Terms : Hide Images
| 9667786904 | Abaddon | A place of destruction; the depths of hell | 0 | |
| 9667787712 | Gehenna | Any place of extreme torment or suffering | 1 | |
| 9667796648 | Holocaust | Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war | 2 | |
| 9667799057 | Hades | Greek term widely used to denote the deity of the underworld and the abode of the dead | 3 | |
| 9667815368 | Abyss | Bottomless pit of Hell | 4 | |
| 9667819380 | Phlogiston | A substance supposed by 18th-century chemists to exist in all combustible bodies, and to be released in combustion | 5 | |
| 9667822277 | Carnage | The killing of a large number of people | 6 | |
| 9667823583 | Immolation | What happens when something is killed or offered as a sacrifice | 7 | |
| 9667825992 | Purgatory | A place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven | 8 | |
| 9667829058 | Pandemonium | Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar | 9 | |
| 9667832014 | Fire and Brimstone | The torments of hell | 10 | |
| 9667840964 | Scintillation | A flash or sparkle of light | 11 | |
| 9667843523 | Incandescence | The emission of visible light by a body, caused by its high temperature | 12 | |
| 9667846974 | Inferno | The first part of Dante's Divine Comedy, depicting hell and the suffering of the damned | 13 | |
| 9667849616 | Rhyme | Correspondence of sound between words or the ending of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry | 14 | |
| 9667856482 | 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 | 15 | |
| 9667861526 | Pilgrimage | A journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion | 16 | |
| 9667865245 | Frame Story | A literary technique that sometimes serves as a companion piece to a story within a story, whereby an introductory or main narrative is presented for the purpose of setting the stage either for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories | 17 | |
| 9667881995 | Heroic Couplet | A pair of rhyming iambic pentameters, much used by Chaucer and the poets of the 17th and 18th centuries such as Alexander Pope | 18 | |
| 9667886613 | Iambic pentameter | A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable | 19 | |
| 9667891048 | Physiognomy | A person's facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin | 20 | |
| 9667896364 | Allegory | A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one | 21 | |
| 9667902048 | Shakespearean Sonnet | composed of three quatrains and a terminal couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern (abab cdcd efef gg) | 22 | |
| 9667906858 | Triolet | A poem of eight lines, typically of eight syllables each, rhyming abaaabab and so structured that the first line recurs as the fourth and seventh and the second as the eighth | 23 | |
| 9667910517 | Verbal Irony | In which a person says or writes on thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning | 24 | |
| 9667917038 | Ryhme Scheme | The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse | 25 | |
| 9667919215 | Refrain | A phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza; chorus | 26 | |
| 9667923051 | Meter | Poetic measure; arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses | 27 | |
| 9667924237 | Foot | Usually contains one stressed syllable and at least on unstressed syllable | 28 | |
| 9667929271 | Iamb | A metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable | 29 | |
| 9667930961 | Trochee | A foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable | 30 | |
| 9667932706 | Dactyl | A metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables or one long syllable followed by two short syllables | 31 | |
| 9667945628 | Anapest | A metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable | 32 | |
| 9667949082 | Dimeter | A line of verse consisting of two metrical feet | 33 | |
| 9667950541 | Trimeter | A line of verse consisting of three metrical feet | 34 | |
| 9667951521 | Tetrameter | A verse of four measures | 35 | |
| 9667953121 | Pentameter | A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet, or of two halves each of two feet and a long syllable | 36 | |
| 9667955524 | Hexameter | A line of verse consisting of six metrical feet, especially of six dactyls | 37 | |
| 9667959723 | Heptameter | A line of verse consisting of seven metrical feet | 38 | |
| 9667961765 | Octameter | A line of verse consisting of eight metrical feet | 39 | |
| 9667962662 | Stanza | A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit un a poem; a verse | 40 | |
| 9667966502 | Couplet | Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit | 41 | |
| 9667968140 | Tercet | A set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together or connected by rhyme with an adjacent tercet | 42 | |
| 9667972694 | Quatrain | A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes | 43 | |
| 9667974757 | Quintet | A group of five people playing music or singing together | 44 | |
| 9667975840 | Sestet | The last six lines of a sonnet | 45 | |
| 9667976460 | Octave | A series of eight notes occupying the interval between two notes, one having twice or half the frequency of vibration of the other | 46 | |
| 9667982421 | Envoi | A short stanza concluding a ballade | 47 | |
| 9667984099 | Free Verse | Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter | 48 | |
| 9667988287 | Apostrophe | A punctuation mark used to indicate either possession or the omission of letters or numbers | 49 | |
| 9667991339 | Connotation | An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning | 50 | |
| 9667993321 | Denotation | The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or idea that the word suggests | 51 | |
| 9667995443 | Ekphrasis | A vivd description of a scene or, more commonly, a work of art | 52 | |
| 9667999911 | Extended Metaphor | An author's exploitation of a single metaphor or analogy at length through multiple linked tensors, vehicles, and grounds throughout a poem or story | 53 | |
| 9668009069 | Epigram | A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way | 54 | |
| 9668010730 | Extended figure | Figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem | 55 | |
| 9668021380 | Figurative Language | Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation | 56 | |
| 9668024445 | Figure of Speech | A word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect | 57 | |
| 9668026341 | Juxtaposition | The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect | 58 | |
| 9668028379 | 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 | 59 | |
| 9668031365 | Metonymy | The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant | 60 | |
| 9668033492 | Onomatopoeia | The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named | 61 | |
| 9668037512 | Personification | The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form | 62 | |
