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| 4014403776 | Allegory | The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form. |  | 0 |
| 4014403777 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a line of poetry. |  | 1 |
| 4014403778 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines in a poem. |  | 2 |
| 4014403779 | Apostrophe | When a character speaks to a character or object that is not present or is unable to respond. |  | 3 |
| 4014403780 | Assonance | The repetition of the same vowel sound in a phrase or line of poetry. |  | 4 |
| 4014403781 | Climax | The turning point in the plot or the high point of action. |  | 5 |
| 4014403782 | Colloquial Language | Informal, conversational language. Indicative of a specific region. |  | 6 |
| 4014403783 | Connotation | An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing, ie. Bat=evil. |  | 7 |
| 4014403784 | Diction | Word choice or the use of words in speech or writing. |  | 8 |
| 4014403785 | Enjambment | The continuation of reading one line of a poem to the next with no pause, a run-on line. |  | 9 |
| 4014403786 | Epiphany | Sudden enlightenment or realization, a profound new outlook or understanding about the world usually attained while doing everyday mundane activities. |  | 10 |
| 4014403787 | Flashback | When a character remembers a past event that is relevant to the current action of the story. |  | 11 |
| 4014403788 | Foreshadowing | Clues in the text about incidents that will occur later in the plot; creates anticipation in the novel. |  | 12 |
| 4014403789 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or comic/dramatic effect. |  | 13 |
| 4014403790 | Imagery | The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas. Also includes sensory language. |  | 14 |
| 4014403791 | Irony | When one thing should occur, is apparent, or in logical sequence but the opposite actually occurs. |  | 15 |
| 4014403792 | Meter | The measured arrangement of words in poetry, as by accentual rhythm, syllabic quantity, or the number of syllables in a line. |  | 16 |
| 4014403793 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison; this comparison does not use like or as. |  | 17 |
| 4014403794 | Motif | A dominant theme or central idea. |  | 18 |
| 4014403795 | Onomatopoeia | The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. |  | 19 |
| 4014403796 | Parody | A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. |  | 20 |
| 4014403797 | Personification | A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form. |  | 21 |
| 4014403798 | Prose | Ordinary speech or writing without metrical structure, written in paragraph form. |  | 22 |
| 4014403799 | Simile | A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as. |  | 23 |
| 4014403800 | Soliloquy | A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener. Typical in plays. |  | 24 |
| 4014403801 | Symbolism | Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible. |  | 25 |
| 4014403802 | Tone | Reflects how the author feels about the subject matter or the feeling the author wants to instill in the reader. |  | 26 |
| 4014403803 | Tragedy | A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances. |  | 27 |
| 4014403804 | Sonnet | A poem with fourteen lines. There are Italian and English (typically referred to as "Shakespearean") forms. |  | 28 |
| 4014403805 | Satire | A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit; the goal is to change the behavior/issue. |  | 29 |
| 4014411074 | Active Voice | When the subject of the sentence performs the action, the sentence is written in this voice. |  | 30 |
| 4014415945 | Allusion | Reference to a person, place, event from history, literature, religion, or art with which a reader is likely to be familiar. |  | 31 |
| 4014417843 | Ambiguity | There is a problem in pronoun usage, when it is unclear what the antecedent of the pronoun is. |  | 32 |
| 4014461204 | Anachronism | This is an error of chronology in a literary piece. |  | 33 |
| 4014472823 | Anadiplosis | The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause. |  | 34 |
| 4014509866 | Anecdote | A brief story about an interesting incident. |  | 35 |
| 4014519689 | Antecedent | The noun to which a pronoun refers. |  | 36 |
| 4014559224 | Antithesis | The direct contrast or exact opposite of something. |  | 37 |
| 4014566160 | Aphorism | This statement reflects a general truth in some way. |  | 38 |
| 4014575019 | Appositive | Placing side by side two elements the second of which serves as a modification or explanation of the first. |  | 39 |
| 4014590585 | Aside | Brief comment delivered by an actor which expresses the actor's thoughts. It is usually directed to the audience and not heard by other actors. |  | 40 |
| 4014603534 | Asyndeton | Using no conjunctions in order to create an effect of speed or simplicity |  | 41 |
| 4014616165 | Ballad | Song-like poem that tells a story |  | 42 |
| 4014622128 | Beat movement | American literary movement originating in the 1950s which expressed alienation from conventional society and vocabulary borrowed from jazz musicians. |  | 43 |
| 4014634348 | Blank verse | Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. |  | 44 |
| 4014642255 | Caesura | Strong stop or pause in a metrical line often marked by punctuation to convey emotion or depth. |  | 45 |
| 4014655972 | Chiasmus | Rhetorical scheme by which the order of the terms in the first of parallel clauses is reversed in the second. |  | 46 |
