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| 2887528426 | allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | 0 | |
| 2887529812 | allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art | 1 | |
| 2887529813 | antagonist | A character or force in conflict with the main character | 2 | |
| 2887530924 | archetype | A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response | 3 | |
| 2887530925 | climax | Most exciting moment of the story; turning point | 4 | |
| 2887530926 | comedy | A literary work which ends happily because the hero or heroine is able to overcome obstacles and get what he or she wants. | 5 | |
| 2887530946 | confidant | a person entrusted with secrets | 6 | |
| 2887531922 | conflict | A struggle between opposing forces | 7 | |
| 2887531923 | cosmic irony | Type of irony where it seems that God or fate is manipulating events so as to inspire false hopes, which are inevitably dashed. | 8 | |
| 2887531924 | crisis | A sudden, unpredictable, and potentially dangerous event requiring the president to play the role of crisis manager. | 9 | |
| 2887533303 | denouement | an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot | 10 | |
| 2887533304 | dialogue | Conversation between characters | 11 | |
| 2887533305 | diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 12 | |
| 2887534452 | direct characterization | Author directly describes character | 13 | |
| 2887534453 | dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. | 14 | |
| 2887535713 | dynamic character | A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action | 15 | |
| 2887535714 | epiphany | A moment of sudden revelation or insight | 16 | |
| 2887535715 | exposition | A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances. | 17 | |
| 2887536776 | fiction | A story that is not true or is made up | 18 | |
| 2887536777 | first person | "I" and "Me" standpoint. Personal perspective. | 19 | |
| 2887536778 | flashback | A method of narration in which present action is temporarily interrupted so that the reader can witness past events | 20 | |
| 2887536779 | flat character | A character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story | 21 | |
| 2887537989 | foreshadowing | A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader. | 22 | |
| 2887537990 | genre | A category or type of literature (or of art, music, etc.) characterized by a particular form, style, or content. | 23 | |
| 2887537991 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 24 | |
| 2887539249 | indirect characterization | Author subtly reveals the character through actions and interactions. | 25 | |
| 2887539250 | in medias res | A Latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point. | 26 | |
| 2887539251 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | 27 | |
| 2887540539 | horation | Satire is characterized by a cheerful, urbane, "tongue-in-cheek" tone. | 28 | |
| 2887540540 | juvenilian | formal satire in which the speaker abrasively attacks vice and error with contempt and indignation with the goal of provoking change because the opponent is seen as evil or harmful | 29 | |
| 2887542848 | 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. | 30 | |
| 2887542849 | minimalist | An attitude of only doing the least that is required by law in our moral life | 31 | |
| 2887542850 | motif | A recurring theme, subject or idea | 32 | |
| 2887542851 | motivation | A character's incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner; that which impels a character to act | 33 | |
| 2887544285 | narrator | Person telling the story | 34 | |
| 2887544286 | objective point of view | a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events. | 35 | |
| 2887545737 | 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 | |
| 2887545738 | plot | Sequence of events in a story | 37 | |
| 2887545739 | point of view | The perspective from which a story is told | 38 | |
| 2887547086 | protagonist | Main character | 39 | |
| 2887547087 | round character | A character who demonstrates some complexity and who develops or changes in the course of a work | 40 | |
| 2887547088 | setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. | 41 | |
| 2887547089 | short story | A brief work of fiction | 42 | |
| 2887548444 | situational irony | An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected | 43 | |
| 2887549771 | static character | A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end | 44 | |
| 2887549772 | stock character | a fictional character that relies heavily on cultural types or stereotypes for its personality manner of speech and other characteristics | 45 | |
| 2887549773 | stream of conciousness | a style of writing in which the thoughts and feelings of the writer are recorded as they occur | 46 | |
| 2887552852 | story of initiation | a short story depicting a decisive incident that sends a character into a higher state of awareness, whether for better or for worse. | 47 | |
| 2887552853 | style | A basic and distinctive mode of expression. | 48 | |
| 2887552854 | symbol / symbolism | something that stands for something else | 49 | |
| 2887556144 | syntax | Sentence structure | 50 | |
| 2887556145 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 51 | |
| 2887556146 | third person | Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer | 52 | |
| 2887556147 | tragedy | A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow | 53 | |
| 2887556148 | tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels. | 54 | |
| 2887557750 | unreliable narrator | a narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty, misleadingly biased, or otherwise distorted | 55 | |
| 2887557751 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 56 | |
| 3556645358 | alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds | 57 | |
| 3556649575 | antithesis | (n.) the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 58 | |
| 3556650586 | apostrophe | address to something not human or someone not there | 59 | |
| 3556651329 | assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 60 | |
| 3556652042 | consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | 61 | |
| 3556654492 | deus ex machine | cheap ending, conclusion from nowhere | 62 | |
| 3556656463 | epistle | a letter or literary composition in letter form | 63 | |
| 3556656464 | foil | A character who acts as a contrast to another character | 64 | |
| 3556657182 | hubris | Excessive pride or self-confidence | 65 | |
| 3556660232 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 66 | |
| 3556660233 | metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared. | 67 | |
| 3556660777 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 68 | |
| 3556661492 | montage | A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea. | 69 | |
| 3556662197 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 70 | |
| 3556662198 | parable | A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson | 71 | |
| 3556662687 | paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 72 | |
| 3556663247 | pathos | Appeal to emotion | 73 | |
| 3556663248 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 74 | |
| 3556664450 | similie | A comparison using like or as | 75 | |
| 3556664997 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 76 | |
| 3556664998 | understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 77 |
