3663956078 | alliteration | repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words ex: weak and weary we walked ahead | 0 | |
3663958483 | allegory | a literary work that portrays abstract ideas concretely ex: "Young Goodman Brown" is an allegory written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. | 1 | |
3663981529 | allusion | a reference to another work of literature, art, history, or current events | 2 | |
3663992472 | apostrophe | a direct address to an abstraction, a thing, an animal, or an imaginary or absent person ex: O Life! O Love! | 3 | |
3664000844 | cacophony | harsh, clashing, or dissonant sounds produced by words requiring clipped, explosive delivery Ex: " Hear the loud alarum bells! / Brazen Bells! / What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells" | 4 | |
3664039919 | caesura | a pause within a line of poetry often mirroring natural speech | 5 | |
3664047719 | conceit | figure of speech comparing two very dissimilar things ex: "If hairs be wires, then wires grow on her head" | 6 | |
3664057813 | epiphany | a character's transformative moment of realization | 7 | |
3664060366 | hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or to produce a comic or ironic effect | 8 | |
3664069469 | juxtaposition | placing two things side by side for comparison or contrast purposes | 9 | |
3664074752 | litotes | figure of speech that affirms something by stating the negative of its opposite Ex: she's is no idiot | 10 | |
3664080285 | metaphor | figure of speech that compares or equates two things without using like or as Ex: Life is a hard road | 11 | |
3664084733 | metonymy | fiure of speech in which something is represented by another thing that is related to it Ex: the throne for a king or monarch | 12 | |
3664121072 | onomatopoeia | use of words that refer to a sound and whose pronunciation mimic those sounds Ex: buzz | 13 | |
3665232400 | paradox | a statement that is seems contradictory but actually is not Ex: Youth is wasted on the young | 14 | |
3665233896 | personification | figure of speech in which an animal or inanimate object is imbued with human qualities | 15 | |
3665242569 | satire | literary work that uses irony to critique society or an individual | 16 | |
3665242570 | simile | figure of speech used to explain an idea by comparing it to another thing using like, as, or resembles | 17 | |
3665249266 | synaesthesia | technique in writing where a writer presents ideas, characters, or places so that they appeal to more than one senses at a given time ex: "With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz, between the light and me" | 18 | |
3665251305 | synechdoche | figure of speech in which part of something is used to represent the whole thing Ex: "I got wheels!" meaning you bought a car | 19 | |
3665251306 | style | the way a literary work is written | 20 | |
3708668372 | understatement | The opposite of hyperbole, this refers to a figure a speech that says less than is intended | 21 | |
3708672287 | ambiguity | Allows for two or more interpretations of a word, phrase, action, or situation | 22 | |
3708673993 | mood | the emotional feeling instilled in the reader by a literary work | 23 | |
3708678781 | irony | The difference between appearance and reality; it may be verbal, dramatic, or situational | 24 | |
3708680856 | assonance | Close repetition of middle vowel sounds between different consonant sounds; fade/pale | 25 | |
3708680857 | consonance | Close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after differing vowel sounds Ex: love/leave, work/park | 26 | |
3708687550 | soliloquy | A dramatic speech in which a character alone on stage speaks his/her thoughts out loud | 27 | |
3708689016 | aside | Speech directed to the audience that is supposedly not audible to other characters onstage | 28 | |
3708693615 | enjambment | Carrying the words of a sentence beyond the end of a line of poetry Ex: so much depends upon a red wheelbarrow... | 29 | |
3708702350 | foil | A character who, by contrast, highlights the qualities or characteristics of another character. ex: Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, Mater and Lightning McQueen | 30 | |
3708826252 | parallellism | Technique showing that words, phrases, and clauses or larger structures are comparable in content and importance by placing them side by side or making them similar in form | 31 | |
3708832689 | sterotype | A character who represents a trait attributed to a social or racial group and lacks other individual traits | 32 | |
3708836540 | euphony | A succession of sweet, melodious sounds; opposite of cacophony | 33 | |
3708839719 | oxymoron | Figure of speech in which two contradictory words or phrases are combined in a single expression Ex: black light, jumbo shrimp | 34 | |
3708841832 | Bildungsroman | A novel that traces the early education of its hero from youth to experience Ex: Great Expectations | 35 | |
3708845928 | colloquialism | A word/phrase in everyday use in conversation and informal writing | 36 | |
3708847798 | characterization | The act of creating or describing a character directly or indirectly | 37 | |
3708849638 | foreshadowing | Hints that suggest what is to come later in a literary piece | 38 | |
3708852410 | symbol | A person, object, image, word, or event that evokes a range of additional meaning beyond its literal significance | 39 | |
3708854698 | motif | Any element appearing in one or more works of literature or art, or a specific pattern in a work | 40 | |
3708856383 | scansion | The process of measuring stresses in a line of verse in order to determine metrical pattern | 41 | |
3708859136 | mood | The emotional feeling instilled in the reader by a literary work. | 42 |
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