| 9668040958 | Rhythm | A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound | 63 | |
| 9668044096 | Sentimentality | Excessive tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia | 64 | |
| 9668046393 | 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 vivd | 65 | |
| 9670871442 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 66 | |
| 9670879627 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language | 67 | |
| 9670891387 | Dramatic Structure | The plot structure of a play including the exposition, conflict, rising, action, climax, falling action, and denouement | 68 | |
| 9670907151 | Aside | A remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play | 69 | |
| 9670920516 | Colloquial | Characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal | 70 | |
| 9670934739 | Dialogue | Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie | 71 | |
| 9670941984 | Dialect | A particular form of a language that is peculiar to a peculiar region or social group | 72 | |
| 9670957942 | Euphemism | A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing | 73 | |
| 9670974226 | Hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally | 74 | |
| 9670982739 | Invective | Insulting, abusive, or highly critical language | 75 | |
| 9670990218 | Monologue | A long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program | 76 | |
| 9671002588 | Proverb | A short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice | 77 | |
| 9671008676 | Pun | A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings | 78 | |
| 9671019806 | Sarcasm | The use of irony to mock or convey contempt | 79 | |
| 9671026837 | Soliloquy | An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play | 80 | |
| 9671037020 | Slang | A type of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarding as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people | 81 | |
| 9671051097 | Understatement | The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is | 82 | |
| 9671057274 | Blank Verse | Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter | 83 | |
| 9671066964 | Verse v Prose | Verse: writing arrangement with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme Prose: Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure | 84 | |
| 9671091362 | Foil | A character that has characteristics that oppose another character, usually the portagonist | 85 | |
| 9671105300 | Allusion | An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; and indirect or passing reference | 86 | |
| 9671114880 | Tragedy | A play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character | 87 | |
| 9671499989 | Tragic Hero | A literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction | 88 | |
| 9671513996 | Tragic Flaw | The character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy | 89 | |
| 9671532255 | Cuckold | Is the husband of an adulterous wife | 90 | |
| 9671538580 | Moore | Many toponymic place names, or parts of place names, derived from moor | 91 | |
| 9671553463 | Limerick | A humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba, popularized by Edward Lear | 92 | |
| 9671564569 | Tone | The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation | 93 | |
| 9671576426 | Mood | The general feeling or atmosphere . that a piece of writing creates within the reader | 94 | |
| 9671591486 | TPCASTT | Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude, Shift, Title, and Theme | 95 | |
| 9671603772 | Vilanelle | A nineteen-line poetic from consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain | 96 | |
| 9672154777 | Ambiguity | When the meaning of a word, phrase, or sentence is uncertain | 97 | |
| 9672168671 | Double Entendre | A word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually risque or indecent | 98 | |
| 9672184063 | Texture | The concrete, physical elements of prose or poetry that are separate from the structure or argument of the work | 99 | |
| 9672197368 | Repetition | A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable | 100 | |
| 9672209301 | Space | Represents an author's model of the world, expressed in the language of spatial representation | 101 | |
| 9672236126 | Time | A fundamental element of our existence, it has also been a fundamental element in literature for almost as long as literature has existed | 102 | |
| 9672256650 | Balance | A balanced sentence is made up of two segments which are equal, not only in length, but also in grammatical structure and meaning | 103 | |
| 9672273090 | Variety | A language often gives rise to a standard variety of the language | 104 | |
| 9672289543 | Relationship to Environment | Writing that comments intelligently on environmental themes, particularly as applied to the relationships between man, society, and the environment | 105 | |
| 9674672828 | Haiku | A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world | 106 | |
| 9674680875 | Sestina | A poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line-ends in six different sequences that follow a fixed pattern, and with all six words appearing in the closing three-line envoi | 107 | |
| 9674709116 | Line break | The point at which two lines of text are split; the end of a line | 108 | |
| 9674755640 | Envoi | A short stanza concluding a ballade | 109 | |
| 9674755641 | Euphrates | A river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey through Syria and Iraq, joining the tigris to form the Shatt-al-Arab near the Persian Gulf | 110 | |
| 9674804699 | Anagnorisis | The point in the plot especially of a tragedy at which the protagonist recognizes his or her or some other character's true identity or discovers the true nature of his or her own situation | 111 | |
| 9674836102 | Catharsis | The process of releasing and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions | 112 | |
| 9674845195 | Caesura | A break between words within a metrical foot | 113 | |
| 9674848884 | Enjambment | The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza | 114 | |
| 9674860370 | Onomatopoeia | The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named | 115 | |
| 9674868196 | Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words | 116 | |
| 9674876867 | Assonance | 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 | 117 | |
| 9674888063 | Consonance | A stylistic literary device identified by the repetition of identical or similar consonants in neighboring words whose vowel sounds are different | 118 | |
| 9674909926 | Cacophony | A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds | 119 | |
| 9674915488 | Cadence | The term used to signal the rising and falling of the voice when reading a literary piece | 120 | |
| 9674941606 | Peripeteia | A sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances, especially in reference to fictional narrative | 121 |
