870201258 | allusion | indirect of passing reference | 2 | |
| 12870201259 | anaphora | repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning | 3 | |
| 12870201260 | antagonist | a hostile person who is opposed to another character | 4 | |
| 12870201261 | apostrophe | figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character | 5 | |
| 12870201262 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds | 6 | |
| 12870201263 | flat character | story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic | 7 | |
| 12870201264 | round character | character who has complex personality: contradicted person | 8 | |
| 12870201265 | dynamic character | changes throughout the story, through major conflict | 9 | |
| 12870201266 | static character | person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality | 10 | |
| 12870201267 | characterization | process of revealing characters personality | 11 | |
| 12870201268 | climax | point where conflict hits its highest point | 12 | |
| 12870201269 | comedy | drama that is amusing or funny | 13 | |
| 12870201270 | conflict | struggle between opposing forces | 14 | |
| 12870201271 | connotation | secondary meaning to a word | 15 | |
| 12870201272 | consonance | repetition of same consonant in words close together | 16 | |
| 12870201273 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse | 17 | |
| 12870201274 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 18 | |
| 12870201275 | denouement | final outcome of the story | 19 | |
| 12870201276 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. | 20 | |
| 12870201277 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 21 | |
| 12870201278 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | 22 | |
| 12870201279 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 23 | |
| 12870201280 | dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. | 24 | |
| 12870201281 | irony of situation | refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended | 25 | |
| 12870201282 | metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 26 | |
| 12870201283 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 27 | |
| 12870201284 | motivation | A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior | 28 | |
| 12870201285 | narrator | Person telling the story | 29 | |
| 12870201286 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 30 | |
| 12870201287 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 31 | |
| 12870201288 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 32 | |
| 12870201289 | paradox | A contradiction or dilemma | 33 | |
| 12870201290 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 34 | |
| 12870201291 | plot | Sequence of events in a story | 35 | |
| 12870201292 | omniscient point of view | The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person. | 36 | |
| 12870201293 | third person limited point of view | narrator tells the story from only one character's pov | 37 | |
| 12870201294 | first person point of view | a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself | 38 | |
| 12870201295 | objective point of view | a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events. | 39 | |
| 12870201296 | protagonist | Main character | 40 | |
| 12870201297 | quatrain | A four line stanza | 41 | |
| 12870201298 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 42 | |
| 12870201299 | soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage |  | 43 |
| 12870201300 | stream of consciousness | private thoughts of a character without commentary |  | 44 |
| 12870201301 | symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else |  | 45 |
| 12870201302 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |  | 46 |
| 12870201303 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature |  | 47 |
| 12870201304 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character |  | 48 |
| 12870201305 | tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character |  | 49 |
| 12870201306 | understatement | the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis |  | 50 |
