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| 6686498228 | Absract | An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research | 0 | |
| 6686498229 | Adage | A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language | 1 | |
| 6686512573 | Allegory | A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic metaphorical or possibly an ethical meaning. In works such a spencers the Faerie Queene and Bunyons pilgrims process the story and characters represent values beyond themselves | 2 | |
| 6686527389 | Alliteration | The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose. Writers use alliteration for ornament or for emphasis. Generally enhances the aesthetic quality of a prose passage or poem | 3 | |
| 6686546828 | Allusion | A reference to a person place or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea. | 4 | |
| 6686558948 | Ambiguity | Vagueness of meaning a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretations | 5 | |
| 6686569411 | Anachronism | A person scene event or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set. The author statement that thousands of people witnessed the Kennedy assassination on their smart phones is an Anachronism | 6 | |
| 6686593343 | Analogy | A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things | 7 | |
| 6686593344 | Annotation | A brief explanation summary or evaluation of a text or a work of literature | 8 | |
| 6686593345 | Antagonist | I'll character or force in a work of literature that by opposing the protagonist produces tension or conflict | 9 | |
| 6686593346 | Antithesis | A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words clauses or sentences as in the following: "they promised freedom but provided slavery" | 10 | |
| 6686602475 | Aphorism | A short pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment | 11 | |
| 6686620819 | Apollonian | Refers to the most noble Godlike qualities of human nature and behavior | 12 | |
| 6686620820 | Apostrophe | I'll rhetorical device in which a speaker addresses a person or personified thing not present | 13 | |
| 6686620821 | Archetype | A typical example of a certain person or thing | 14 | |
| 6686647795 | Assonance | The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prose | 15 | |
| 6686647796 | Ballad | A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited | 16 | |
| 6686723709 | Bard | A poet; in olden times a performer who told heroic stories to musical accompaniment | 17 | |
| 6686723710 | Bathos | Over the top sympathy | 18 | |
| 6686723711 | Bibliography | Cited list of works relevant to a work | 19 | |
| 6686723712 | Blank verse | Poetry written in iambic pentameter who's lines are generally blank and do not rhyme. Similar to free verse | 20 | |
| 6686723713 | Bombast | Inflated, pretentious language used to describe average things | 21 | |
| 6686723714 | Burlesque | A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject | 22 | |
| 6686723715 | Cacophony | Inharmonious sounds made by words or phrases | 23 | |
| 6686723716 | Caesura | A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse not always marked by punctuation | 24 | |
| 6686723717 | Canon | Most important works of literature in a period, words widely read and studied | 25 | |
| 6686723718 | Caricature | A likeness of striking qualities in persons or things | 26 | |
| 6686723719 | Climax | High point of the story | 27 | |
| 6686723720 | Coming of age novel | A tale in which a young protagonist experiences and entrance to adulthood. The character may develop understanding via disillusionment, education, doses of reality, or any other experiences that alter his or her emotional or intellectual maturity | 28 | |
| 6686739141 | Conceit | A witty or ingenious thought; and the routing or highly fanciful idea often stated in figurative language | 29 | |
| 6686739142 | Connotation | The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase | 30 | |
| 6686748885 | Consonance | The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or A line of poetry | 31 | |
| 6686748886 | Couplet | A pair of rhyming lines in a poem. | 32 | |
| 6686767091 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 33 | |
| 6686767092 | Dénouement | The resolution that a cruise at the end of the play or work of fiction | 34 | |
| 6686767093 | Diction | The choice of words in speech and writing. | 35 | |
| 6686783856 | Dramatic Irony | A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about the situation than a character | 36 | |
| 6686783857 | Elegy | A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value | 37 | |
| 6686808038 | Enjambment | The use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them. Similar to run on sentences | 38 | |
| 6686808039 | Epic | Extended narrative poem that tells of the adventures and exploits of a hero that is generally larger than life and is often considered a legendary figured such as Odysseus. | 39 | |
| 6686808040 | Epigram | A concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement Ex.) "the good ended happily, the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means." | 40 | |
| 6686851306 | Euphony | Harmonious sounds created by words or phrases | 41 | |
| 6686851307 | Eponymous | A term for the title character of a work of literature. Ex.) " Hamlet, Macbeth" | 42 | |
| 6686851308 | Euphenism | Oh mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term; passed away is a euphemism for die | 43 | |
| 6686851309 | Exposé | A piece of writing that reveals weaknesses, faults, frailties, or other shortcomings | 44 | |
| 6686851310 | Exposition | The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea of a work of literature | 45 | |
| 6686851311 | Fable | A short tail often featuring non-human characters that act as people whose actions enable the author to make observations or draw useful lessons about human behavior | 46 | |
| 6686889470 | Falling Action | Action in a play or story that occurs after the climax and leads to the conclusion | 47 | |
| 6686889471 | Fantasy | A story containing unreal, imaginary features | 48 | |
| 6686889472 | Farce | A comity that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious purpose. | 49 | |
| 6686889473 | First person narrative | A narrative told by a character involved in the story using first person pronouns such as I and we. The story is told from the main characters point of view | 50 | |
| 6686889474 | Flashback | A return to an earlier time in the story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances | 51 | |
| 6686889475 | Foil | Oh minor character whose personality or attitude contrasts with that of the main character | 52 | |
| 6686889476 | Foreshadowing | Providing hints of things to come in a story or play | 53 | |
| 6686889477 | Free verse | It kind of poetry without rhymed lines, rhythm, or fixed metrical feet | 54 | |
| 6686927230 | Gothic Novel | An hour and watch supernatural whores and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action | 55 | |
| 6686927231 | Hubris | The excessive pride but often leads tragic heroes to their death | 56 | |
| 6686927232 | Humanism | I believe that Anthis sizes faith and optimism and human potential and creativity | 57 | |
| 6686927233 | Hyperbole | An exaggeration for rhetorical effect | 58 | |
| 6686927234 | Idyll | A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place | 59 | |
| 6686927235 | In Media Res | A narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but out of some other critical point | 60 | |
| 6686927236 | Irony | A mode of expression and watch the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or light sarcasm | 61 | |
| 6686935424 | Litotes | A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity. Ex.) *really bad dancer "he's not a bad dancer" | 62 | |
| 6686956603 | Lyric poetry | Personal, reflective poetry that reveals the speakers thoughts and feelings about the subject | 63 | |
| 6686956604 | Melodrama | A literary form and which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response | 64 | |
| 6686956605 | Metaphor | A figure of speech that compares unlike objects | 65 | |
| 6686968406 | Meter | The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllable's found in poetry | 66 | |
| 6686968407 | Metonymy | A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which is associated | 67 | |
| 6686968408 | Mood | What the author makes you feel | 68 | |
| 6686989485 | Moral | A lesson learned from a literary work | 69 | |
| 6686989486 | Motif | A repeating freeze or idea that serves to unify a theme in the work | 70 | |
| 6686989487 | Narrative | A form of verse or pros that tells a story | 71 | |
| 6686989488 | Naturalism | A synonym to realism; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic | 72 |
