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| 5774410000 | Metonym | Replacing one thing with another because of its association. ex: England went to war. | 0 | |
| 5774413081 | Synecdoche | Replace something with something physically connected to it. ex: Lend me your hand | 1 | |
| 5774417767 | Synesthesia | The blending of the senses. | 2 | |
| 5774417768 | Metaphysical Conceit | an original and usually complex comparison between two highly dissimilar things | 3 | |
| 5774419427 | Parallelism | 4 | ||
| 5774419428 | Antithesis | Contrasting any of the different parts of a statement. | 5 | |
| 5774459559 | Inverted Syntax | 6 | ||
| 5774460587 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence that is not grammatically correct until the end of the sentence. Examples come first. | 7 | |
| 5774460588 | Loose Sentence | A sentence that is grammatically correct before it reaches the end. | 8 | |
| 5774462308 | Chiasmus | Opposite form of parallelism that flips the original form around. | 9 | |
| 5774462309 | Litotes | Emphasize a point by using a word opposite to the condition. ex: Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever. | 10 | |
| 5774464472 | Zeugma | Two elements in a sentence are linked by a governing third element in a suggestive way. ex: She ate the ice creams and her feelings. | 11 | |
| 5774475321 | Ironies | When the unexpected happens. Dramatic: the audience knows what the people in the work do not. Verbal Irony: what is said is not what is meant (sarcasm). Romantic: you are misled into thinking something by narrator. Situational: when what happens is not what is expected. Structural: when the genre does not match the form. Cosmic: Someone falsely believes they have free will. | 12 | |
| 5774475322 | Semantics | Study of the meaning of words. | 13 | |
| 5774476877 | Poetic Diction | 14 | ||
| 5774476878 | Kenning | 15 | ||
| 5774478303 | Onomatopoeia | The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. ex: splash | 16 | |
| 5774478304 | Cliche | A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. | 17 | |
| 5774478305 | Euphemism | politically correctedness | 18 | |
| 5774479529 | Pun | 19 | ||
| 5774479541 | Apostrophe | The narrator breaks from the flow of the writing usually overcome with emotion and addresses an inanimate object or absent presence. | 20 | |
| 5774480997 | Allusion | The indirect reference to a person, event, statement or theme in a work. | 21 | |
| 5774486965 | Paradox | 22 | ||
| 5774486966 | Literal Imagery | The language the writer uses | 23 | |
| 5774488336 | Figurative Imagery | to express abstract ideas | 24 | |
| 5774490115 | Anachronism | 25 | ||
| 5774490116 | Motif | A unifying element in an artistic work. | 26 | |
| 5774490117 | Oxymoron | 27 | ||
| 5774492748 | Stream of Consciousness | 28 | ||
| 5774492749 | Tone vs. Mood | Tone: The feelings set by the author Mood: The feelings of the reader | 29 | |
| 5774494112 | Archetype | A recurring symbol in literature | 30 | |
| 5774494113 | Aside | Remarks made to an audience that reveals inner thoughts without other characters knowing. -dramatic irony | 31 | |
| 5774494114 | Soliloquy | A long speech given by a single character alone on stage. -to expose the inner landscape of character. | 32 | |
| 5774531294 | Major Themes | Human Nature Nature of Society Fate and Freedom Ethics | 33 | |
| 5774792122 | The Hero Cycle | Departure, Initiation, Return cross the Threshold of Adventure | 34 | |
| 5774873399 | Poetry | Literary expression characterized by attention to rhythm, sound, and concentrated concrete use of language. | 35 | |
| 5774802512 | Types of Poetry | Narrative: tells a story in a verse Dramatic: conventions of drama Lyric: melodic poem that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker (unified event) | 36 | |
| 5774804260 | Epic | a hero embodies values and aspirations of the poet's culture | 37 | |
| 5774804261 | Ballad | a songlike poem that tells a story | 38 | |
| 5774805585 | Monologue vs. Dialogue | 39 | ||
| 5774805586 | Elegy | reflective poem that laments a loss | 40 | |
| 5774805587 | Ode | long, formal, lyric poem usually meditative, that treats a noble in a dignified manner. honor, commemoration, response to nature or consider human condition | 41 | |
| 5774828503 | Sonnet | Lyric poem of 14 lines that follows one of several traditional rhyme schemes. | 42 | |
| 5774919712 | Aristotelian Tragedy | downfall of good person through error or misjudgement producing suffering and insight for protagonist, pity for audience demise is result of decision, hero bears responsibility | 43 | |
| 5774902955 | Anagnorisis | tragic recognition of insight | 44 | |
| 5774904178 | Hamartia | tragic error | 45 | |
