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| 2803592515 | Allegory | A story illustrating an idea or a moral principle in which objects take on symbolic meanings. |  | 0 |
| 2803592516 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a line of poetry. |  | 1 |
| 2803592517 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of sentences or phrases within a sentence. |  | 2 |
| 2803592518 | Apostrophe | When a character speaks to a character or object that is not present or is unable to respond. |  | 3 |
| 2803592519 | Assonance | The repetition of the same vowel sound in a phrase or line of poetry. |  | 4 |
| 2803592520 | Climax | The turning point in the plot or the high point of action. |  | 5 |
| 2803592521 | Colloquial Language | Informal, conversational language. Indicative of a specific region. |  | 6 |
| 2803592522 | Connotation | An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing, ie. Bat=evil. |  | 7 |
| 2803592523 | Diction | Word choice or the use of words in speech or writing. |  | 8 |
| 2803592524 | Enjambment | The continuation of reading one line of a poem to the next with no pause, a run-on line. |  | 9 |
| 2803592525 | Epiphany | Sudden enlightenment or realization, a profound new outlook or understanding about the world usually attained while doing everyday mundane activities. |  | 10 |
| 2803592526 | Flashback | When a character remembers a past event that is relevant to the current action of the story. |  | 11 |
| 2803592527 | Foreshadowing | Clues in the text about incidents that will occur later in the plot; creates anticipation in the novel. |  | 12 |
| 2803592528 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or comic/dramatic effect. |  | 13 |
| 2803592529 | Imagery | The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas. Also includes sensory language. |  | 14 |
| 2803592530 | Irony | When one thing should occur, is apparent, or in logical sequence but the opposite actually occurs. |  | 15 |
| 2803592531 | Meter | The measured arrangement of words in poetry, as by accentual rhythm, syllabic quantity, or the number of syllables in a line. |  | 16 |
| 2803592532 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison; this comparison does not use like or as. |  | 17 |
| 2803592533 | Motif | A dominant theme or central idea. |  | 18 |
| 2803592534 | Onomatopoeia | The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. |  | 19 |
| 2803592535 | Parody | A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. |  | 20 |
| 2803592536 | Personification | A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are given human qualities or are represented as possessing human form. |  | 21 |
| 2803592537 | Prose | Ordinary speech or writing without metrical structure, written in paragraph form. |  | 22 |
| 2803592538 | Simile | A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as. |  | 23 |
| 2803592539 | 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. Typical in plays. |  | 24 |
| 2803592540 | Symbolism | Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible. |  | 25 |
| 2803592541 | Tone | Reflects how the author feels about the subject matter or the feeling the author wants to instill in the reader. |  | 26 |
| 2803592542 | Tragedy | A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances. |  | 27 |
| 2803592543 | Sonnet | A poem with fourteen lines. There are Italian and English (typically referred to as "Shakespearean") forms. |  | 28 |
| 2803592544 | Satire | A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit; the goal is to change the behavior/issue. |  | 29 |
| 2810450703 | Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, Biblical, or political significance. |  | 30 |
| 2810455935 | Annotate | The process of supplying with critical or explanatory notes; to add notes or comments to (a text, book, drawing, etc.) |  | 31 |
| 2810463379 | Plot | Exposition (the introduction of the characters and the basic situation), Rising Action (the portion of the story where the conflict increases), Climax (the peak of the action and conflict), Falling Action (the portion of the story where the conflict decreases), and Resolution (the outcome of the conflict) |  | 32 |
| 2810470998 | Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces: Man vs. Man, Man vs. society, Man vs. himself, Man vs. God, and Man vs. nature. |  | 33 |
| 2810473691 | Parallelism | The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words, phrases, or sentences. |  | 34 |
| 2810475423 | Euphemism | A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept |  | 35 |
| 2810477562 | Point of View | The narrator's position in relation to the story being told. |  | 36 |
| 2810495588 | Worldview | An individual's set of subjective values derived from his or her religious background, cultural heritage, and personal experiences |  | 37 |
| 2810500630 | Providence | The guidance, material goods, and care provided by God that is sufficient to meet our needs. |  | 38 |
| 2810505335 | Fate | Something determined in advance by destiny or fortune. |  | 39 |
| 2810508378 | Chance | The opportunity, probability, or likelihood that an event will happen. |  | 40 |
| 2810515859 | Protagonist | Main character in the story (type of character) |  | 41 |
| 2810517345 | Antagonist | A character or force in conflict with the main character (type of character) |  | 42 |
| 2810518303 | Stock Character | A character that is based on literary and cultural stereotypes (the nerd, the wise doctor, the town drunkard) (type of character) |  | 43 |
| 2810520165 | Foil Character | A character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character (type of character) |  | 44 |
| 2810523359 | Round | A character who is fully developed within the story through description and action. (category of character) |  | 45 |
| 2810525049 | Static | A literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop. (category of character) |  | 46 |
| 2810525221 | Flat | One dimensional character with only one or two character traits (category of character) |  | 47 |
| 2810525222 | Dynamic | A literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude. (category of character) |  | 48 |
| 2810546384 | Mood | A literary element that evokes certain feelings in readers through words and descriptions. |  | 49 |
| 8070634621 | Fable | a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral. |  | 50 |
| 8256962982 | Epistrophe | Similar to anaphora, however, the repetition comes at the end of the sentence or phrase instead of the beginning. |  | 51 |
| 8257000688 | Biblical Allusion | references to people, places, events, or passages from the Bible |  | 52 |
| 8257010187 | Historical Allusion | A reference to a person, a place, or an event in history |  | 53 |
| 8257018953 | Classical Allusion | A reference to Greek and Roman mythology or literature |  | 54 |
| 8257036840 | Literary Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of literary significance | | 55 |
| 8257050480 | Situational Irony | The contrast between what is normally expected and what actually occurs |  | 56 |
| 8257061463 | Dramatic Irony | When the audience or reader knows what is occurring in the story but the characters do not |  | 57 |
| 8257077582 | Verbal Irony | Occurs when someone says one thing but really means something else; sarcasm is a type of verbal irony |  | 58 |
| 8257109145 | Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true |  | 59 |
| 8257121073 | Direct Characterization | When the author specifically TELLS you something about a character's personality/traits. |  | 60 |
| 9530223802 | Epigraph | A quotation put at the beginning of a piece of literature that sets a tone or introduces a theme |  | 61 |
| 9530234638 | Epistolary | Told or written in the form of letters |  | 62 |
