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| 9492035404 | Ballad | Poem or story that is meant to be sang | 0 | |
| 9492035406 | Cacophony | Harsh, discordant mixture of sounds | 1 | |
| 9492035408 | Conceit | elaborate metaphor | 2 | |
| 9492035411 | Euphony | The skill of speaking. Pleasant words | 3 | |
| 9492035412 | Ambiguity | -The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage, also a fallacy in which the same term is used in more than one way | 4 | |
| 9492035415 | Denouement | -a literary device which can be defined as the resolution of the issue of a complicated plot in fiction. | 5 | |
| 9492035417 | Foil Character | -a character who contrasts with another character, usually the protagonist— to highlight particular qualities of the other character. | 6 | |
| 9492035418 | Connotation | -refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. | 7 | |
| 9492035419 | Denotation | -as literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings. | 8 | |
| 9492035428 | Logos | means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason. | 9 | |
| 9492035429 | Ethos | means to convince an audience of the author's credibility or character. | 10 | |
| 9492035430 | Pathos | persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions. | 11 | |
| 9492035431 | Rhetorical Question | , means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason. | 12 | |
| 9492035432 | Epic | Poetic story. Long narrative poem often written about a hero or heroines. | 13 | |
| 9492035433 | Antihero | Protagonist of a drama or narrative who is notably lacking in heroic qualities | 14 | |
| 9492035434 | Archetype | Typical character, an action, or a situation that seems to represent universal patterns of human nature. , also known as "universal symbol," may be a character, a theme, a symbol, or even a setting. | 15 | |
| 9492035435 | Persona | The mask of an actor, and is therefore etymologically linked to the dramatis personae. | 16 | |
| 9492035436 | Anachronism | an error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece. In other words, anything that is out of time and out of place | 17 | |
| 9492035438 | Antithesis | "opposite," is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. | 18 | |
| 9492035441 | Epistrophe | same word returns at the end of each sentence. is a stylistic device that can be defined as the repetition of phrases or words at the ends of the clauses or sentences. Example: "Hourly joys be still upon YOU! Juno sings her blessings on YOU" | 19 | |
| 9492035447 | Motif | a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design | 20 | |
| 9492035450 | Mood | How the reader feels about the text while reading. | 21 | |
| 9492035457 | anaphora | repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning |  | 22 |
| 9492035458 | Enjambment | continuation of one line of a poem to the next without pause |  | 23 |
| 9492035459 | apostrophe | figure of speech used to address an imaginary character |  | 24 |
| 9492035460 | aside | when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage |  | 25 |
| 9492035461 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |  | 26 |
| 9492035463 | ode | a lyric poem that celebrates something |  | 27 |
| 9492035464 | Shakespearean sonnet | a 14 line poem with a rhyme scheme of ababcdcdefefgg |  | 28 |
| 9492035465 | Spenserian sonnet | a 14 line poem with a rhyme scheme of ababbcbccdcdee | 29 | |
| 9492035466 | Italian sonnet | a 14 line poem that includes an octave and a sestet |  | 30 |
| 9492035469 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse |  | 31 |
| 9492035470 | didactic writing | writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach |  | 32 |
| 9492035475 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it ex: the crown is allowed to make the decision. |  | 33 |
| 9492035480 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. |  | 34 |
| 9492035482 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa ex: His new wheels were enviable. |  | 35 |
| 9492035485 | asyndeton | a list in which conjunctions are purposely left out. ex: Read, write, learn |  | 36 |
| 9492035486 | polysyndeton | use of conjunctions frequently in a sentence. ex: here and there and everywhere |  | 37 |
| 9492035487 | chiasmus | two phrases that are parallel but inverted. ex: you can take the patriot out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the patriot |  | 38 |
