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| 10561459012 | Abstract | this is typically complex, discusses intangible qualities like good and evil, and seldom uses examples to support its points. | 0 | |
| 10561470395 | Academic | Dry and theoretical writing. When a piece of writing seems to be sucking all the life out of its subject with analysis. | 1 | |
| 10561483714 | Accent | In poetry, refers to the stressed portion of a word. | 2 | |
| 10561485869 | Aesthetic | Used a s an adjective meaning "appealing to the senses." | 3 | |
| 10561489977 | Allegory | A literary work in which the characters represent abstract ideas; a symbolic representation. | 4 | |
| 10561501241 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds. | 5 | |
| 10561505918 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 6 | |
| 10561513416 | Anachronism | Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred. | 7 | |
| 10561517730 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way. | 8 | |
| 10565804969 | Anecdote | A short narrative | 9 | |
| 10565831005 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers. | 10 | |
| 10565839748 | Anthropomorphism | The attribution of human characteristics to animate or inanimate objects. | 11 | |
| 10565844057 | Anticlimax | A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events. | 12 | |
| 10565852781 | Antihero | A protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine) | 13 | |
| 10565864036 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 14 | |
| 10565872824 | Apostrophe | Address to an absent or imaginary person. | 15 | |
| 10565875176 | Archaism | The use of deliberately old fashioned language. | 16 | |
| 10565880139 | Aside | A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage | 17 | |
| 10565890377 | Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds | 18 | |
| 10565892698 | Atmosphere | The emotional tone or background that surrounds a scene | 19 | |
| 10565902167 | Ballad | any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form. | 20 | |
| 10565909146 | Black Humor | The use of disturbing themes in comedy. | 21 | |
| 10565911794 | Bombast | Speech or writing that sounds grand or important but has little meaning. | 22 | |
| 10565920450 | Burlesque | A theatrical entertainment of broad and earthly humor. | 23 | |
| 10565923786 | Cacophony | Harsh, jarring, discordant of sounds or words. | 24 | |
| 10565931994 | Canto | A major division of a long poem | 25 | |
| 10565935149 | Caricature | Drawing, imitation, or description that ridiculously exaggerates peculiarities or defects. | 26 | |
| 10565945223 | Catharsis | An emotional pr psychological cleansing that brings relief or renewal. | 27 | |
| 10565964986 | Chorus | In Greek drama, the group of citizens who stand outside the main action on stage and comment on it. | 28 | |
| 10565974077 | Colloquialism | Informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing. | 29 | |
| 10565985699 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 30 | |
| 10566007320 | Connotation | The implied or associative meaning of a word. | 31 | |
| 10566017010 | Consonance | Repetition of consonant sounds. | 32 | |
| 10566021371 | Couplet | Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme. | 33 | |
| 10566026464 | Decorum | Conformity to accepted standards of conduct; proper behavior. | 34 | |
| 10566081696 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word. | 35 | |
| 10566084473 | Diction | A writer's of speaker's choice of words. | 36 | |
| 10566089330 | Dirge | A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to dead person. | 37 | |
| 10566103950 | Dissonance | Harsh or grating sounds that do not go together. | 38 | |
| 10566110772 | Doggerel | Badly between or trivial verse, often with a singsong rhythm. | 39 | |
| 10566120235 | Dramatic Irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. | 40 | |
| 10566132435 | Dramatic Monologue | When a single speaker in literature says something to a silent audience. | 41 | |
| 10566136299 | Elegy | A formal poem presenting a meditation on death or another solemn theme. | 42 | |
| 10566141597 | Enjambment | The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause. | 43 | |
| 10566149356 | Epic | A long narrative poem written in elevated style which present the adventures of characters of high position and episodes that are important to the history of a race or nation. | 44 | |
| 10566172421 | Epitaph | A brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone. | 45 | |
| 10566516313 | Euphemism | A mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term. | 46 | |
| 10566526326 | Euphony | Any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds. | 47 | |
| 10566531579 | Farce | A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious scornful purpose. | 48 | |
| 10566564216 | feminine rhyme | Latter two syllables of first word rhyme with latter two syllables or second word(ceiling appealing) | 49 | |
| 10566597924 | Foil | A character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another | 50 | |
