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| 8589942157 | allegory | symbolic story | 0 | |
| 8589943891 | alliteration | repetition of beginning consonant sounds | 1 | |
| 8589950087 | allusion | reference to a great work of literature | 2 | |
| 8589953588 | analogy | extended comparison showing similarities | 3 | |
| 8589956703 | antagonist | bad guy; causes the conflict | 4 | |
| 8589960531 | antithesis | the exact opposite of | 5 | |
| 8589963129 | ambiguity | unclear; having multiple meanings | 6 | |
| 8589968398 | apostrophe | addressing someone(something) not physically present | 7 | |
| 8589974453 | anachronism | something out of chronological (time) order | 8 | |
| 8589978471 | aphorism | short saying with a grain of truth | 9 | |
| 8589984050 | archetype | the original,role model,prototype | 10 | |
| 8589990880 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds | 11 | |
| 8589993299 | ballad | poem adapted to singing, narrative | 12 | |
| 8590000711 | bathos | anticlimax | 13 | |
| 8590003674 | blank verse | unrhymed verse with iambic pentameter | 14 | |
| 8590008537 | bombast | speech too formal, pretentious for occasion | 15 | |
| 8590012007 | burlesque | bawdy, funny stage show, mockery | 16 | |
| 8590019379 | cacophony | harsh, loud sounds | 17 | |
| 8590023544 | caricature | exaggeration of certain aspect; humorous picture | 18 | |
| 8590028260 | Carpe Diem | seize the day, enjoy the moment | 19 | |
| 8590033472 | cliche` | an overused phrase, trite saying | 20 | |
| 8590041076 | climax | the highest point of the action | 21 | |
| 8590044929 | conceit | use of elaborate metaphor as a literary characteristic | 22 | |
| 8590051814 | connotation | personal, implied meaning | 23 | |
| 8590057588 | consonance | repetition of consonant sounds | 24 | |
| 8590062742 | denotation | dictionary meaning | 25 | |
| 8590066202 | denouement | resolution,ending | 26 | |
| 8590073933 | Deus ex Machina | lowering supernatural elements into a play | 27 | |
| 8590077517 | diction | word choice | 28 | |
| 8590080195 | dramatic irony | irony that the audience is aware/players are not | 29 | |
| 8590088342 | dramatic monologue | poetic form where a character addresses a silent listener | 30 | |
| 8590092610 | elegy | a sad poem, lament for the dead, dirge | 31 | |
| 8590099014 | ellipsis | the omission of information | 32 | |
| 8590101619 | epic | a long poem involving a hero, a journey, cultural values | 33 | |
| 8590110442 | euphony | agreeable in sound | 34 | |
| 8590112915 | exegesis | critical explanation of a text, especially the Bible | 35 | |
| 8590122137 | Existentialism | philosophical attitude-individual choices based on conditions | 36 | |
| 8590132589 | exposition | introductory information, writing to explain | 37 | |
| 8590139736 | explication | to make clear, explain | 38 | |
| 8590144294 | Expressionism | distorting objects to show emotion (art) | 39 | |
| 9092023715 | fable | a folk story with a moral | 40 | |
| 9092027909 | figurative language | writing that uses figures of speech | 41 | |
| 9092031505 | flashback | going back to the past | 42 | |
| 9092038176 | foreshadowing | predicting the future | 43 | |
| 9092042645 | free verse | poetry without meter or rhyme | 44 | |
| 9092046377 | genre | a category of literature | 45 | |
| 9092049342 | hubris | excessive pride | 46 | |
| 9092053005 | Humanism | the study of human nature, humans are essentially good, and the highest being | 47 | |
| 9092060283 | humor | something that is funny; internal fluids that determined your personality | 48 | |
| 9092067632 | hyperbole | exaggeration for effect | 49 | |
| 9436689032 | idyll | state of tranquility | 50 | |
| 9436690642 | imagery | creating a mind picture | 51 | |
| 9436692409 | Impressionism | a movement where the idea of an object is stressed over its reality | 52 | |
| 9436696231 | invective | an insulting language | 53 | |
| 9436699749 | irony | an unexpected twist | 54 | |
| 9436700757 | lampoon | a comic misrepresentation of something | 55 | |
| 9436702733 | lyric | a poem that expresses feelings | 56 | |
| 9436704474 | melodrama | over the top drama, overly emotional | 57 | |
| 9436706589 | metaphor | a direct comparison, saying something is something else | 58 | |
| 9436712570 | metaphysical poetry | poetry that analyzes love and religion | 59 | |
| 9812874624 | meter | a poetic measure | 60 | |
| 9812877251 | metonymy | using an object to substitute for the name of something well known | 61 | |
| 9812885761 | mode | a particular type or form of something | 62 | |
| 9812894092 | montage | combining several elements from various sources | 63 | |
| 9812905108 | mood | the feeling or prevailing emotional tone the author is trying to achieve | 64 | |
| 9812915427 | moral | obeying some truth about how to behave | 65 | |
| 9812920409 | motif | a recurring subject, theme, or idea | 66 | |
| 9812927109 | muses | Greek goddesses that inspired writers | 67 | |
| 9812936872 | myth | story that explains a cultural idea | 68 | |
| 9812941058 | narrative | a story about events that happened in someone's life, tells a story | 69 |
