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| 15590047177 | Motif | simple element which is repeated throughout a work which helps develop theme, characters | 0 | |
| 15590047178 | Metaphor | comparison without "like" or "as" | 1 | |
| 15590047179 | Narrative poetry | poetry that tells a story | 2 | |
| 15590047180 | Narrator | persona assumed by a speaker in a prose piece of literature | 3 | |
| 15590047181 | Objectivity | ability of an author to keep his opinions and preachments out of a poem, a play, a short story, a novel, or any other literary work that he writes. | 4 | |
| 15590047182 | Onomatopoeia | natural sounds are imitated by words | 5 | |
| 15590047183 | Oxymoron | two contradictory words which create a new image | 6 | |
| 15590047184 | Parallelism | use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms | 7 | |
| 15590047185 | Paradox | statement that appears to be self-contradictory but contains some truth or validity | 8 | |
| 15590047186 | Parody | work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect | 9 | |
| 15590047187 | Pastoral | poem treating shepherds and rustic life | 10 | |
| 15590047188 | Pathetic fallacy | specific kind of personification in which inanimate objects are given human emotions (cruel crawling form of the ocean) | 11 | |
| 15590047189 | Pathos | quality in literature that stimulates pity, tenderness, or sorrow | 12 | |
| 15590047190 | Personification | giving inanimate objects human qualities | 13 | |
| 15590047191 | Point of view | perspective from which a story is told | 14 | |
| 15590047192 | First person | POV; when "I" am telling the story. The character is in the story, relating his or her experiences directly. | 15 | |
| 15590047193 | Second person | POV; The story is told to "you." This POV is not common in fiction, but it's still good to know (it is common in nonfiction). | 16 | |
| 15590047194 | Third person limited | POV; The story is about "he" or "she." This is the most common point of view in fiction. The narrator is outside of the story and relating the experiences of a character. | 17 | |
| 15590047195 | Third person omniscient | POV; The story is still about "he" or "she," but the narrator has full access to the thoughts and experiences of all characters in the story. | 18 | |
| 15590047196 | sledge | (n) sled | 19 | |
| 15590047197 | dauntless | (adj) fearless | 20 | |
| 15590047198 | assail | (v) to attack, assault | 21 | |
| 15590047199 | capacious | (adj) large, roomy, extensive | 22 | |
| 15590047200 | amend | (v) to improve or correct flaws in | 23 | |
| 15600521125 | Protagonist | chief character in a work | 24 | |
| 15600523599 | Pun | play on words based of similarity of sound | 25 | |
| 15600526699 | Quatrain | stanza of four lines | 26 | |
| 15600528293 | Refrain | one or more words repeated regularly through a poem, usually at the end of a stanza | 27 | |
| 15600532941 | Repetition | reiteration of a word, sound, phrase, or idea | 28 | |
| 15600534492 | Sarcasm | harsh, cutting language or tone intended to ridicule | 29 | |
| 15600536786 | Satire | work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for the purpose of change | 30 | |
| 15600545684 | Scansion | system for marking the number of syllables and accents in lines of poetry | 31 | |
| 15600548384 | Sensory imagery | words that appeal to one of the five senses | 32 | |
| 15600550599 | Visual imagery | appeals to the sense of sight, and plays the largest role in imagery in literature. It describes what a scene or character looks like and allows the reader to what the author is describing. | 33 | |
| 15600561622 | Auditory imagery | imagery which appeals to the sense if sounds. | 34 | |
| 15600568067 | Olfactory imagery | imagery which appeals to the sense of smell. | 35 | |
| 15600573461 | Gustatory imagery | imagery which appeals to the sense of taste. | 36 | |
| 15600578101 | Tactile imagery | imagery which appeals to the sense if touch. | 37 | |
| 15600579495 | Kinesthetic imagery | imagery which deals with the movement or action of objects or people. "The birds flapped their wings in excitement, the promise of food so close. They sprung out of the tree, one by one, soaring through the branches and swooping down low to the pile of berries beneath the tree." | 38 | |
| 15600594876 | dross | (n) waste; something base, trivial, or inferior | 39 | |
| 15600596509 | endowment | (n) a natural gift, ability, or characteristic of someone | 40 | |
| 15600599983 | amass | (v) to collect for oneself | 41 | |
| 15600602240 | suppliant | (n) one who asks humbly and earnestly | 42 | |
| 15600603867 | bestow | (v) to give as a gift | 43 |
