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| 2341258887 | Accent | The stress on a certain syllable. | 0 | |
| 2341259162 | Allegory | Describes a story that contains a double meaning.The narrative generally acts as an extended metaphor | 1 | |
| 2341260811 | Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of at least two words within close proximity. | 2 | |
| 2341262037 | Allusion | A reference within a work to a person, place, event, or another work of literature. | 3 | |
| 2341265604 | Anadiplosis | Repeating the last word of a clause at the beginning of the next clause. | 4 | |
| 2341267162 | Anaphora | Intentionally repeating beginning clauses to create some effect. | 5 | |
| 2341267608 | Antagonist | The character with which the protagonist/main character struggles/fights with. | 6 | |
| 2341268423 | Antithesis | Using opposite phrases near each other. | 7 | |
| 2341269254 | Aphorism | A terse statement that reveals a truth. | 8 | |
| 2341269415 | Apostrophe | The object in a poem/prose that is being talked to when no one is there. | 9 | |
| 2341270907 | Approximate rhyme | All about the sound. Sounds similar, but is not pure. | 10 | |
| 2341272876 | Archetype | A character who's is modeled after. | 11 | |
| 2341273302 | Aside | Short speech by a character spoken directly to the audience. | 12 | |
| 2341275081 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds with different consonant sounds after it. | 13 | |
| 2341275700 | Atmosphere | Mood (air). | 14 | |
| 2341276347 | Aubade | Really specific poem. | 15 | |
| 2341277072 | Ballad | Type of poetry, love poem, intended to go with music. | 16 | |
| 2341278074 | Blank verse | Type of poetry, no set rhyme scheme, iambic pentameter. | 17 | |
| 2341279783 | Cacophony | Imagery, words that do not go together. | 18 | |
| 2341280802 | Caesura | Implied pause in a poem. | 19 | |
| 2341280959 | Catharsis | Brings one relief from emotions. | 20 | |
| 2341281330 | Cliché | A phrase or expression that has been used so much it loses originality/meaning. | 21 | |
| 2341282083 | Colloquialism | Using an ordinary word instead of formal writing. | 22 | |
| 2341283060 | Conceit | Comparison of two different or like objects to show a truth. | 23 | |
| 2341283658 | Connotation | a meaning that is attached with a word. Meaning derived from the person receiving the word. | 24 | |
| 2341284493 | Denotation | Literal definition of a word. | 25 | |
| 2341285058 | Consonance | Considered a near rhyme; Same consonant sound at the end, different vowel. | 26 | |
| 2341286944 | Couplet | Two lines that end with a rhyme; same meter, same topic. | 27 | |
| 2341287450 | Dialect | A way of speaking that is characteristic of a group/region. | 28 | |
| 2341287722 | Diction | Choice of words of the author. | 29 | |
| 2341288284 | Didactic | To teach a lesson. | 30 | |
| 2341288721 | Dimeter | A line that only has two feet. | 31 | |
| 2341289045 | Dirge | Composition that resembles a song that is meant to be sung at a funeral; meant to mourn. | 32 | |
| 2341290062 | Elegy | Poem lamenting the dead. More general than a dirge. | 33 | |
| 2341290519 | Ellipses | Three dots; something that is taken out, but didn't affect the meaning. | 34 | |
| 2341292978 | End rhyme | Rhyme at the end of a word | 35 | |
| 2341294016 | English sonnet | Iambic pentameter; 14 equal lines, 4 stanzas, ABABCDCDEFEFGG. | 36 | |
| 2341294942 | Enjambment | When one line carries over into the next line without pause. | 37 | |
| 2341296079 | Epanalepsis | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and end of the same line. | 38 | |
| 2341297051 | Epic | A poem that is long and chronicles the life of a hero. | 39 | |
| 2341299502 | Epigram | Short satirical poem having a witty or ingenious ending. | 40 | |
| 2341300609 | Euphemism | Mild or indirect word replacing a harsher word. | 41 | |