| 5774904998 | Hubris | violent transgression/ overstep boundaries | 46 | |
| 5774906390 | Nemesis | retribution | 47 | |
| 5774907885 | Peripateia | plot reversal | 48 | |
| 5774927105 | Hegelian Tragedy | two rights of values in fatal conflict ex: Antigone | 49 | |
| 5774928210 | Revenge Tragedy | dramatization of predicament of wronged hero | 50 | |
| 5774929854 | Stanza | group of lines in poetry that focuses on one emotion or idea | 51 | |
| 5774932128 | Poetic Shift | When a poem moves from one idea or tone to another. ex: stanza break ex: Sentence structure ex: transitions | 52 | |
| 5774938011 | Concrete poetry | The poet uses the shape of the poem to give the meaning. | 53 | |
| 5774941127 | Enjambment | The physical end of a line of poetry does not match grammatical end. -can create irony literal to figurative | 54 | |
| 5774944241 | End-stopped line | End of a physical line of poetry matches the grammatical end of a line. | 55 | |
| 5774945842 | Line groupings | Names for lines in a poem based upon the rhyme scheme | 56 | |
| 5774949187 | Types of line groupings | Couplet, tercet, quatrain, sestet, octet | 57 | |
| 5774950161 | Canto | A major division of a poem usually containing multiple stanzas and designated by roman numerals. | 58 | |
| 5774953110 | Refrain | Repeated exact words in a poem. | 59 | |
| 5774954249 | Scansion | Looking at a line of poetry for its rhythm. | 60 | |
| 5774955925 | Unstressed syllables | speakers voice goes down | 61 | |
| 5774957819 | Stressed syllables | Voice goes up | 62 | |
| 5774958871 | Foot | A series of unstressed and stressed syllables. | 63 | |
| 5774970021 | Meter | number of feet in a line of poetry | 64 | |
| 5774973626 | Iambic Pentameter | five feet | 65 | |
| 5774974576 | Rhyme | The repetition of identical vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of two or more words as well as subsequent sounds. | 66 | |
| 5774979965 | Rhyme scheme | pattern of rhymes within a poem. | 67 | |
| 5774982638 | Plot Structure | Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax or Epiphany, Falling Action, Denouement | 68 | |
| 5774986903 | Frame Story | a narrative is enclosed by another narrative ex: Frankenstein | 69 | |
| 5774988606 | In Medias Re | 70 | ||
| 5774988607 | Prologue vs. Epilogue | 71 | ||
| 5774989737 | Deus Ex Machina | God of the Machine An absurd event changes the course of events. | 72 | |
| 5774990806 | Act | Major division of poem usually encompassing a predeterminate segment of the story. | 73 | |
| 5774990807 | Scene | Change setting or time; change characters; change topic | 74 | |
| 5774990808 | Epistolary | A novel written in a series of letters. | 75 | |
| 5774990809 | Allegory | 76 | ||
| 5774992190 | Pastoral | 77 | ||
| 5774992191 | Bildungsroman | 78 | ||
| 5774993069 | Comedy of Manners | 79 | ||
| 5774993070 | Magic Realism | 80 | ||
| 5774993071 | Satire | 81 | ||
| 5774994490 | Comedy vs. Tragedy | 82 | ||
| 5774994491 | Myth | 83 | ||
| 5774994492 | Point of Views | 1st person- view of single character 2nd person- the reader is the narrator 3rd person limited- story portrayed through eyes of a single character 3rd person omniscient- narrated by godlike being who can shift across characters | 84 | |
| 5774997778 | Unobtrusive Narrator vs. Unreliable Narrator | detached from the story / seems trustworthy but reader questions validity of story | 85 | |
| 5774999704 | Aspects of Setting | Sensuous World, Chronology, Societal, Emotional | 86 | |
| 5775059255 | Sensuous World | description of the physical place through any of the five senses | 87 | |
| 5775063042 | Time and Chronology | Three elements of time may operate within the narrative. -time period -time of narrative -chronological arrangement | 88 | |
| 5775067652 | Social Environment | manners, customs, culture, and moral values that govern the historic time | 89 | |
| 5775071111 | Emotional Environment | Atmosphere normally created by the sensuous world of piece of fiction. The emotional reaction the reader and the characters have to the setting. | 90 | |
| 5775004912 | Direct vs. Indirect Characterization | tells vs. shows about character | 91 | |
| 5775004913 | Static | does not change through story | 92 | |
| 5775007074 | Dynamic | character who changes because of events in story | 93 | |
| 5775007075 | Round | complex | 94 | |
| 5775007076 | Flat | stereotypical | 95 | |
| 5775008672 | Protagonist vs. Antagonist | The main character who wishes to fulfill a desire. The one who keeps the protagonist from their goal. | 96 | |
| 5775008673 | Foil | The character who, through compare/contrast, accentuates the traits of another. ex: Antigone vs. Ismene | 97 | |
| 5775008674 | Character Arc | How the character changes over time. | 98 |
