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| 4563090661 | Allegory | representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form | 0 | |
| 4563098599 | Alliteration | repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a line of poetry | 1 | |
| 4563103761 | Ambiguity | when an author leaves out details/info or is unclear about an event so the reader will use their imagination to fill in the blank | 2 | |
| 4563111347 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines in poetry | 3 | |
| 4563114391 | Anecdote | short story of joke told at the beginning of a speech to gain the audience's attention | 4 | |
| 4563117890 | Antagonist | the protagonist's adversary | 5 | |
| 4563120806 | Anti-Climatic | when the ending of the plot in poetry or prose is unfulfilled or lackluster | 6 | |
| 4563130660 | Apostrophe | when a character speaks to a character or object that is not present or unable to respond | 7 | |
| 4563139920 | Assonance | the repetition of the same vowel sound in a phrase or line of poetry | 8 | |
| 4563146125 | Blank Verse | name for unrhymed iambic pentameter | 9 | |
| 4563151666 | Climax | the turning point in the plot or the high point of action | 10 | |
| 4563159804 | Colloquial Language | informal, controversial language | 11 | |
| 4563162751 | Connotation | idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word of thing | 12 | |
| 4563167681 | Convention | understanding between a reader and a writer about certain details of a story that doesn't have to be explained | 13 | |
| 4563175790 | Consonance | repetition of consonant sounds in a phrase or line of poetry | 14 | |
| 4563180914 | Couplet | two rhyming lines in poetry | 15 | |
| 4563191718 | Deus ex machina | term that refers to a character or force that appears at the end of a story/play to help resolve conflict | 16 | |
| 4563205575 | Diction | word choice or the use of words in speech or writing | 17 | |
| 4563208664 | Denouement | final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot | 18 | |
| 4563213159 | Doppelganger | alter ego of a character - the suppressed side of one's personality that is usually unaccepted by society | 19 | |
| 4563218141 | Elegy | poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person | 20 | |
| 4563222509 | Emotive Language | deliberate use of language by a writer to instill a feeling or visual | 21 | |
| 4563228530 | Enjambment | continuation of reading one line of a poem to the next with no pause | 22 | |
| 4563232128 | Epic | extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary/traditional hero | 23 | |
| 4563238701 | Epilogue | a short poem/speech spoken directly to the audience following the conclusion of a play, or epilogue in a short explanation for a novel | 24 | |
| 4563261660 | Epiphany | sudden enlightenment or realization, a profound new outlook/understanding about the world | 25 | |
| 4563276448 | Epistolary | used to describe a novel that tells its story through letters written from one character to another | 26 | |
| 4563282328 | Euphemism | the act of substituting a harsh, blunt, or offensive comment for a more politically accepted or positive one | 27 | |
| 4563295244 | Euphony | succession of words which are pleasing to the ear | 28 | |
| 4563297668 | Expansion | adds an unstressed syllable and a contraction or elision removes an unstressed syllable in order to maintain the rhythmic meter of a line | 29 |
