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| 9654922386 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 0 | |
| 9654922387 | Anecdotes | Short, humorous stories | 1 | |
| 9654922388 | Anthropomorphism | attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object (Personification) | 2 | |
| 9654922389 | Anithesis | Two sentences of contrasting meaning being used in close proximity to one another | 3 | |
| 9654922390 | Aphorism | A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief | 4 | |
| 9654922391 | Archetype | A reference to a concept, person or object that is a prototype of its kind | 5 | |
| 9654922392 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds | 6 | |
| 9654922393 | Asyndeton | A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | 7 | |
| 9654922394 | Bildungsroman | A novel or story whose theme is the moral or psychological growth of the main character. | 8 | |
| 9654922395 | cacophony | harsh, jarring noise | 9 | |
| 9654922396 | Characterization | A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits. | 10 | |
| 9654922397 | Chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed | 11 | |
| 9654922398 | Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces | 12 | |
| 9654922399 | Connotation | All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests | 13 | |
| 9654922400 | Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | 14 | |
| 9654922401 | diction (n) | word choice; terminology; enunciation | 15 | |
| 9654922402 | doppelganger | Refers to a character in the story that is actually a counterfeit or copy of genuine character | 16 | |
| 9654922403 | epilogue | short speech at conclusion of dramatic work | 17 | |
| 9654922404 | euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 18 | |
| 9654922405 | euphony | pleasant, harmonious sound | 19 | |
| 9654922406 | Flashback | when a portion of the story goes back in time | 20 | |
| 9654922407 | Foil | A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or story. | 21 | |
| 9654922408 | Foreshadowing | the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot | 22 | |
| 9654922409 | Hubris | Excessive pride or self-confidence | 23 | |
| 9654922410 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 24 | |
| 9654922411 | internal rhyme | a rhyme between words in the same line | 25 | |
| 9654922412 | Inversion | refers to the practice of changing the conventional placement of words | 26 | |
| 9654922413 | Irony | Contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality | 27 | |
| 9654922414 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 28 | |
| 9654922415 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 29 | |
| 9654922416 | malapropism | a word humorously misused | 30 | |
| 9654922417 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 31 | |
| 9654922418 | Metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | 32 | |
| 9654922419 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 33 | |
| 9654922420 | Motif | a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition. | 34 | |
| 9654922421 | Onomatopoeia | Refers to the use of words whose sound reinforces their meaning | 35 | |
| 9654922422 | Oxymoron | Contrasting concepts placed together in a manner that actually end up making sense in a strange and slightly complex manner | 36 | |
| 9654922423 | Paradox | The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight | 37 | |
| 9654922424 | periodic structure | a sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end | 38 | |
| 9654922425 | Periphrasis | The use of excessive and longer words to convey a meaning that could have been stated briefly | 39 | |
| 9654922426 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 40 | |
| 9654922427 | Plot | Sequence of events in a story | 41 | |
| 9654922428 | point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 42 | |
| 9654922429 | Polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural | 43 | |
| 9654922430 | portmanteau | a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings | 44 | |
| 9654922431 | Puns | Imagery - Play on words, double meaning. | 45 | |
| 9654922432 | rhyme scheme | the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse. | 46 | |
| 9654922433 | Satire | A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness | 47 | |
| 9654922434 | Setting | The time and place of a story | 48 | |
| 9654922435 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 49 | |
| 9654922436 | Stanza | A group of lines in a poem | 50 | |
| 9654922437 | stream of consciousness | A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur. | 51 | |
| 9654922438 | Suspense | a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen. | 52 | |
| 9654922439 | Symbol | anything that stands for or represents something else | 53 | |
| 9654922440 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 54 | |
| 9654922441 | Synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") | 55 | |
| 9654922442 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 56 | |
| 9654922443 | Theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 57 | |
| 9654922444 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 58 | |
| 9654922445 | Tradegy | a serious play with a sad ending | 59 | |
| 9654922446 | Understatement | A statement that says less than what is meant | 60 | |
| 9654922447 | verisimilitude | (n.) the quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable | 61 | |
| 9654922448 | verse | A single line of poetry | 62 |
