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| 6704496904 | allegory | a narrative or description having a second or symbolic meaning | 0 | |
| 6704501710 | allusion | a reference to history or another work of literature | 1 | |
| 6704505071 | cacophony | a harsh, discordant, or unpleasant sound | 2 | |
| 6704507864 | euphony | a smooth, pleasant-sounding arrangement of sounds | 3 | |
| 6704516583 | imagery | language dependent of sensory experience | 4 | |
| 6704524974 | mood | the pervading impression of a work | 5 | |
| 6704527644 | prose | non-metrical language; not poetry | 6 | |
| 6704529452 | theme | the overall meaning of a work of literature | 7 | |
| 6704531830 | tone | the writer or speaker's attitude toward a subject | 8 | |
| 6704535201 | setting | time and place a story takes place | 9 | |
| 6704541859 | symbol | something that means more than what it is | 10 | |
| 6704543934 | voice | the distinctive style or manner of expression of an author or character in a book | 11 | |
| 6704551646 | antagonist | character or force that opposes the main character | 12 | |
| 6704554895 | dynamic character | a character who changes | 13 | |
| 6704554896 | flat character | a one-dimensional character | 14 | |
| 6704557850 | foil | a character who reveals something about another character through contrast | 15 | |
| 6704582115 | hero | a man who has great courage and strength, is celebrated for bold exploits, and is favored by the gods | 16 | |
| 6704582116 | hubris | overbearing and excessive pride | 17 | |
| 6704585215 | protagonist | main character | 18 | |
| 6704585216 | round character | multi-dimensional character | 19 | |
| 6704589716 | static character | a character who does not change | 20 | |
| 6704591979 | tragic flaw | a flaw in the character of the protagonist that brings the character to ruin or sorrow | 21 | |
| 6704629309 | aside | a brief speech that is direct at the audience | 22 | |
| 6704629310 | colloquial | informal, conversational language | 23 | |
| 6704630916 | dialect | a regional variety of language | 24 | |
| 6704630917 | diction | word choice | 25 | |
| 6704633106 | hyperbole | overstatement | 26 | |
| 6704652501 | exposition | the beginning of a work that introduces the setting and characters | 27 | |
| 6704652502 | conflict | a clash of actions, desires, and goals | 28 | |
| 6704655530 | rising action | plot events that lead to the climax | 29 | |
| 6704655531 | climax | the turning point or the highest point of tension | 30 | |
| 6704657496 | falling action | shows the after-effects of the events of the climax | 31 | |
| 6704664544 | denouement | the conclusion or resolution | 32 | |
| 6704784808 | irony | a situation or use or language involving some kind of incongruity or discrepancy | 33 | |
| 6704784809 | dramatic irony | the audience knows something the characters don't | 34 | |
| 6704788060 | situational irony | a situation in which there is incongruity between appearance and reality or expectation and actuality | 35 | |
| 6704790920 | verbal irony | a character says something but means the opposite | 36 | |
| 6704841681 | epistolary novel | a novel written as a series of documents | 37 | |
| 6704846750 | first-person point-of-view | a character tell the story; uses "I" pronouns | 38 | |
| 6704846751 | flashback | an earlier event is inserted into the narrative | 39 | |
| 6704849648 | in media res | the narrative starts in the middle or at the end of the story | 40 | |
| 6704851933 | limited omniscient p.o.v. | third person narrator reveals thoughts, feelings, etc. about one character in the text | 41 | |
| 6704851981 | objective p.o.v. | third person narrator recounts events, but does not make judgments or draw conclusions | 42 | |
| 6704855863 | omniscient p.o.v. | third person narrator reveals thoughts, feelings, etc. about multiple characters in the text | 43 | |
| 6704855864 | narrator | the voice telling the story | 44 | |
| 6704861301 | point-of-view (p.o.v.) | the angle of vision from which the story is told | 45 | |
| 6704919617 | stream of consciousness | narrative that presents the private thoughts of a character without commentary | 46 | |
| 6704922247 | unreliable (fallible) narrator | a narrator whose credibility is compromised | 47 | |
| 6704922248 | Deus ex machina | the resolution of the plot by highly improbable chance or coincidence | 48 | |
