7918374746 | Accent | Syllable given more prominence in pronuncation | 0 | |
7918382191 | Active Voice | Subject does the action | 1 | |
7918389158 | Passive voice | Subject acted upon | 2 | |
7918393804 | Aegis | a shield | 3 | |
7918396641 | Allegory | a character or other aspect represents something other than its literal meaning | 4 | |
7918464842 | Alliteration | Repetition of beginning consonant sounds | 5 | |
7918475236 | Allusion | Reference to a person, book, myth ect in literature | 6 | |
7918487534 | Ambiguity | A word or idea w/ multiple means causing the text to be blurry | 7 | |
7918497850 | Anachronism | Author deliberately puts events, items, technology in the wrong place | 8 | |
7918508576 | Anacrusis | A mission of an unaccented syllable at the beginning of a line | 9 | |
7918516882 | Anadipiosis | Repetition where the last word of a clause is repeated as 1st word in the next clause | 10 | |
7918535249 | Analogy | Relationship between two different things | 11 | |
7918543526 | Anaphora | Word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of sentences or clauses that follow each other | 12 | |
7918552620 | Anecdote | Short example or story significant to explaining topic | 13 | |
7918557947 | Antagonist | Main opponent of the protagonist | 14 | |
7918567454 | Antecedent | Word of phrase to which a pronoun refers | 15 | |
7918579424 | Antithesis | Opposite of intended meaning | 16 | |
7918583670 | Antihero | Character doesn't have traditional traits | 17 | |
7918588826 | Aphorism | A statement that expresses general truth or moral principle | 18 | |
7918600012 | Apostrophe | Reference to something that isn't there or even alive | 19 | |
7918614648 | Archetypal Elements | Patterns found in literature world wide | 20 | |
7918622315 | Aside | Brief speech in which the character turns from the audience from the stage | 21 | |
7918634166 | Assonance | Repetition of internal vowel sounds | 22 | |
7918641519 | Asyndeton | Skipping of removing conjunctions in a series | 23 | |
7918654367 | Atmosphere | Mood of a literary work; the feeling surrounding the work | 24 | |
7918662387 | Aubade | Poem or section about love and dawn | 25 | |
7918681810 | Ballad | Songlike poem that tells a story | 26 | |
7918699666 | Bildungs Roman | A work dealing with ones formative or younger years; coming of age story | 27 | |
7918711316 | Blank verse | Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter of 5 iambs | 28 | |
7918730486 | Cacophony | Harsh sounding words and arrangement of sounds | 29 | |
7918742386 | Caesura | A strong pause with a line of poetry in the middle of a line | 30 | |
7918753730 | Carpe Diem | Seize the Day or go for it | 31 | |
7918759298 | Catharsis | Emotional release by the audience at the end of a successful tragedy | 32 | |
7918771372 | Catalog | Listing of terms, ideas, ect in poetry or prose | 33 | |
7918779476 | Chiasmus | Speaker says one thing but then says something similar but flipped | 34 | |
7918789921 | Clause | Subjected verb can be independent or subordinate | 35 | |
7918795228 | Cliche | Word or phrase that is aroused/overdone | 36 | |
7918807867 | Climax | highest point of tension that doesn't necessarily have to be the main point | 37 | |
7918821413 | Colloquialism | Use of informal/ regional or slang like expressions not suitable for formal writing | 38 | |
7918833089 | Conceit | An expression of cleverness usually an extended metaphor or analogy | 39 | |
7918847110 | Concrete poetry | Poetry about something real/ physical | 40 | |
7918854049 | Abstract Poetry | Poetry without physical reference or attributes | 41 | |
7918859276 | Central Conflict | Focused struggle | 42 | |
7918868496 | Connotation | Implied or associative meaning of a word | 43 | |
7918874059 | Consonance | Consistently copied consonant sound | 44 | |
7918883916 | Denouement | the authors complete wrap up of a work | 45 | |
7918889623 | Denotation | Dictionary definition of a word | 46 | |
7918897836 | Local Color/ Dialect | The language, slang, idioms, vocal accents, and colloquialisms of a region | 47 |
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