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| 7942328625 | Abstract | A term that is applied to ideas that are philosophical , not concrete or tangible example: love, good, evil, truth | 0 | |
| 7942331357 | Allegory | A figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures, and events; each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside itself examples: animal farm, Alice in Wonderland, Chronicles of Narnia | 1 | |
| 7942343855 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. examples: But a better butter makes a batter better | 2 | |
| 7942345320 | Anachronism | An error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece "Brutus: Peace! Count the clock. Cassius: The clock has stricken three." The time this play depicts is a point in history dating back to 44 AD. Mechanical clocks referred to in the above-mentioned dialogue had not been invented at that time but were present in Shakespeare's time. Thus, the mention of a clock in this play is an anachronism. |  | 3 |
| 7942351868 | Allusion | A brief and indirect reference toa person, plce, thing or idea of hisorical, cultural, literary or political significance |  | 4 |
| 7942353993 | Accent | in prosody, a rhythmically significant stress on the syllables of a verse, usually at regular intervals. | 5 | |
| 7942435794 | Analogy | a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification. "They crowded very close about him, with their hands always on him in a careful, caressing grip, as though all the while feeling him to make sure he was there. It was like men handling a fish which is still alive and may jump back into the water." the people are taking a prisoner to the gallows to be hanged. They are holding him firmly as if he were a fish which might slip and escape. | 6 | |
| 7942453674 | Antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers |  | 7 |
| 7942455496 | Aesthetic | 1. Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty. 2. Of pleasing appearance. the philosophical theory or set of principles governing the idea of beauty at a given time and place: the clean lines, bare surfaces, and sense of space that bespeak the machine-age aesthetic; the Cubist aesthetic. | 8 | |
| 7942461766 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person; | 9 | |
| 7942465653 | Aside | a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage example: Ferris Bueller's Day off |  | 10 |
| 7942468493 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker; Addressing something nonhuman as if it were human Example: Death, be not proud . . . A rhetorical term for breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing. |  | 11 |
| 7942478303 | Archaism | The use of deliberately old-fashioned language.; intentional use of a word or expression no longer in general use to evoke a sense of a bygone era |  | 12 |
| 7942488829 | Anticlimax | Occurs when an action produces far smaller results than one had been led to expect.; An often disappointing, sudden end to an intense situation. |  | 13 |
| 7942490916 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity |  | 14 |
| 7942493540 | Antihero | a central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes. a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine) examples: deadpool, dexter, katniss everdeen? |  | 15 |
| 7942496704 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. ex:"If it ain't broke don't fix it" |  | 16 |
| 7942501452 | Anthropomorphism | a technique in which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions or entire behavior to animals, non-human beings, natural phenomena or objects. Personification is an act of giving human characteristics to animals or objects to create imagery, while anthropomorphism aims to make an animal or object behave and appear like they are human beings. ex: Pinocchio , Animal Farm |  | 17 |
| 7942506454 | Atmosphere | type of feeling that readers get from a narrative, based on details such as setting, background, objects, and foreshadowing. A mood can serve as a vehicle for establishing atmosphere. In literary works, atmosphere refers to emotions or feelings an author conveys to his readers through description of objects and settings, such as in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter tales, in which she spins a whimsical and enthralling atmosphere. atmosphere is a broader term, and may be set by a certain venue, such as a theater. |  | 18 |
| 7942513393 | Aspect | a particular part or feature of something; A way in which something can be viewed by the mind: looked at all aspects of the situation. b. A characteristic or feature of something: a novel with many unusual aspects. 2. A particular look or facial expression; mien: "He was serious of aspect but wholly undistinguished" (Louis Auchincloss). | 19 | |
| 7942516624 | Blank Verse | Poetry written in unrhymed (and USUALLY in) iambic pentameter |  | 20 |
| 7942520472 | Bombastic | Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas Using inflated language, pompous/ pretentious |  | 21 |
| 7942523442 | Cacophony | term refers to the use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing and unmelodious sounds primarily those of consonants to achieve desired results. examples: Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travel": "And being no stranger to the art of war, I have him a description of cannons, culverins, muskets, carabines, pistols, bullets, powder, swords, bayonets, battles, sieges, retreats, attacks, undermines, countermines, bombardments, sea-fights..." In order to describe the destructive consequences of war, the writer chooses words and arranges them in an order that they produce an effect that is unmelodious, harsh and jarring that corresponds with the subject matter. |  | 22 |
| 7942529752 | Conceit | a fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor readers definitely be surprised to hear someone comparing "two lovers with the two legs of a draftsman's compass." Thus, conceit examples have a surprising or shocking effect on the readers because they are novel comparisons unlike the conventional comparisons made in similes and metaphors. "Thou counterfeit'st a bark, a sea, a wind; For still thy eyes, which I may call the sea, Do ebb and flow with tears; the bark thy body is, Sailing in this salt flood; the winds, thy sighs; Who, raging with thy tears, and they with them, Without a sudden calm, will overset Thy tempest-tossed body." He compares Juliet to a boat in a storm. The comparison is an extended metaphor where he compares her eyes to a sea, her tears to a storm, her sighs to the stormy winds and her body to a boat in a storm. | 23 | |
| 7942539108 | Consonance | the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words; the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity |  | 24 |
| 7942540790 | Couplet | Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme ;A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a separate stanza in a poem. |  | 25 |
| 7942543469 | Caesura | A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line.; a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line |  | 26 |
| 7942545870 | Catharsis | A cleansing of the spirity brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy ; In literature it is used for the cleansing of emotions of the characters. It can also be any other radical change that leads to emotional rejuvenation of a person. |  | 27 |
| 7942568167 | Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces; An internal or psychological conflict arises as soon as a character experiences two opposite emotions or desires; External conflict, on the other hand, is marked by a characteristic involvement of an action wherein a character finds himself in struggle with those outside forces that hamper his progress. |  | 28 |
| 7942575768 | Convention | Literary conventions are defining features of particular literary genres, such as novel, short story, ballad, sonnet, and play.; A characteristic of a literary genre (often unrealistic) that is understood and accepted by audiences because it has come, through usage and time, to be recognized as a familiar technique. For example, the division of a play into acts and scenes is a dramatic convention, as are soliloquies and asides. flashbacks and foreshadowing are examples of literary conventions. | 29 |
