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| 3607912659 | allegory | hidden meaning typically moral or political | 0 | |
| 3607914266 | alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words | 1 | |
| 3607915739 | allusion | reference to an outside work (biblical, historical, mythological) | 2 | |
| 3607917596 | anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of a preceding clause (ex: truth brings freedom; freedom brings responsibility) | 3 | |
| 3607921211 | analogy | comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure for explanation/clarification | 4 | |
| 3607932442 | anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 5 | |
| 3607936392 | antagonist/protagonist | antagonist=adversary protagonist=leading character in literary work | 6 | |
| 3607938140 | antecedent | a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another | 7 | |
| 3607939372 | aphorism | a pithy observation that contains a general truth: packs a punch of wisdom | 8 | |
| 3607940738 | apostrophe | a character is speaking directly to an inanimate object | 9 | |
| 3607942775 | bildungsroman | a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education | 10 | |
| 3607944965 | biography/autobiography | bio=written about someone else auto=written by self | 11 | |
| 3607947562 | bowdlerize | remove material that is considered improper or offensive: especially when it weakens the resul | 12 | |
| 3612818008 | burlesque | an absurd or comically exaggerated imitation of something | 13 | |
| 3612819349 | catharsis | the purging or purification of the emotions through the evocation of pity and fear, as in tragedy | 14 | |
| 3612821298 | characterization: direct vs indirect | direct=tells audience what it is indirect=shows reader something and traits have to be inferred | 15 | |
| 3612823113 | clause | a unit of grammatical organization: consists of subject and predicate | 16 | |
| 3612825217 | cliche | a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought | 17 | |
| 3612827532 | conceit | to have excessively favorable opinion of oneself | 18 | |
| 3612829683 | conflict | any struggle against opposing forces | 19 | |
| 3612830311 | connotation | the associated or secondary meaning of a word in addition to its primary meaning | 20 | |
| 3612831471 | consonance | the repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession | 21 | |
| 3612832996 | denotation | literal meaning of the word "dictionary definition" | 22 | |
| 3612833810 | denouement | final outcome of the story | 23 | |
| 3612834859 | diction | word choice | 24 | |
| 3612835422 | didactic | intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive | 25 | |
| 3612836391 | doppelganger | often figured as a ghostly twin, shadow, or mirror (image of the protagonist) | 26 | |
| 3612838873 | double-entendre | a phrase that could have two meanings or that could be understood in two different ways | 27 | |
| 3612841038 | dramatic irony | audience knows something the characters do not | 28 | |
| 3612842285 | envoy | a short closing statement of prose or poetry that either dedicates the work or summarizes the main ideas with a single thought | 29 | |
| 3612847463 | epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically | 30 | |
| 3612851692 | epitaph | a brief literary piece commemorating a deceased person | 31 | |
| 3612852772 | eponym | a person from whom something takes or is said to take its name | 32 | |
| 3612854310 | euphemism | nice way to say something not so nice | 33 | |
| 3612855596 | extended metaphor | metaphor throughout a long passage (all the way through the work) | 34 | |
| 3612858758 | false syllogism | a false argument that implies an incorrect conclusion | 35 | |
| 3612859743 | fiction vs. nonfiction | fiction=not real nonfiction=real | 36 | |
| 3612860515 | figurative language | uses words or expressions wth a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation | 37 | |
| 3612861781 | first person | story is narrated one person at a time | 38 | |
| 3612862645 | flashback | transition in a story to an earlier time | 39 | |
| 3612863413 | foil | character serves to bring out attributes of another character | 40 | |
| 3612864391 | foreshadowing | hints of what is to come later on in the novel | 41 | |
| 3612865619 | genre | category of literary composition | 42 | |
| 3612866232 | gothic novel | combines fiction, horror, death, and Romanticism | 43 | |
| 3612868108 | hero | faces danger/adversity from a position of weakness for some greater good | 44 | |
| 3613927350 | historical narrative | takes place in the past, but is a made up story (based on real aspects of the past) | 45 | |
| 3613929510 | historical novel | tries to convey the spirit, manners, and social conditions of a past age with realistic detail and fidelity | 46 | |
| 3613932523 | homily | a sermon given by a priest in a Roman Catholic Church after a scripture has been read | 47 | |
| 3613935361 | homonyms | sound alike and spelled alike but have different meanings | 48 | |
| 3613937646 | homophones | sound alike but have different meanings and spellings | 49 | |
| 3613939467 | hyperbole | exaggeration-rhetorical device | 50 | |
| 3613940951 | idiom | phrase not taken literally...a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ) | 51 | |
| 3613941891 | imagery | description that appeals to our five senses | 52 | |
| 3613946617 | implied metaphor | compares two unlike things but without mentioning one of them | 53 | |
| 3613948514 | in media res | narrative that begins in the middle of a story, usually at some crucial point of action | 54 | |
| 3613950378 | infer vs imply | infer=gather/deduce imply=suggest something indirectly | 55 | |
| 3613953160 | inference | a conclusion arrived at through logical processes | 56 | |
| 3613963026 | irony | conveys a meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning | 57 | |
