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| 6157629809 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a political one | 0 | |
| 6157629810 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words | 1 | |
| 6157629811 | Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mid without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference | 2 | |
| 6157629812 | Ambiguity | the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness | 3 | |
| 6157632538 | Analogy | a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification | 4 | |
| 6157632539 | Anaphora | the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition | 5 | |
| 6157632540 | Anastrophe | the inversion of the usual order of words or clauses | 6 | |
| 6157636024 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 7 | |
| 6157636025 | Antagonist | a character, group of characters, institution, or concept that stands in or represents opposition | 8 | |
| 6157639239 | Antimetabole | Device in which a phrase or sentence is repeated, but in reverse order | 9 | |
| 6157639240 | Antithesis | A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of each other | 10 | |
| 6157639241 | Antihero | A protagonist who lacks conventional heroic qualities such as idealism, courage, or morality | 11 | |
| 6157641888 | Anthropomorphism | The attributing of human characteristics and purposes to inanimate objects, animals, | 12 | |
| 6157641889 | Aphorism | A pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as "if it isn't broke don't fix it" | 13 | |
| 6157641890 | Apostrophe | A writer or speaker using this detaches himself from reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech | 14 | |
| 6157644636 | Apposition | a relationship between two or more words or phrases in which the two units are parallel and have the same referent | 15 | |
| 6157648156 | Assonance | In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible | 16 | |
| 6157648157 | Asyndeton | the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence | 17 | |
| 6157648158 | Characterization | the creation or construction of a fictional character | 18 | |
| 6157660740 | Indirect Characterization | The process by which the writer shows the character's | 19 | |
| 6157666623 | Direct Characterization | the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character | 20 | |
| 6157666624 | Static Character | A literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop | 21 | |
| 6157666625 | Dynamic Character | A literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude | 22 | |
| 6157668897 | Flat Character | Two- dimensional in the fact that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of the work | 23 | |
| 6157668898 | Round Character | Complex and undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader | 24 | |
| 6157668899 | Chiasmus | A figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form | 25 | |
| 6157668900 | Cliche | A phrase or opinion that is overused and often a stereotype | 26 | |
| 6157671458 | Colloquialism | A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation | 27 | |
| 6157671459 | Comedy | professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches, intended to make audience's laugh | 28 | |
| 6157671460 | Conceit | excessive pride in oneself | 29 | |
| 6157687082 | Confessional Poetry | poetry of the personal | 30 | |
| 6157687083 | Conflict | literary device used for expressing a resistance the protagonist of the story finds in achieving his aims or dreams | 31 | |
| 6157687084 | External Conflict | struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force nature or another character | 32 | |
| 6157693608 | Internal Conflict | the struggle occurring within a character's mind | 33 | |
| 6157693609 | Connotation | An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning | 34 | |
| 6157693610 | Couplet | two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit | 35 | |
| 6157693611 | Dialect | a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group | 36 | |
| 6157699393 | Diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing | 37 | |
| 6157699394 | Didactic | intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive | 38 | |
| 6157700995 | Elegy | A sad poem, usually written to praise and express sorrow for someone who is dead | 39 | |
| 6157700996 | Epanalesis | figure of speech defined by the repetition of the initial word (or words) of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence | 40 | |
| 6157700997 | Epic | a long narrative poem, often written about a hero or heroine | 41 | |
| 6157705797 | Epigraph | an inscription on a building, statue, or coin | 42 | |
| 6157705798 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 43 | |
| 6157708607 | Epithet | an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned | 44 | |
| 6157708608 | Essay | a short piece of writing on a particular subject | 45 | |
| 6157708609 | Explication | the process of analyzing and developing an idea or principle in detail | 46 | |
| 6157708610 | Fable | a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral | 47 | |
| 6157710326 | Farce | a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable stations | 48 | |
| 6157710327 | Figurative Language | using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive and impactful. They go beyond the literal meanings of the words to give the readers new insights | 49 | |
| 6157710328 | Flashback | a scene in a movie, novel, or other work set in a time earlier than the main story | 50 | |
| 6157713090 | Foil | a character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character | 51 | |
| 6157713091 | Foreshadowing | device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story | 52 | |
| 6157713092 | Free Verse | poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhyme and does not rhyme | 53 | |
| 6157714554 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally | 54 | |
| 6157714555 | Hypotactic | subordination of one clause to another, or when the clauses are coordinated or subordinated to one another within sentences | 55 | |
| 6157716541 | Imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language | 56 | |
