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| 8788088209 | Alliteration | The repetition of accented consonant sounds at the beginning of each word | 0 | |
| 8788093583 | Allusion | A reference in literature or art to previous literature, history, mythology, pop culture, or the Bible. | 1 | |
| 8788098248 | Anachronism | An element in a story that is out of its time frame; sometimes used to create a humorous. | 2 | |
| 8788108278 | Antagonist | A character who functions as a resisting force to the goals of the protagonist. The antagonist is often a villain. | 3 | |
| 8788115635 | Anticlimax | An often disappointing, sudden, end to an intense situation. | 4 | |
| 8789385738 | Colloquial | Of or relating to slang or regional dialect used in familiar everyday conversations | 5 | |
| 8789392468 | Connotation | Associations a word calls to mind. Home=warmth House=a place to live in | 6 | |
| 8789400950 | Denotation | Literal meaning of a word or phrase | 7 | |
| 8789412869 | Diction | The deliberate choice of a style of language for a desired effect or tone. Words chosen to seem formal, informal, or colloquial. | 8 | |
| 8789424239 | Didactic | Story, speech, essay, or play in which the authors primary purpose is to teach. | 9 | |
| 8789439657 | Foil | Character with contrasting characteristics which are used to draw attention to those of the main character. Found in many Shakespearean works. Romeo=Tybalt Fortinbras=Hamlet | 10 | |
| 8789458612 | Litotes | Opposite of a hyperbole. An understatement. | 11 | |
| 8789464829 | Metaphor | A figure of speech that compares two dissimilar thing, asserting that one is not just like another thing, but that it is the other. "Life's but a walking shadow" | 12 | |
| 8789480705 | Metonymy | A figure of speech that replaces the name of something with a word or phrase closely associated with it. | 13 | |
| 8789490268 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines two contradictory words, placed side by side. "Bittersweet" | 14 | |
| 8789499591 | Repetition | Word or phrase used more than once to establish an idea. | 15 | |
| 8789504622 | Stock character | Stereotypical character | 16 | |
| 8789507496 | Tone | Authors attitude toward a subject. | 17 | |
| 8789515804 | Theme | Central idea of a literary work | 18 | |
| 8789520245 | Syntax | Way in which words, phrases, and sentences are ordered and connected | 19 | |
| 8789527042 | Symbol | An object, scene, or action that has deeper significance because it is associated with something else. | 20 | |
| 8789533220 | Simile | Comparison using like or as | 21 | |
| 8789536392 | Pun | Humorous play on words | 22 | |
| 8789539024 | Protagonist | Main or principal character of a work | 23 | |
| 8789541972 | Point of view | Perspective of the speaker or narrator in a story | 24 | |
| 8789545557 | Personification | Attributes of human characteristics to an animate object | 25 | |
| 8789556019 | Parallelism | Repeated use of a grammatical structure Opposite of chiamus | 26 | |
| 8789564485 | Paradox | A statement that seems impossible or doesn't make sense that is revealed to have meaning "my only love sprung from my only hate" | 27 | |
| 8789572570 | Hyperbole | Extreme exaggeration for literary effect | 28 | |
| 8789577373 | Flat character | Simple one dimensional character that has no development | 29 | |
| 8789581863 | Euphemism | Substitution of a word or phrase hat could seem harsh or embarrassing | 30 | |
| 8789662740 | Epiphany | A sudden flash of insight. A startling discovery. | 31 | |
| 8789673049 | Consonance | Same consonant sounds | 32 | |
| 8789964023 | Chiasmus | opposite of parallel construction | 33 | |
| 8789978108 | Catharsis | Emotional cleansing of relief | 34 | |
| 8789985124 | Cacophony | Harsh, discordant sound, unpleasant to the ear | 35 | |
| 8789994327 | Attitude | Author's feelings toward the topic he or she is writing about. | 36 | |
| 8790008168 | Assonance | Repeated use of a vowel sound | 37 | |
| 8790017889 | Archetype | Character, situation, or symbol that is familiar to people from all cultures because it occurs frequently in literature. | 38 | |
| 8790026875 | Apostrophe | Rhetorical figure of direct address to a person, object, or abstract entity. | 39 |