| 3613963864 | irony of situation | actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended; outcome is opposite | 58 | |
| 3613967203 | loose sentence | main clause followed by phrases that modify the main clause | 59 | |
| 3613969679 | malapropism | using an incorrect word in place of one that is similar in pronunciation | 60 | |
| 3613972914 | metaphor | comparison using is | 61 | |
| 3613973862 | metonymy | word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word (ex: suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing) | 62 | |
| 3613979058 | mood | overall atmosphere created by the tone | 63 | |
| 3613980879 | moral (NOT morale) | principles of right conduct; distinction between right and wrong | 64 | |
| 3613984206 | motif | a recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story | 65 | |
| 3613987145 | narrative | a story or account of events/experiences | 66 | |
| 3613988235 | nom de plume | pseudonym/pen name | 67 | |
| 3613989435 | novel | a long narrative (prose) which describes fictional characters and events | 68 | |
| 3613991253 | novella | shorter than a novel | 69 | |
| 3613994521 | nuance | a subtle degree of difference in meaning/feeling/tone | 70 | |
| 3613995621 | onomatopoeia | mimics sound of the action it refers to | 71 | |
| 3613997848 | oxymoron | two contradictory words put together in one phrase | 72 | |
| 3613998950 | paradox | a statement that contradicts itself but can still be true | 73 | |
| 3614000349 | paraphrase | restatement of speech or writing | 74 | |
| 3614003560 | parallel structure vs. parallelism | ps=repetition of grammatical form p=uses elements identical in sound, meaning, or meter to add symmetry (emphasis); intact phrasing/not changed | 75 | |
| 3614011320 | parody | work that closely imitates for comic effect or ridicule | 76 | |
| 3614014654 | pedantic | overly concerned with details/overly scholarly (word, phrase, or general tone) | 77 | |
| 3614017190 | periodic sentence | has the main clause (predicate) at the end | 78 | |
| 3614018931 | personification | giving human actions to non-living things | 79 | |
| 3614021210 | phrase | group of words that express a concept and is used within a sentence | 80 | |
| 3614025924 | picaresque novel | genre that depicts a roguish hero of low social class who lives by his wits in a corrupt society | 81 | |
| 3614028854 | plot | action that occurs in a story (events) | 82 | |
| 3614029773 | point of view | perspective the story is told from | 83 | |
| 3614030748 | prose | "ordinary writing"/paragraph form | 84 | |
| 3614032028 | proverb | short saying that is widely used to express an obvious truth | 85 | |
| 3614037135 | pseudonym | pen name | 86 | |
| 3614037136 | pun | play on words | 87 | |
| 3614038025 | realism | portrays life in a faithful, accurate manner unclouded by false ideals | 88 | |
| 3614039133 | repetition | repeating a word | 89 | |
| 3614040122 | rhetoric | use of exaggeration on display; effect use of language (persuasion) | 90 | |
| 3614042146 | rhetorical devices | technique an author uses to convey a meaning with the goal of persuading them | 91 | |
| 3614044733 | rhetorical modes | method of presenting a subject through writing or speech/argument cause and effect | 92 | |
| 3614048940 | rhetorical question | question asked in order to make a point rather than elicit an answer | 93 | |
| 3614050397 | roman a clef | story based on real characters and events known to the author but presented under fictitious names (critiques) | 94 | |
| 3614054826 | satire | vices, follies, etc. are held up to ridicule ideally with the intent of shaming | 95 | |
| 3614057017 | semantics | relationship between signifiers (words) and what they stand for; their denotation | 96 | |
| 3614060355 | simile | comparison using like or as | 97 | |
| 3614062473 | spoonerism | an error in speech or deliberate play on words in which corresponding sound (letters) are switched between two words | 98 | |
| 3614065562 | style | the way an author writes (diction, syntax, figurative language) | 99 | |
| 3615664893 | syllogism | rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general and then draws a conclusion about something more specific | 100 | |
| 3615668776 | symbol | an object (or word) to represent an abstract idea | 101 | |
| 3615672005 | syntax | sentence structure; how words and phrases are arranged | 102 | |
| 3615677700 | theme | universal truth (central topic/meaning of the work as a whole) | 103 | |
| 3615682930 | thesis | summarizes the main point or claim of an essay | 104 | |
| 3615685288 | third person limited | the narrator only knows thoughts and feelings of one character | 105 | |
| 3615688718 | third person omniscient | narrator knows all thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters | 106 | |
| 3615690363 | tone | author's attitude toward the subject | 107 | |
| 3615692127 | tragedy | main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow due to their tragic flaw | 108 | |
| 3615695784 | understatement/litotes | attributes less importance than the subject would seem to demand | 109 | |
| 3615698750 | verbal irony | describes something in a way other than it seems | 110 | |
| 3615702398 | verse | division/group of words in a poetic composition | 111 | |
| 3615706294 | voice | writing style of the author (uniqueness) | 112 | |
| 3615712340 | medieval literature | middle ages: three main topics were chivalry, magic, and love | 113 | |
| 3615717052 | Elizabethan literature | Renaissance; highly stylized (Shakespeare): time of discovery (late 18th century) | 114 | |
| 3615724169 | Romanticism | emphasized inspiration, subjectivity, and primacy of the individual | 115 | |
| 3615721456 | Victorianism | novels were much more popular as literacy rates rose (a focus on the highly moralistic, straitlaced language and behavior of Victorian morality) | 116 | |
| 3615728904 | Modernism | broke with classical and traditional forms of literature | 117 |
