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| 4805728377 | Allegory | The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form |  | 0 |
| 4805736707 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a line of poetry. ie. Marilyn Monroe | 1 | |
| 4805742299 | Ambiguity | When an author leaves out details/information or is unclear about an event so the reader will use his/her imagination to fill in the blanks | 2 | |
| 4805758055 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines in a poem | 3 | |
| 4805777929 | Anecdote | A short story or joke told at the beginning of a speech to gain the audience's attention | 4 | |
| 4805781074 | Antagonist | The protagonist's adversary | 5 | |
| 4805785623 | Anti-climatic | When the ending of the plot in poetry or prose is unfulfilling or lackluster | 6 | |
| 4805789100 | Apostrophe | When a character speaks to a character or object that is not present or unable to respond | 7 | |
| 4805800998 | Assonance | The repetition of the same vowel sound in a phrase or line of poetry | 8 | |
| 4805802757 | Blank Verse | Name for unrhymed iambic pentameter. An iamb is a metrical foot in which an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable. In iambic pentameter there are five iambs per line making ten syllables |  | 9 |
| 4805824557 | Climax | The turning point in the plot or the high point of action | 10 | |
| 4805827276 | Colloquial Language | Informal, conversational language. Colloquialisms are phrases or sayings that are indicative of a specific religion | 11 | |
| 4805831432 | Connotation | An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing, ie. bat=evil | 12 | |
| 4805836150 | Convention | An understanding between a reader and a writer about certain details of a story that does not need to be explained | 13 | |
| 4805839063 | Consonance | The repetition of consonant sounds in a phrase or line of poetry. The consonant sound may be at the beginning, middle, or end of the word. | 14 | |
| 4805851054 | Couplet | Two rhyming lines in poetry | 15 | |
| 4805887470 | Dues ex machine | Term that refers to a character or force that appears at the end of a story or play to help resolve conflict. Word means "god from a machine". |  | 16 |
| 4805895670 | Diction | Word choice or the use of words in speech or writing | 17 | |
| 4805896538 | Denouement | The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot | 18 | |
| 4805915307 | Doppelganger | The alter ego or a character- the suppressed side of one's personality that is usually unaccepted by society. ie. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson | 19 | |
| 4805928528 | Elegy | A poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person |  | 20 |
| 4805934062 | Emotive Language | Deliberate use of language by a writer to instill a feeling or visual | 21 | |
| 4805937513 | Enjambment | The continuation of reading one line of a poem to the next with no pause, a run-on line | 22 | |
| 4805941612 | Epic | An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero |  | 23 |
| 4805948371 | Epilogue | A short story or speech spoken directly to the audience following the conclusion of a play, or in a novel the epilogue is a short explanation at the end of the book which indicates what happens after the plot ends | 24 | |
| 4805954731 | Epiphany | Sudden enlightenment or realization, a profound new outlook or understanding about how the world usually attained while doing everyday mundane activities | 25 | |
| 4805964137 | Epistolary | Used to describe a novel that tells its story through letters written from one character to another |  | 26 |
| 4805971387 | Euphemism | The act of substituting a harsh, blunt, or offensive comment for a more politically accepted or positive one. ie. short=vertically challenged | 27 | |
| 4805982390 | Euphony | A succession of words which are pleasing to the ear. These words may be alliterative, utilize consonance, or assonance are are often used in poetry but are also seen in prose | 28 | |
| 4805994079 | Expansion | Adds an unstressed syllable and a contraction or elipson removes an unstressed syllable in order to maintain the rhythmic meter of a line. This practice explains some words frequently used in poetry such as th' in place of the, o'er in place of over, 'tis or 'twas in place of it is/it was | 29 | |
| 4806014470 | Fable | A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like humans |  | 30 |
| 4806022669 | Feminine ending | Term that refers to an unstressed syllable at the end of a line of iambic pentameter | 31 | |
| 4806026418 | Figurative language | Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning. Speech or writing employing figures of speech | 32 | |
| 4806059191 | Flashback | When a character remembers a past event that is relevant to the current action of the story | 33 | |
| 4806061659 | Flat character | A literary character that whose personality can be defined by one or two traits and does not change over the course of the story. Usually insignificant or minor | 34 | |
| 4806071885 | Foil | A character that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another |  | 35 |
| 4806079586 | Folklore | The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people or culture, transmitted orally | 36 | |
| 4806085756 | Foot | The metrical length of a line is determined by the number of feet it contains | 37 | |
| 4806395187 | Iamb | An iambic foot has two syllables. The first is unstressed and the second is stressed. Most common in English poetry | 38 | |
| 4806397316 | Trochee | A trochaic foot has two syllables. The first is stressed and the second is unstressed | 39 |
