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| 7482816686 | Fable | A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like humans. | 0 | |
| 7482816687 | Feminine ending | Term that refers to an unstressed extra syllable at the end of a line of iambic pentameter. | 1 | |
| 7482817411 | 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. | 2 | |
| 7482817412 | Flashback | When a character remembers a past event that is relevant to the current action of the story | 3 | |
| 7482817413 | 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. These characters are usually minor or insignificant characters. | 4 | |
| 7482818337 | Foil | A character that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another. | 5 | |
| 7482818338 | Folklore | The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally. | 6 | |
| 7482828151 | Foot | The metrical length of a line is determined by the number of these it contains. Monometer: One Dimeter: Two Trimeter: Three Tetrameter: Four Pentameter: Five Hexameter: Six Heptameter: Seven The most common of these have two to three syllables, with one stressed. | 7 | |
| 7482828152 | Iamb | These make up a type of foot that has two syllables. The first is unstressed and the second is stressed. | 8 | |
| 7482829874 | Trochee | These make up a type of foot that has two syllables. The first is stressed and the second is unstressed. | 9 | |
| 7482829875 | Dactyl | These make up a type of foot that has three syllables beginning with a stressed syllable; the other two unstressed. | 10 | |
| 7482829876 | Anapest | These make up a type of foot that has three syllables. The first two are unstressed with the third stressed. | 11 | |
| 7482831296 | Foreshadowing | Clues in the text about incidents that will occur later in the plot, creates anticipation in the novel. | 12 | |
| 7482831297 | Free verse | Type of verse that contains a variety of line lengths, is unrhymed, and lacks traditional meter. | 13 | |
| 7482836946 | Genre | A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content. | 14 | |
| 7482836947 | Gothic novel | A genre of fiction characterized by mystery and supernatural horror, often set in a dark castle or other medieval setting. | 15 | |
| 7482838600 | Heroine | A woman noted for courage and daring action or the female protagonist. | 16 | |
| 7482838601 | Hubris | Used in Greek tragedies, refers to excessive pride that usually leads to a hero's downfall. | 17 | |
| 7482841120 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or comic/dramatic effect. | 18 | |
| 7482841121 | 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. | 19 | |
| 7482846190 | Imagery | The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas. | 20 | |
| 7482846191 | In medias res | A story that begins in the middle of things. | 21 | |
| 7482846192 | Inversion | In poetry is an intentional digression from ordinary word order which is used to maintain regular meters. For example, rather than saying "the rain came" a poem may say "came the rain". Meters can be formed by the insertion or absence of a pause. | 22 | |
| 7482847113 | Irony | When one thing should occur, is apparent, or in logical sequence but the opposite actually occurs. Example: A man in the ocean might say, "Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink." Dramatic: When the audience or reader knows something characters do not know Verbal: When one thing is said, but something else, usually the opposite, is meant Cosmic: When a higher power toys with human expectations | 23 | |
| 7482847114 | Masculine ending | Stressed extra syllable at the end of a line. | 24 | |
| 7482847899 | Memoir | An account of the personal experiences of an author. | 25 | |
| 7482847900 | Meter | The measured arrangement of words in poetry, as by accentual rhythm, syllabic quantity, or the number of syllables in a line. | 26 | |
| 7482849009 | 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. | 27 | |
| 7482849010 | Metonymy | The use of a word or phrase to stand in for something else which it is often associated. ie. Lamb means Jesus | 28 | |
| 7482849961 | Motif | A dominant theme or central idea | 29 |
