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| 5709083633 | Kenning | Often picturesque metaphorical compounds used in Old Germanic languages as synonyms for simple nouns | 0 | |
| 5709083634 | Caesura | A pause or break in a line of verse | 1 | |
| 5709083635 | Alliteration | The repetition of initial identical consonant sounds or any vowels sound in successive or closely associated syllables | 2 | |
| 5709083636 | Aphorism | A principle expressed tersely in a few telling words or any general truth conveyed in a short and pithy sentence | 3 | |
| 5709083637 | Irony | The recognition of a reality different from appearance | 4 | |
| 5709083638 | Verbal irony | A figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words that carry the opposite meaning | 5 | |
| 5709083639 | Dramatic irony | The reader's understanding is greater than the characters in a work of literature | 6 | |
| 5709083640 | Situational irony | Events coming together in improbable situations creating a tense between expected and Real Results | 7 | |
| 5709083641 | Understatement | The literal sense of what is said Falls detectively short of the magnitude of what is being talked about | 8 | |
| 5709083642 | Imagery | Writing that appeals to the senses | 9 | |
| 5709083643 | Meter | The reoccurrence and poetry of a rhythmic pattern or the rhythm established by the regular occurrence of similar units of sound | 10 | |
| 5709083644 | Foot | A unit of sound consisting of some combinations of stressed and unstressed syllables | 11 | |
| 5709083645 | Strophe (antistrophe) | Two of three stanzaic forms of the Greek choral ode. These two are identical to meter. As the chorus sang the strophe, they moved from right to left; while singing antistrophe, they retrace the steps exactly. In rhetoric antistrophe is the reciprocal conversation of the same words | 12 | |
| 5709083646 | In medias res | A Greek term literally meaning in the midst of things. It is applied to a literary technique of opening a story in the middle of the action and then supplying background information through flashbacks and other devices. | 13 | |
| 5709083647 | Characterization | The creation of imaginary person so that they seem lifelike | 14 | |
| 5709083648 | Direct characterization | The explicit presentation by the author of a character | 15 | |
| 5709083649 | Indirect characterizarion | The authors revelation of a character through his words, thoughts, actions, appearances, or responses to and from others | 16 | |
| 5709083650 | Static characterization | A character who changes little if at all throughout the story | 17 | |
| 5709083651 | Dynamic characterization | A character who experiences a major change throughout the course of the work | 18 | |
| 5709083652 | Satire | And work or manner that blends a censorious attitude with humor and wit for improving human institutions or Humanity. Satirist attempt through laughter not so much to tear down as to inspire remodeling. | 19 | |
| 5709083653 | Sarcasm | A caustic and bitter expression of strong disapproval. It is typically personal, jeering, and intended to hurt. It is a more caustic and bitter form of irony. | 20 | |
| 5709083654 | Enjambment | The continuation of the sense and grammatical construction of a line on to the next line. | 21 | |
| 5709083655 | Sonnet | A 14 line poem typically written in iambic pentameter about an unattainable love with a specific rhyme scheme. | 22 | |
| 5709083656 | Shakespearean sonnet | Asana consisting of three quatrains followed by an indented couplet. Rhyming abab cdcd efef gg | 23 | |
| 5709083657 | Petrarchan sonnet | A sonnet consisting of an octave and a sestet. Typically a shift in the handling of the subject or the point of views occurs between the octave and the sestet. The rhyming pattern may vary but is typically abbaabba for the octave and cdecde or cdcdcd | 24 | |
| 5709083658 | Catharsis | The purging of one's guilt in the story. This is usually done in a very dramatic way. Think Oedipus stabbing his eyes. | 25 | |
| 5709083659 | Hamartia | This is the Fatal flaw that a character takes that causes their downfall. | 26 | |
| 5709083660 | Hubris | the arrogance of a character | 27 | |
| 5709083661 | Foil | A character whose qualities or actions serves to emphasize those of the protagonist by providing a strong contrast with them. | 28 | |
| 5709083662 | Monologue | An extended speech honored by one speaker, either to others or as if alone | 29 | |
| 5709083663 | Soliloquy | A dramatic speech ordered by one character speaking aloud while alone on stage or while under the impression of being alone | 30 | |
| 5709083664 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which someone, some abstract quality, or non-existent person is directly addressed as though present | 31 | |