| 6157716542 | Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect | 57 | |
| 6157716543 | Verbal Irony | when words express something contrary to truth or someone says the opposite of what they really feel or mean | 58 | |
| 6157723177 | Situational Irony | occurs when incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead | 59 | |
| 6157723178 | Dramatic Irony | irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play | 60 | |
| 6157723179 | Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect | 61 | |
| 6157732688 | Litotes | ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary | 62 | |
| 6157732689 | Lyric Poem | When a poet writes an emotional, rhyming poem, she can call it a lyric poem | 63 | |
| 6157732690 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable | 64 | |
| 6157735848 | Extended Metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem | 65 | |
| 6157735849 | Metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of thing meant | 66 | |
| 6157735850 | Mood | the atmosphere of a literature piece | 67 | |
| 6157739227 | Motif | a distinct feature or dominant idea in a literary composition | 68 | |
| 6157739228 | Motivation | the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way | 69 | |
| 6157739229 | Onomatopoeia | the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named | 70 | |
| 6157741062 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 71 | |
| 6157741063 | Parable | a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson | 72 | |
| 6157744524 | Paradox | A statement that, despite apparently sound reasoning from true premises, leads to a self-contradictory or a logically unacceptable conclusion | 73 | |
| 6157744525 | Parallel Structure | the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence | 74 | |
| 6157748958 | Paratactic Sentence | literary technique that favors short, simple sentences, with the use of coordinating rather than subordinating conjunctions | 75 | |
| 6157748959 | Parody | an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect | 76 | |
| 6157748960 | Periodic | appearing or occurring at intervals | 77 | |
| 6157750335 | Personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form | 78 | |
| 6157750336 | Plot | the main events of a play, novel, or other work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence | 79 | |
| 6157750337 | Point of View | a particular attitude or way of considering a matter | 80 | |
| 6157752320 | Omniscient Point of View | perspective where the reader sees all of the events in a story | 81 | |
| 6157752321 | Polysyndeton | conjunctions are used repeatedly in quick succession, often with no commas, even when the conjunctions could be removed | 82 | |
| 6157754297 | Protagonist | the leading character or one of the major characters | 83 | |
| 6157754298 | Pun | a joke exploiting the different possible meaning of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings (ex: Santa's helpers are known as subordinate Clauses, A chicken farmer's favorite car is a coupe) | 84 | |
| 6157758547 | Quatrain | a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes | 85 | |
| 6157758548 | Refrain | a verse, a line, a set, or a group of some lines that appears at the end of stanza, or appears where a poem divides into different sections | 86 | |
| 6157758549 | Rhythm | the systematic arrangement of musical sounds, principally according to duration and periodic stress | 87 | |
| 6157758550 | Rhetoric | language designed to have persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content | 88 | |
| 6157760110 | Rhetorical Question | a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer | 89 | |
| 6157762075 | Romance | referrers to a story of chivalry and love | 90 | |
| 6157762076 | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues | 91 | |
| 6157764235 | Simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid | 92 | |
| 6157764236 | Soliloquy | an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any heareres, especially a character in a play | 93 | |
| 6157764237 | Stereotype | a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing | 94 | |
| 6157766550 | Stream of Consciousness | a person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow | 95 | |
| 6157768460 | Style | the way the writer writes and is the technique which an individual author uses in their writing | 96 | |
| 6157768461 | Suspense | a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen | 97 | |
| 6157768462 | Symbol | the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense | 98 | |
| 6157770836 | Synecdoche | figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa | 99 | |
| 6157776839 | Syntactic Fluency | a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa | 100 | |
| 6157776840 | Syntactic Permutation | Sentence structures that are extraordinarily complex and involved. | 101 | |
| 6157778923 | Tall Tale | a story with such unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual | 102 | |
| 6157778924 | Telegraphic Sentence | A concise sentence typically containing five words or less | 103 | |
| 6157782849 | Theme | the central topic a text treats can be divided into two categories; a work's thematic concept is what readers think the work is about | 104 | |
| 6157782850 | Tone | The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience The tone is generally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject | 105 | |
| 6157782851 | Tragedy | Branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual | 106 | |
| 6157782852 | Tricolon | A rhetorical term that consists of three parallel clauses, phrases or words, which happen to come in quick succession without any interruption | 107 | |
| 6157786310 | Understatement | A figure of speech employed by writers or speakers | 108 | |
| 6157791746 | Unity | 109 | ||
| 6157791747 | Vernacular | 110 | ||
| 6157791748 | Purtinism | 1620-1770 | 111 | |
| 6157794216 | Neoclassicism | 1770-early 1800 | 112 | |
| 6157796095 | Romanticism | early 1800-1870 | 113 | |
| 6157800527 | Realism | 1850- early 1900 | 114 | |
| 6157816379 | Naturalism | late 1800-mid 1900 | 115 | |
| 6157816380 | Modernism | 1920-1945 | 116 | |
| 6157818365 | Post Modernism | 1945-current | 117 |