| 2341300987 | Euphony | Pleasing to the ear. | 42 | |
| 2341301382 | Fable | Short story; convey a moral through animals. | 43 | |
| 2341303559 | Figurative language | Language that uses words/expressions to signify something different from the literal interpretation, words/expressions not to be taken literally. | 44 | |
| 2341305361 | Flashback | A transition that interrupts the chronological order of events to return to an earlier time. Used to clarify back stories of characters or past occurrences. Break in chronological order. | 45 | |
| 2341306881 | Flat Character | A character who does not change or develop throughout the course of a work. | 46 | |
| 2341307822 | Foil | A character who contrasts with the main character to highlight the main character's attributes. | 47 | |
| 2341308562 | Folktale | A tale or legend that originates among a people or group. | 48 | |
| 2341308756 | Foot | Basic unit of measure of a syllabic line. | 49 | |
| 2341309130 | Foreshadow | A writer gives an advance notice to a later event. | 50 | |
| 2341309552 | Framed Narration | A story inside of commentary. | 51 | |
| 2341310115 | Free verse | No meter, no rhythm, no structure. No rules. | 52 | |
| 2341310800 | Genre | A category of artistic composition, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. | 53 | |
| 2341311409 | Gothic | A genre that includes a monster or a ghost, the possibility of returning to life after death; weather is important, darkness and thunderstorms. | 54 | |
| 2341312722 | Hubris | Excessive pride and arrogance displayed by a character that often leads to his/her downfall. | 55 | |
| 2341325078 | Magical realism | Realistic setting with one funny/weird thing that happens, just accepted. | 56 | |
| 2341325925 | Metaphor | Comparing two unlike things without using like or as. | 57 | |
| 2341326198 | Meter | Basic beat of stressed and unstressed; rhythm. | 58 | |
| 2341326726 | Metonymy | When an object represents a bigger concept. | 59 | |
| 2341327054 | Motif | A recurring element in a piece of literature. | 60 | |
| 2341327351 | Monologue | A long speech by one character, delivered to the audience. | 61 | |
| 2341327661 | Myth | Traditional tale, dealing with gods. Started out by trying to explain something about the world. | 62 | |
| 2341328360 | Naturalism | A literary movement, sort of like realism, we are not in control of our destiny. | 63 | |
| 2341328863 | Irony | 3 types: verbal, dramatic, and situational. Expression of ones meaning by saying the opposite. | 64 | |
| 2341331005 | Juxtaposition | 2 or more ideas are placed side by side to compare. | 65 | |
| 2341331430 | Italian sonnet | 14 lines, 2 parts, 8 lines (octave), 6 lines (sestet), ABBAABBACDECDE. | 66 | |
| 2341332274 | Petrarchan sonnet | Another name for an Italian sonnet. | 67 | |
| 2341332543 | Octave | 8 lines, ABBAABBA. | 68 | |
| 2341332910 | Ode | A very long elaborate stanza poem, serious subject matter treated with respect. | 69 | |
| 2341335928 | Omniscient narrator | All-knowing narrator. | 70 | |
| 2341336139 | Onomatopoeia | Loud noise, sounds like the sound. | 71 | |
| 2341338689 | Hyperbole | An exaggerated statement. | 72 | |
| 2341338819 | Imagery | Use of vivid language to express feelings, characters, ideas, mood, or tone. | 73 | |
| 2341339128 | Innocent eye narrator | A character telling the story that is usually a child or a developmentally disabled individual. | 74 | |
| 2341339504 | Internal rhyme | Occurs within a line of a verse. | 75 | |
| 2341340739 | Oxymoron | Combination of contradictory words. | 76 | |
| 2341340932 | Palindrome | Word, phrase, or number; read same forward and backward. | 77 | |
| 2341341252 | Paradox | Statement that contradicts itself. | 78 | |
| 2341341865 | Pathetic fallacy | Poetic practice of giving nature human emotion or responses. | 79 | |