| 5709083665 | Ambiguity | The state of having more than one meaning or interpretation | 32 | |
| 5709083666 | Synecdoche | A part represents the whole | 33 | |
| 5709083667 | Point of view | The vantage point or stance from which a story is told | 34 | |
| 5709083668 | First person | The story is told by one of its characters typically using the first person pronoun I. | 35 | |
| 5709083669 | Third person objective | The author Limits him / herself to reporting what the character say or do | 36 | |
| 5709083670 | Third person omniscient | The author knows all and it's free to tell us anything including what the characters are thinking and feeling. All characters thoughts and feelings are revealed. | 37 | |
| 5709083671 | Third person limited | The author Limits him / herself to a complete knowledge of one character in the story and tells us only what that one character feels, thinks, sees, or hears | 38 | |
| 5709083672 | Dystopia | An undesirable imaginary Society | 39 | |
| 5709083673 | Utopia | A desirable imaginary Society | 40 | |
| 5709083674 | Theme | An abstract idea that emerges from the literary Works treatment of its subject matter or a topic reoccurring and a number of literary works. | 41 | |
| 5709083675 | Novella | A short story may be built on one incident | 42 | |
| 5709083676 | Plot | A series of related events creating a story | 43 | |
| 5709083677 | Exposition | The setting forth of a systematic explanation of or argument about any subject; or the opening part of a play or story in which we are introduced to the characters and their situation | 44 | |
| 5709083678 | rising action | The part of the plot that leads through a series of events of increasing interest in power to the climax or Turning Point | 45 | |
| 5709083679 | Climax | The part of the story which a crisis is reached and a resolution achieved | 46 | |
| 5709083680 | Denouement | The portion of the plot that reveals the final outcome of its conflicts or the solution of its Mysteries | 47 | |
| 5709083681 | Deus Ex machina | The resolution of a plot by use of a highly improbable chance, coincidence, or artificial device that solves some difficult problem or crisis | 48 | |
| 5709083682 | Protagonist | The chief character in a work the main character the protagonist is a major conflict overcome or defeat throughout the course of the story this does not mean the good guy the protagonist need not be upright or virtuous | 49 | |
| 5709083600 | Antagonist | The most prominent of the characters who oppose the protagonist or hero in a dramatic or narrative work. The antagonist is often villains seeking to frustrate a heroine or hero. | 50 | |
| 5709083601 | Synaesthesia | The description of one kind of sense impression by using words that normally describe another | 51 | |
| 5709083602 | Style | A writer's way of saying things or a philosophy that influences the author's viewpoint | 52 | |
| 5709083603 | Tone | The attitude towards the subject and or towards the audience in a literary work | 53 | |
| 5709083604 | Mood | The emotional or intellectual attitude of the author towards the subject | 54 | |
| 5709083605 | Connotation | The range of further associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to it straightforward dictionary meaning | 55 | |
| 5709083606 | Juxtaposition | The side by side comparison of two or more objects or ideas for the purpose of highlighting similarities or differences | 56 | |
| 5709083607 | malapropism | The comic substitution of one word for another similar in sound but different in meaning | 57 | |
| 5709083608 | Voice | The sense of written work conveys to a reader of the writers attitude personality and character | 58 | |
| 5709083609 | Motif | A reoccurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation that appears in various works or throughout the same work | 59 | |
| 5709083610 | Anachronism | An event, object, custom, person, or thing that is out of its natural order in time | 60 | |
| 5709083611 | Metonymy | Figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea. "The pen is mightier than the sword". | 61 | |
| 5709083612 | Narrator | Teller of the story | 62 | |
| 5709083613 | Dissonance | Harshness of a sound and or rhyme either inadvertent or deliberate | 63 | |
| 5709083614 | Euphony | A pleasing smoothness of sound perceived by the ease with which the words can be spoken in combination | 64 | |
| 5709083615 | Litotes | A figure of speech where an affirmation is made indirectly by saying its opposite usually with an effect of understatement | 65 | |
| 5709083616 | Euphemism | The substitution of a mild term for one more offensive or hurtful | 66 |
