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| 4787415455 | Allegory | A figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures and events. | 0 | |
| 4787415456 | Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea is historical, cultural, literary or political significance. | 1 | |
| 4787416289 | Anachronism | An error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece. | 2 | |
| 4787416290 | Analogy | A comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. | 3 | |
| 4787417455 | Antagonist | A character or group of characters which stand in opposition of the protagonist. | 4 | |
| 4787445151 | Atmosphere | A type of feeling that reader get from a narrative based on details such as setting, background, objects and foreshadowing. A mood can serve as a vehicle for establishing atmosphere. | 5 | |
| 4787417456 | Chronological Order | When something is arranged in the order it occurred. | 6 | |
| 4787418946 | Characterization | Used step by step in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story. | 7 | |
| 4787418947 | Cliche | Refers to an expression that has been overused to the extent that it loses its original meaning or novelty. | 8 | |
| 4787418948 | Climax | A particular point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point. | 9 | |
| 4787423826 | Colloquialism | The use of informal words, phrases or even slang in piece of writing | 10 | |
| 4787423827 | Connotation | Refers to the meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. | 11 | |
| 4787424937 | Conflict | Involves a struggle between two opposing forces, usually a protagonist and antagonist. | 12 | |
| 4787424938 | Decorum | Having good behavior and manners | 13 | |
| 4787424939 | Diction | A style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. | 14 | |
| 4787425958 | Extended Metaphor | Refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continue throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem. | 15 | |
| 4787425959 | First Person Narrator | The narrator of the story talks about their perspective and the reader only knows their thoughts and feelings. | 16 | |
| 4787425960 | Foil | A character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character with the object to highlight the traits of the other character. | 17 | |
| 4787427733 | Foreshadowing | A writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. | 18 | |
| 4787427734 | Genre | The type of art, literature or music characterized by a specific form, content, and style. | 19 | |
| 4787427735 | Limited Narrator | A person outside of the story is telling the story of one of the characters. The characters are described using pronouns. | 20 | |
| 4787429128 | Omniscient | The narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of every character in the story. | 21 | |
| 4787430029 | Loose Sentence | Begins with a main clause that is followed by phrases or/and that modify the main clause. | 22 | |
| 4787430030 | Metaphor | Makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics. | 23 | |
| 4787433196 | Mood | Evokes certain feelings or vibes in reader through words and descriptions. | 24 | |
| 4787433197 | Motif | An object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work. | 25 | |
| 4787433198 | Objective Narrator | When the narrator is the main character but also knows all the thoughts and feelings of the other characters. | 26 | |
| 4787434246 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth. | 27 | |
| 4787434247 | Parable | A figure of speech that presents a short story typically with a moral lesson at the end. | 28 | |
| 4787434248 | Persona | A voice or an assumed role of a character that represents the thoughts of a writer or a specific person the writer wants to present as his mouthpiece; a mask | 29 | |
| 4787435471 | Personification | A thing, an idea, or an animal is given human attributes. | 30 | |
| 4787435472 | Point of View | The angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion, or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation. | 31 | |
| 4787435473 | Prose | A form of language that has no formal metrical structure. It applies a natural flow of speech, and ordinary grammatical structure rather than rhythmic structure, such as in the case of traditional poetry. | 32 | |
| 4787436985 | Protagonist | A central character or leading figures in poetry, narrative, novel or any other story; usually the hero. | 33 | |
| 4787436986 | Simile | Makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different thing; uses "like" or "as". | 34 | |
| 4787436987 | Speaker | The voice that is behind the text; the person we imagine talking to us. | 35 | |
| 4787436988 | Stock Characters | A stereotypical person whom audiences readily recognize from frequent recurrences in a particular literary tradition. | 36 | |
| 4787438602 | Syntax | A set of rules in a language; it dictates how words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete thought. | 37 | |
| 4787438603 | Theme | A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly. | 38 | |
| 4787438604 | Thesis | A statement in a nonfiction or fiction work that a writer intends to support and prove. | 39 | |
| 4787438605 | Tone | An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience; conveyed through the choice of words or viewpoint of a writer | 40 | |
| 4787439714 | Tragedy | A kind of drama that presents a serious subject matter about human suffering and corresponding terrible events in a dignified manner. | 41 | |
| 4787439715 | Tragic Flaw | Defined as a trait in a character leading to his downfall and the character is often the hero of the literary piece. | 42 | |
| 4787441042 | Verisimilitude | The likeness to the truth i.e. resemblance of fictitious work to a real event even if it is a far-fetched one. | 43 |