| 2341342252 | Parallel fallacy | Another term that is the same as pathetic fallacy. | 80 | |
| 2341343104 | Pedantic | Describes words, phrases, or general tone that are overly scholarly, academic, or verbose. | 81 | |
| 2341343900 | Pentameter | A line of verse containing five metrical feet. | 82 | |
| 2341344211 | Personification | Attribution of human characteristics to anything non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. | 83 | |
| 2341344885 | Point of view | The perspective from which the narrator of a story presents information. | 84 | |
| 2341345490 | Protagonist | A leading or principal figure in poetry, narrative, or any other story. | 85 | |
| 2341346076 | Quatrain | A stanza or poem consisting of four lines. | 86 | |
| 2341346339 | Realism | Artistic or literary representation intended as an accurate and unidealized portrayal of real life or of the objective world. | 87 | |
| 2341346999 | Rhetoric | The art of effective or persuasive writing or speaking. | 88 | |
| 2341347550 | Rhetorical pause | Another word for caesura. | 89 | |
| 2351439257 | Rhythm | Pattern of stressed unstressed sounds. | 90 | |
| 2351439628 | Rhyme | Have the same sounds or vowel sounds at the end of two words. | 91 | |
| 2351440772 | Rhyme scheme | The pattern of rhyme at the end of the line. | 92 | |
| 2351441579 | Romanticism | Writing characterized by heightened emotion. | 93 | |
| 2351441916 | Round character | A character that is fully developed throughout a story; undergoes change. | 94 | |
| 2351442746 | Sarcasm | Harsh, cunning language intended to ridicule. | 95 | |
| 2351443042 | Satire | Use of humor, irony, or exaggeration to ridicule society. | 96 | |
| 2351443697 | Scansion | The process of reading a poem, analyzing the meter/rhythm. | 97 | |
| 2351447247 | Semantics | The study of the meaning of words and connotations. | 98 | |
| 2351447769 | Sestet | 6 line stanza. | 99 | |
| 2351447923 | Shift | When rhythm of the poem shifts, or when a character shifts. | 100 | |
| 2351448267 | Setting shift | The setting shifts. | 101 | |
| 2351448721 | Action shift | Action shifts the mood, turn. | 102 | |
| 2351448880 | Simile | Compares two items using like or as. | 103 | |
| 2351449308 | Soliloquy | In a play, a character speaks to himself; inner thoughts are revealed. | 104 | |
| 2351449718 | Stanza | Grouped up set of lines. | 105 | |
| 2351463733 | Stream of consciousness | Uninterrupted flow of a character's thoughts. | 106 | |
| 2351463859 | Structure | How the work is organized. | 107 | |
| 2351464021 | Symbolism | Using something to represent something greater. | 108 | |
| 2351464167 | Writer voice | How the author writes; what differentiates the writer from another writer. | 109 | |
| 2351465137 | Narrator voice | Unique characteristic of how the narrator speaks. | 110 | |
| 2351466526 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech where a part represents a whole . Similar, but different than metonymy. | 111 | |
| 2351468128 | Syntax | Style of putting words together, arrangement of words and phrases. | 112 | |
| 2351468257 | Tercet | 3 Lined verse. | 113 | |
| 2351468819 | Theme | Underlying meaning of a literary work. | 114 | |
| 2351470942 | Tone | Inference or attitude toward a certain subject. | 115 | |
| 2351471289 | Trope | Change from a literal meaning to a nonliteral meaning. | 116 | |
| 2351471792 | Unreliable narrator | A biased or untrustworthy narrator; doesn't know everything about the outside world. | 117 | |
| 2351472456 | Vernacular | Common language in a particular area. | 118 | |
| 2351473218 | Verisimilitude | Appearance of being true or real. | 119 | |
| 2351475518 | Villanelle | 19 Lines long, 5 tercets (ABA), 1 quatrain at the end (ABAB). | 120 | |
| 2351476313 | Vignette | Short impressionistic scene that focuses on one scene. | 121 | |
| 2351477178 | Verse | Refers to a single line of a poem. | 122 |
