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| 6802506607 | Allusion | Alluding to events/stories | 0 | |
| 6802506608 | Attitude | The perspective or tone of a writer adopted in a certain work | 1 | |
| 6802506609 | Devices of Sound | Resources used by poets to convey and reinforce the meaning or experience of poetry through the skillful use of sound. | 2 | |
| 6802506610 | Diction | An authors way of speaking/choice of words | 3 | |
| 6802506611 | Figurative Language | Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation | 4 | |
| 6802506612 | Imagery | Visually descriptive or figurative language | 5 | |
| 6802506613 | Irony | Saying one thing, but meaning another. | 6 | |
| 6802506614 | Metaphor | A figure of speech that is not literally applicable | 7 | |
| 6802506615 | Motif | an image, sound, action or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contributes toward the development of theme. | 8 | |
| 6802506616 | Point of View | Perspective of the story. | 9 | |
| 6802506617 | Rhetorical Techniques | Uses words in a certain way to convey meaning or to persuade. It can also be a technique to evoke an emotion on the part of the reader or audience | 10 | |
| 6802506618 | Satire | Making fun of human error. | 11 | |
| 6802506619 | Simile | Compares two things with the words like or as | 12 | |
| 6802506620 | Style | An authors characteristic way of writing | 13 | |
| 6802506621 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences | 14 | |
| 6802506622 | Theme | Central message of a story | 15 | |
| 6802506623 | Tone | Authors attitude toward the readers and toward the subject | 16 | |
| 6802506624 | Foil | A character that shows qualities that are in contrast w/ qualities of another to highlight them. | 17 | |
| 6802506625 | Slant Rhyme | rhyme in which the stressed syllables of ending consonants match, however the preceding vowel sounds do not match. (Shape/keep) | 18 | |
| 6802506626 | Pentameter | literary device that can be defined as a line in verse or poetry that has five strong metrical feet or beats | 19 | |
| 6802506627 | Sonnet | 14 lines of iambic pentameter, w/ either ABAB or ABBA rhyme scheme. | 20 | |
| 6802506628 | Tetrameter | a line of four metrical feet | 21 | |
| 6802506629 | Ode | a form of lyric poetry expressing emotion and it's usually addressed to someone or something | 22 | |
| 6802506630 | Romantic | 18th century movement focusing on emotion and freedom. | 23 | |
| 6802506631 | Neoclassical | Revival of classical standards - focused on order, reason, and balance. | 24 | |
| 6802506632 | Caesura | a rhythmical pause in a poetic line or a sentence | 25 | |
| 6802506633 | Meter | a stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or within the lines of a poem | 26 | |
| 6802506634 | Metaphysical conceit | It usually sets up an analogy between one entity's spiritual qualities and an object in the physical world and sometimes controls the whole structure of the poem | 27 | |
| 6802506635 | Meditative lyric | 28 | ||
| 6802506636 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which something is addressed as though it is present and capable of responding | 29 | |
| 6802506637 | Allegory | a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures and events. | 30 | |
| 6802506638 | Ambiguity | a word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning | 31 | |
| 6802506639 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which something is addressed as if it is present and capable of responding. | 32 | |
| 6802506640 | Denotation | Direct definition of a word. | 33 | |
| 6802506641 | Connotation | Associated or personal definition of a word. | 34 | |
| 6802506642 | Convention | defining features of particular literary genres, such as novel, short story, ballad, sonnet, and play | 35 | |
| 6802506643 | Didactic | works that often have morals to impart or are written to teach us something about religion, philosophy, history, or politics | 36 | |
| 6802506644 | Digression | a stylistic device authors employ to create a temporary departure from the main subject of the narrative to focus on apparently unrelated topics, explaining background details. | 37 | |
| 6802506645 | Epigram | rhetorical device that is a memorable, brief, interesting and surprising satirical statement | 38 | |
| 6802506646 | Euphemism | polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or which suggest something unpleasant | 39 | |
| 6802506647 | Hyperbole | an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis | 40 | |
| 6802506648 | Jargon | a use of specific phrases and words by writers in a particular situation, profession or trade. These specialized terms are used to convey hidden meanings accepted and understood in that field | 41 | |
| 6802506649 | Lyrical | a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings | 42 | |
| 6802506650 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect | 43 | |
| 6802506651 | Parable | A didactic story, in prose or verse, which illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles | 44 | |
| 6802506652 | Parody | an imitation of a writer, artist, subject, or genre in such a way as to make fun of or comment on the original work | 45 | |
| 6802506653 | Personification | Human characteristics given to non-human things | 46 | |
| 6802506654 | Rhetorical question | A question that is asked without the intention of getting an answer | 47 | |
| 6802506655 | Soliloquy | A characters speech while alone on stage | 48 | |
| 6802506656 | Paradox | Something made up of two different things that seem impossible, but are. | 49 | |
| 6802506657 | Assonance | the repetition of a vowel sound in non-rhyming words | 50 | |
| 6802506658 | Ballad | a form of poetry that alternates lines of four and three beats, often in quatrains, rhymed abab, and often telling a story | 51 | |
| 6802506659 | Blank verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter. | 52 | |
| 6802506660 | Enjambment | A thought or sense, phrase or clause in a line of poetry that does not come to an end at the line break but moves over to the next line | 53 | |
| 6802506661 | Free verse | a literary device that can be defined as poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm and does not rhyme with fixed forms | 54 | |
| 6802506662 | Heroic couplet | a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, especially one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style | 55 | |
| 6802506663 | Hexameter | a metrical line of verses consisting of six feet | 56 | |
| 6802506664 | Iamb | a literary device that can be defined as a foot containing unaccented and short syllables followed by a long and accented syllable in a single line of a poem | 57 | |
| 6802506665 | Internal rhyme | a poetic device which can be defined as metrical lines in which its middle words and its end words rhymes with each other | 58 | |
| 6802506666 | Onomatopoeia | a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing | 59 | |
| 6802506667 | Elegy | a form of literature which can be defined as a poem or song in the form of elegiac couplets, written in honor of someone deceased | 60 | |
| 6802506668 | Eulogy | a literary device that is a laudatory expression in a speech, or a written tribute to a person deceased recently | 61 | |
| 6802506669 | Epithet | a descriptive literary device that describes a place, a thing or a person in such a way that it helps in making the characteristics of a person, thing or place more prominent than they actually are | 62 | |
| 6802506670 | Epistle | a composition in prose or poetry written in the form of a letter to a particular person or group | 63 | |
| 6802506671 | Epitaph | an inscription or written tribute in memory of a person on a tombstone or in a piece of literature | 64 | |
| 6802506672 | Entreaty | earnest or urgent request | 65 | |
| 6802506673 | Bildungsroman | Coming of age story | 66 | |
| 6802506674 | Doppelgänger | A double or twin; often pernicious, ghostly, or haunting | 67 | |
| 6802506675 | In Medias Res | In the middle of | 68 | |
| 6802506676 | Dramatis Personae | Character list at the beginning of plays that provides necessary background info | 69 | |
| 6802506677 | Double Entendre | a phrase or a figure of speech that might have multiple senses, interpretations or two different meanings or that could be understood in two different ways | 70 | |
| 6802506678 | Dues Ex Machina | An unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation | 71 |
