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| 5267133014 | Allegory | The representation of abstract ideas or principle by characters, figures or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form | 0 | |
| 5267143340 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a line of poetry. ie. Marilyn Monroe | 1 | |
| 5267155458 | Ambiguity | When an author leaves out details/information or is unclear about an event so the reader will use his/her imagination to fill in the blanks. | 2 | |
| 5267165757 | Anecdote | A short story or joke told at the beginning of a speech to gain the audience's attention | 3 | |
| 5267170186 | Antagonist | The Protagonist advesary | 4 | |
| 5267177953 | Anti-Climatic | When the ending of the plot in poetry or prose is unfulfilling or lackluster | 5 | |
| 5267189200 | Apostrophe | When a character speaks to a character or object that is not present or is unable to respond | 6 | |
| 5267195080 | Climax | The turning point in the plot or the high point of action | 7 | |
| 5267198301 | Colloquial language | Informal, conversational language. Colloquialisms are phrases or sayings that are indicative of a specific region | 8 | |
| 5267205102 | Connotation | An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing, ie. Bat=Evil | 9 | |
| 5267222719 | Deus ex machina | Term that refers to a character or force that appears at the end of a story or play to help resolve conflict. Word means "god from a machine." In ancient Greek drama, gods were lowered onto the stage by a mechanism to extricate characters from a seemingly hopeless situation. the phrase has come to mean any turn of events that solve the characters' through an unexpected and unlikely intervention | 10 | |
| 5267249536 | Diction | Word choice or the use of words in speech or writing | 11 | |
| 5267252787 | Denouement | The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot | 12 | |
| 5267256494 | Doppleganger | The alter ego of a character-the suppressed side of one's personality that is usually unaccepted by society. ie. The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson- Mr. Edward Hyde is Dr. Jekyll's evil side | 13 | |
| 5267271605 | Emotive language | Deliberate use of language by a writer to instill a feeling or visual | 14 | |
| 5267292145 | Epic | An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero | 15 | |
| 5267306992 | Epistolary | Used to describe a novel that tells its story though letters written from one character to another | 16 | |
| 5267318436 | Euphemism | The act of substituting a harsh, blunt, or offensive comment for a more politically accepted or positive one. (short=vertically challenged) | 17 | |
| 5267332394 | Euphony | A succession of words which are pleasing to the ear. These words may be alliterative, utilize consonance, or assonance and are often used in poetry but also seen in prose | 18 | |
| 5267357705 | Expansion | Adds an unstressed syllable and a contraction or elision removes an unstressed syllable in order to maintain the rhythmic meter of a line. this practice explains some word frequently used in poetry such as th' in place of the, o'er in place over, and 'tis or 'twas in place of it is or it was | 19 | |
| 5289822348 | Fable | A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like humans. | 20 | |
| 5289828321 | Figurative language | Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning. Speech or writing employing figures of speech. | 21 | |
| 5289840194 | Flashback | When a character remembers a past event that is relevant to the current action of the story | 22 | |
| 5289844653 | Flat character | A literary character whose personality can be defined by one or two traits and does not change over the course of the story. Flat characters are usually minor or insignificant. | 23 | |
| 5289862999 | Foil | A character that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another | 24 | |
| 5292271447 | Folklore | The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally | 25 | |
| 5292278744 | Foreshadowing | Clues in the text about incidents that will occur later in the plot, foreshadowing creates anticipation in the novel | 26 | |
| 5292283916 | Genre | A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or conent | 27 | |
| 5292292631 | Gothic Novel | A genre of fiction characterized by mystery and supernatural horror, often set in a dark castle or other medieval setting | 28 | |
| 5292297469 | Heroine | A woman noted for courage and daring action or the female protagonist | 29 | |
| 5292302011 | Hubris | Used in Greek tragedies, refers to excessive pride that usually leads to a hero's downfall | 30 | |
| 5292307519 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or comic/dramatic effect | 31 | |
| 5292316888 | Illocution | Language that avoids meaning of the words. When we speak, sometimes we conceal intentions or side step the true subject of a conversation. Writing this expresses two stories, one of which is not apparent to the characters, but is apparent to the reader. For example, if two characters are discussing a storm on the surface it may seem like a simple discussion of the weather, however, the reader should interpret the underlying meaning-that the relationship is in turmoil, chaos, is unpredictable. As demonstrated the story contains an underlying meaning or parallel meanings. | 32 | |
| 5292323466 | Imagery | The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas | 33 | |
| 5292329563 | In medias res | A story that begins in the middle of things | 34 | |
| 5292331091 | Irony | When one thing should occur, is apparent, or in logical sequence but the opposite actually occurs | 35 | |
| 5292345695 | Dramatic Irony | When the audience or reader knows something characters do not know | 36 | |
| 5292350402 | Verbal Irony | When the one thing is said, but something else, usually the opposite, is meant | 37 | |
| 5292357164 | Cosmic Irony | When a higher power toys with human expectations | 38 | |
| 5292364276 | Memoir | An account of the personal experiences of an author | 39 | |
| 5292366001 | 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. | 40 | |
| 5292376331 | Metonymy | The use of a word or phrase to stand in for something else which it is often associated | 41 | |
| 5292378987 | Motif | A dominant theme or central idea | 42 | |
| 5292380659 | Narrator | Someone who tells a story | 43 | |
| 5292382221 | Novella | A short novel usually under 100 pages | 44 | |
| 5292384193 | Neutral language | Language opposite from emotive language as it is literal or even objective in nature | 45 | |
| 5292392617 | 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 | 46 | |
| 5292396301 | Paradox | Statement which seems to contradict itself | 47 | |
| 5292398490 | Parody | A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule | 48 | |
| 5292418484 | Personification | A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form | 49 | |
| 5292428490 | Poetic justice | The rewarding of virtue and the punishment of vice in the resolution of a plot. The character, as they say, gets what he/she deserves | 50 | |
| 5292433378 | Prequel | A literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel | 51 | |
| 5292440944 | Prologue | An introduction or preface, especially a poem recited to introduce a play | 52 | |
| 5292444818 | Prose | Ordinary speech or writing without metrical structure, written in paragraph form. Novels and short stories are referred to as prose | 53 | |
| 5292454416 | Protagonist | The main character in a drama or literary work | 54 | |
| 5292456086 | Rising action | The events of a dramatic or narrative plot preceding the climax | 55 | |
| 5292458224 | Rites of passage | An incident which creates tremendous growth signifying a transition from adolescence to adulthood | 56 | |
| 5292462546 | Round character | A character who is developed over the course of the book, round characters are usually major characters in a novel | 57 | |
| 5292468590 | Resolution | Solution to the conflict in literature | 58 | |
| 5292469819 | 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. | 59 | |
| 5292478668 | Simile | A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduce by like or as | 60 | |
| 5292484438 | Slang | A kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech, made up typically of short-lived coinages and figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard terms for added raciness, humor, irreverence, or other effect. | 61 | |
| 5292510738 | 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 | 62 | |
| 5292519140 | Sonnet | A poem with fourteen lines. An Italian sonnet subdivides into two quatrains and two tercets; while an English sonnet subdivides into three quatrains and one couplet. | 63 | |
| 5292533252 | Style | The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era | 64 | |
| 5292541063 | Symbolism | Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible | 65 | |
| 5292551080 | 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. | 66 | |
| 5292556807 | Tone | Reflects how the author feels about the subject matter or the feeling the author wants to instill in the reader | 67 |