| 4014665509 | Complex sentence | Consists of one independent clause with one or more subordinate clauses |  | 47 |
| 4014671991 | Compound sentence | Two or more independent clauses with no subordinate clauses |  | 48 |
| 4014678631 | Compound-complex sentence | At lease two independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause |  | 49 |
| 4014688516 | Consonance | Repetition in two or more words of final consonants in stressed syllables that are preceded by different vowel sounds |  | 50 |
| 4014707463 | Denotation | Literal definition of a word |  | 51 |
| 4014717510 | Denouement | The unraveling of the plot |  | 52 |
| 4014727115 | Dependent clause | A group of words that has a subject and verb but cannot stand alone |  | 53 |
| 4014733499 | Deus Ex Machina | The introduction of an implausible concept or character into a story in order to address the conflict and provide a pleasing resolution |  | 54 |
| 4014747417 | Dialect | Form of language that is characteristic of a particular place or group of people |  | 55 |
| 4014753834 | Direct characterization | When a character is revealed by clear descriptions by the author |  | 56 |
| 4014761675 | Dramatic irony | When the audience or the readers know something that the characters do not know |  | 57 |
| 4014770605 | Elegy | Poem of mourning |  | 58 |
| 4014775389 | Epigraph | Quotation at the beginning of a literary work to suggest tone or theme |  | 59 |
| 4014781466 | End Rhyme | Repetition of similar sounds in end lines of poetry |  | 60 |
| 4014787871 | Epic Poem | Type of poem that is very long and deals with the adventures of a legendary character |  | 61 |
| 4014796580 | Epigram | Rhetorical device that is short witty and memorable |  | 62 |
| 4014802632 | Epistle | Literary work addressed to patron or friend on the form of letters |  | 63 |
| 4014809805 | Euphemism | Substitution of a non-offensive phrase for an offensive one |  | 64 |
| 4014816847 | Existentialism | Literary movement of mid-twentieth century which holds that a human has complete freedom to determine his/her own fate. The actions chosen determine his/her own existence. |  | 65 |
| 4014832205 | Fable | A fictitious story that teaches a lesson. Usually, animals speak and act like humans. |  | 66 |
| 4014840169 | Foil | A character that serves by contrast to highlight the opposing traits of the main character to further define the main character. |  | 67 |
| 4014850033 | Flat character | Character that is never fully developed. |  | 68 |
| 4014854656 | Free Verse | Poetry written without a regular rhyme, scheme, meter, or form. |  | 69 |
| 4014864167 | Hubris | Excessive pride that usually leads to a hero's downfall |  | 70 |
| 4014875332 | In Medias Res | Opening the story in the middle of the action |  | 71 |
| 4014881353 | Independent Clause | Group of words that states the main thought of a sentence |  | 72 |
| 4014890609 | Indirect Characterization | When an author reveals a person in the story through his/her words, thoughts, appearance, action, or what others say or think |  | 73 |
| 4014909574 | Isocolon | Type of parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure but also in length |  | 74 |
| 4014932745 | Limerick | Five line poem with a rhyme scheme of AABBA |  | 75 |
| 4014941107 | Limited 3rd person | Point of view where the narrator only reveals the inner thoughts of one character |  | 76 |
| 4014951154 | Litote | Type of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis and intensity |  | 77 |
| 4014957258 | Lyric poem | Highly musical verse that expresses observation of single speaker |  | 78 |
| 4014970820 | Metonymy | Figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated |  | 79 |
| 4014978754 | Monologue | Long uninterrupted speech by a character |  | 80 |
| 4014985045 | Mood | Feeling that an author wants the reader to have while reading |  | 81 |
| 4014991363 | Muse | A force that inspires an artist |  | 82 |
| 4015002019 | Ode | Lyrical poem written in praise of someone or something |  | 83 |
| 4015010484 | Oxymoron | Yoking of two terms that are contradictory |  | 84 |
| 4015022892 | Parable | Short simple story told to relay a moral lesson |  | 85 |
| 4015029674 | Paradox | Statement that is a contradiction |  | 86 |
| 4015044747 | Parallelism | Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses |  | 87 |
| 4015089941 | Passive Voice | When the subject of the sentence receives the action instead of doing it | | 88 |
| 4015099366 | Pastoral Poetry | Form of poetry that depicts rural life in a peaceful, idealized way |  | 89 |
| 4015109893 | Pun | A play on words |  | 90 |
| 4015117435 | Romanticism | Literary movement in late 18th century that is characterized by a heightened interest in nature and emphasis on emotion |  | 91 |
| 4015132890 | Second Person | Point of view from the YOU perspective |  | 92 |
| 4015148929 | Situational irony | When something happens that is the opposite of what is expected |  | 93 |
| 4015157117 | Stream of Consciousness | Type of narration when author takes reader directly into character's mind |  | 94 |
| 4015166365 | Syntax | Ordering of elements in a sentence |  | 95 |
| 4015171096 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole |  | 96 |
| 4015176687 | Terza Rima | Italian form of poetry which consists of stanzas of three lines (tercets) |  | 97 |
| 4015194673 | Understatement | Restraint or lack of emphasis for rhetorical effect |  | 98 |
| 4015198648 | Verbal Irony | When someone says the opposite of what he/she really means |  | 99 |