| 6704927095 | indeterminate ending | the plot ends without resolving the conflict | 49 | |
| 6704927096 | paradox | an apparent contradiction | 50 | |
| 6704929072 | plot | the sequence of events of which a story is composed | 51 | |
| 6704931109 | suspense | a quality of a story that makes the reader eager to find out what will happen next | 52 | |
| 6704933389 | suspension of disbelief | an agreement between the author and reader to "believe" something that is unbelievable | 53 | |
| 6758154820 | anecdote | a short account of an incident | 54 | |
| 6758158911 | artistic unity | the condition of a successful literary work whereby all its elements work together for the achievement of a central purpose | 55 | |
| 6758167208 | genre | type or class of literature | 56 | |
| 6758168820 | topic | subject matter of a literary work | 57 | |
| 6758170420 | verse | metrical language (opposite of prose) | 58 | |
| 6758177165 | character | any of the persons involved in the story or play | 59 | |
| 6758182768 | characterization | the process of conveying information about the characters | 60 | |
| 6758184436 | deuteragonist | the second most important character in the text | 61 | |
| 6758191175 | direct characterization | the narrator or another character tells the reader what a character is like | 62 | |
| 6758198736 | stock character | a stereotyped character | 63 | |
| 6758200092 | archetype | a character who follows a previously established pattern | 64 | |
| 6758206130 | indirect characterization | the author shows the character in action, compelling the reader to infer what the character is like from what he has said or done | 65 | |
| 6758214200 | dialogue | conversation between characters | 66 | |
| 6758352036 | euphemism | substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for a harsh, blunt, or offensive one | 67 | |
| 6758362376 | figure of speech | any way of saying something and meaning another | 68 | |
| 6758367262 | invective | denunciatory or abusive language | 69 | |
| 6758374203 | monologue | a dramatic soliloquy (character alone, speaking to the audience) | 70 | |
| 6758378836 | proverb | a short, pithy saying that expresses a basic truth or a practical precept | 71 | |
| 6758386070 | pun | a play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words | 72 | |
| 6758392207 | sarcasm | bitter or cutting speech | 73 | |
| 6758397202 | soliloquy | character relates his/her thoughts or feelings to the audience without addressing the other characters | 74 | |
| 6758400647 | slang | non-standard language | 75 | |
| 6758407711 | understatement | saying less than one means | 76 | |
| 6758411018 | flashforward | something that happens at a later time is inserted into the narrative | 77 | |
| 6758415819 | linear structure | plot follows chronological order | 78 | |
| 6758418255 | nonlinear structure | plot does not follow linear structure | 79 | |
| 6758426764 | anticlimax | a sudden descent from the impressive of significant to the ludicrous and inconsequential | 80 | |
| 6758431778 | catastrophe | the concluding action of the classical tragedy including the resolution of the plot | 81 | |
| 6758439704 | comic relief | something inserted into the narrative to reduce the tension | 82 | |
| 6758450331 | dilemma | the character must choose between two undesirable courses of action | 83 | |
| 6758467862 | inversion | a reversal in order | 84 | |
| 6758472116 | motivation | an emotion, desire, physiological need, or similar impulse that acts as a reason to act | 85 | |
| 6758487156 | mystery | an unusual set of circumstances for which the reader craves an explanation | 86 | |
| 6758499265 | plot manipulation | a situation in which the author gives the plot a twist unjustified by preceding action or by the characters involved | 87 | |
| 6758506560 | plot device | a character, event, or object whose only reason for existence is to advance the plot | 88 | |
| 6758514610 | prologue | an intro or preface (often a poem) that introduces a play | 89 | |
| 6758522679 | red herring | a literary tactic of diverting attention from something important | 90 | |
| 6758529506 | scene | a subdivision of an act in a play | 91 | |
| 6758534099 | subplot | a plot subordinate to the main plot of a literary work | 92 | |
| 6758554304 | surprise | an unexpected turn in the development of the plot | 93 |
