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| 3566270826 | Abstract | Brief summary of the major parts of a research study | 0 | |
| 3566270827 | Allegory | A literary form in which something is said to be like something else, in an attempt to communicate a hidden or symbolic meaning. | 1 | |
| 3566270828 | Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds | 2 | |
| 3566270829 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. Allusions can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical. There are many more possibilities, and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers of allusion. | 3 | |
| 3566270830 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 4 | |
| 3566270831 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 5 | |
| 3566270832 | Connotation | All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests | 6 | |
| 3566270833 | Concluding Couplet | The last two lines of a sonnet that rhyme | 7 | |
| 3566270834 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 8 | |
| 3566270835 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 9 | |
| 3566270836 | Dramatic Monologue | A poem or speech in which a fictional character expresses his or her thoughts and feelings within a developing situation | 10 | |
| 3566270837 | Elegy | A poem of mourning, usually about someone who has died. | 11 | |
| 3566270838 | Epic | A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society | 12 | |
| 3566270839 | Epigram | A brief witty poem, often satirical. | 13 | |
| 3566270840 | Epigraph | A brief quotation found at the beginning of a literary work, reflective of theme. | 14 | |
| 3566270841 | Feet | Units of stressed and unstressed syllables | 15 | |
| 3566270842 | Foil | A character who is in most ways opposite to the main character (protagonist) or one who is nearly the same as the protagonist. The purpose of the foil character is to emphasize the traits of the main character by contrast only | 16 | |
| 3566270843 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 17 | |
| 3566270844 | Iambic Pentameter | A common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable. | 18 | |
| 3566270845 | Irony | A device that depends on the existence of at least two separate and contrasting levels of meaning embedded in one message. Verbal irony is sarcasm when the speaker says something other than what they really mean. In dramatic irony the audience is more aware than the characters in a work. Situational irony occurs when the opposite of what is expected happens. This type of irony often emphasizes that people are caught in forces beyond their comprehension and control. | 19 | |
| 3566270846 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 20 | |
| 3566270847 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 21 | |
| 3566270848 | Meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | 22 | |
| 3566270849 | Motif | A recurring theme, subject or idea | 23 | |
| 3566270850 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 24 | |
| 3566270851 | Plot | Sequence of events in a literary work | 25 | |
| 3566270852 | Points of View | The perspective from which the story is told | 26 | |
| 3566270853 | Prose | Any writing that is not poetry | 27 | |
| 3566270854 | Rhyme | Repetition of sounds at the end of words | 28 | |
| 3566270855 | Satire | A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way. | 29 | |
| 3566270856 | Setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. | 30 | |
| 3566270857 | Seven Deadly SIns | Pride, Anger, Sloth, Gluttony, Lust, Envy, Greed | 31 | |
| 3566270858 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 32 | |
| 3566270859 | SOAPStone | Speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, subject, tone | 33 | |
| 3566270860 | Soliloquy | A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener. | 34 | |
| 3566270861 | Sonnet | 14 lines of iambic pentameter | 35 | |
| 3566270862 | Symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract. | 36 | |
| 3566270863 | Theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 37 | |
| 3566270864 | Tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels. | 38 | |
| 3566270865 | Tragedy | A dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society, to downfall or destruction. | 39 | |
| 3566270866 | Tragic Hero | A literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy | 40 | |
| 3566270867 | Trochee | A metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by one unaccented syllable | 41 | |
| 3566393176 | Blank verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter | 42 | |
| 3566394846 | Rhymed verse | consists of verse with end rhyme and usually with a regular meter. | 43 |