| 10566604950 | Foot | The basic unit of rhythmic measurements in a line of poetry. | 51 | |
| 10566620550 | Foreshadowing | The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot. | 52 | |
| 10566624355 | Free Verse | Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern. | 53 | |
| 10566633442 | Gothic Verse | A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action. | 54 | |
| 10566635961 | Hubris | excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy. | 55 | |
| 10566644296 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor. | 56 | |
| 10566670497 | interior Monologue | A narrative technique that records a character's internal flow of thoughts, memories, and ideas; a longish passage of uninterrupted thought. | 57 | |
| 10566680759 | Inversion | The reversal of the normal order of words. | 58 | |
| 10566684918 | Irony | A contrast between what is expected and what actually exists of happens. | 59 | |
| 10566688926 | Lampoon | Ridicule with satire. | 60 | |
| 10566694372 | Lyric | Of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way) | 61 | |
| 10566699232 | Masculine Rhyme | Final syllable of first word rhymes with final syllable of second word (scald recalled) | 62 | |
| 10566711965 | Melodrama | A form of cheesy theater in which the hero is very, very good, the villain mean and rotten, and the heroine oh-so-pure. | 63 | |
| 10566704758 | Metaphor | A figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using like or as. | 64 | |
| 10566720152 | Metonym | A word that is used to stand for something else that is has attributes of or is associated with. | 65 | |
| 10566726902 | Nemsis | The protagonist's arch enemy or supreme and persistent difficulty. | 66 | |
| 10566732448 | Objectivity | An impersonal presentation of events and characters. | 67 | |
| 10566739946 | Onomatopoeia | the use of words that imitate sounds | 68 | |
| 10566742579 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms. | 69 | |
| 10566747273 | Parable | a simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson | 70 | |
| 10566750045 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 71 | |
| 10566759817 | Parallelism | The use of a series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical form. | 72 | |
| 10566765912 | Parody | A work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner. | 73 | |
| 10566770489 | Pastoral | a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds) | 74 | |
| 10566773638 | Pathos | A quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) | 75 | |
| 10571500517 | Persona | the speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing | 76 | |
| 10571503887 | Personification | the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. | 77 | |
| 10571510615 | Plaint | a poem or speech expressing sorrow | 78 | |
| 10571512054 | Protagonist | the main character in a literary work | 79 | |
| 10571514170 | Pun | a play on words, often achieved through the use of words with similar sounds but different meanings | 80 | |
| 10571526526 | Refrain | The repetition of one or more phrases or lines at definite intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza | 81 | |
| 10571529461 | Requiem | A song of prayer for the dead. | 82 | |
| 10571531004 | rhapsody | an intensely passionate verse or section of verse, usually of love or praise | 83 | |
| 10571551353 | Rhetorical Question | a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered | 84 | |
| 10571536439 | Satire | A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision | 85 | |
| 10571564796 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 86 | |
| 10571568465 | Soliloquy | in drama, a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience | 87 | |
| 10571575721 | Stanza | a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem | 88 | |
| 10571577186 | stock character | standard or clichéd character types: the drunk, the miser, the foolish girl, etc. | 89 | |
| 10571589495 | Subjectivity | a personal presentation of events and characters, influenced by the author's feelings and opinions | 90 | |
| 10571594233 | subjunctive mood | A grammatical situation involving the words "if" and "were," setting up a hypothetical situation. | 91 | |
| 10571596724 | summary | a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form | 92 | |
| 10571607575 | Symbolism | A device in literature where an object represents an idea. | 93 | |
| 10571610216 | Theme | The main idea of the story | 94 | |
| 10571610217 | Thesis | the primary position taken by a writer or speaker | 95 | |
| 10571615423 | Tragic Flaw | The character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall. | 96 | |
| 10571638626 | Travesty | a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation | 97 | |
| 10571643223 | Truism | an obvious truth | 98 | |
| 10571660838 | Utopia | an imagined place considered to be everything is perfect or ideal | 99 | |
| 10571672217 | zeugma | When a word is used with two adjacent words in the same construction, but only makes literal sense with one of them. | 100 |
