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| 4680248725 | Allegory | A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. E.g. Animal Farm by George Orwell is a political allegory of events in Russia and Communism | 0 | |
| 4680248726 | Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. E.g. Wesley's wish for a Westphalian Westin would be wise | 1 | |
| 4680249644 | Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. E.g. You are trying to find El Dorado | 2 | |
| 4680249645 | Antitheses | When two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve contrasting effect. E.g. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." | 3 | |
| 4680249830 | Antagonist | A character or a group which stand in opposition to the main character. E.g. Javert - Les Miserables | 4 | |
| 4680250980 | Aphorism | A statement of truth expressed in a concise and witty manner. E.g. "a journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step" | 5 | |
| 4680251150 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech sometimes represented by exclamation "O", detaching self from reality and addressing an imaginary character. E.g. "O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth..." | 6 | |
| 4680251151 | Archetype | A typical character, representing universal patterns of human nature. E.g. Lucie Manette (mother) - A Tale of Two Cities | 7 | |
| 4680251152 | Assonance | When two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sounds but start with different consonant sounds. E.g. "Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese" | 8 | |
| 4680251302 | Asyndeton | Omission of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. E.g. "Click, Pic, Look, Eye, Now, Flick, Here, There, Swift, Pace, Up, Down, In, Out, Why, How, Who, What, Where, Eh?" | 9 | |
| 4680251303 | Bildungsroman | A novel dealing with a person's moral and psychological growth E.g. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens | 10 | |
| 4680251425 | Blank verse | A verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter. E.g. "To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep." | 11 | |
| 4680251426 | Caesura | A break between words, imitating natural speech. E.g. "I'm nobody! || Who are you?" | 12 | |
| 4680251702 | Characterization | Device used step by step to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story. E.g. Development of Jay Gatsby - The Great Gatsby | 13 | |
| 4680251703 | Colloquialism | Use of informal words in writing. E.g. 'that's wack' | 14 | |
| 4680251704 | Comedy | Genre of dramatic work that is amusing and satirical in its tone. E.g. A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare | 15 | |
| 4680251862 | Conceit | Two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors. E.g. Life is a bowl of cherries | 16 | |
| 4680251863 | Consonance | Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase. E.g. "Rap rejects my tape deck, ejects projectile. Whether Jew or gentile, I rank top percentile" | 17 | |
| 4680251864 | Diction | The style of speaking/writing determined by choice of words by a speaker/writer. E.g. Historic/age - "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." | 18 | |
| 4680252010 | 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. E.g. O Captain! My Captain - Walt Whitman | 19 | |
| 4680252011 | Ellipsis | Omitting some parts of a sentence or event to give reader a chance to fill the gaps. | 20 | |
| 4680252201 | Enjambment | Moving over from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark. E.g. "To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them" | 21 | |
| 4680252202 | Epic poem | A lengthy narrative poem concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and culturally significant events. E.g. The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri | 22 | |
| 4680252203 | Epic hero | A character who is noble and brave and is affcted by great events E.g. Odysseus - The Odyssey | 23 | |
| 4680252470 | Foil | A character that shows qualities that are in contrast with those of another character with goal to highlight those the other character. E.g. Cassius and Brutus - Julius Caesar | 24 | |
| 4680252471 | Free verse | Poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter, fixed rhymes, or rhythm. E.g. "The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on." | 25 | |
| 4680252472 | Hubris | Extreme pride and arrogance shown by character, ultimately leading to downfall. E.g. Macbeth - Macbeth | 26 | |
| 4680252605 | Hyperbole | The exaggeration of ideas for sake of emphasis. E.g. Those shoes costs a fortune. | 27 | |
| 4680252606 | Iambic pentameter | The number of syllables in the line (normally 10) and the emphasis placed on those syllables. | 28 | |
| 4680252706 | Imagery | Figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. E.g. The night rain dampened the morning grass. Each step on it brought a rise of water droplets that hit my ankles. | 29 | |
| 4680252707 | Irony | Figure of speech which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different that actually. E.g. A movie about the poor quality of movies | 30 | |
| 4680252708 | Juxtaposition | A literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are places side by side for comparisons and contrasts. E.g. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..." | 31 | |
| 4680252709 | Kenning | A two-word phrase that describes an object through metaphors. E.g. ice-cold | 32 | |
| 4680253315 | Lyric | Poetry that is musical and emotional. E.g. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate." | 33 | |
| 4680253316 | Metaphor (extended) | A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences or lines. E.g. Nikki - Logic | 34 | |
| 4680253505 | Metonymy | Figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which is closely associated. E.g. "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears." | 35 | |
| 4680253506 | Mood | Element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words/descriptions. E.g. Sophisticated, calm, happy | 36 | |
| 4680590182 | Motif | An object or idea that repeats itself throughout a piece. E.g. The "dream" in MLK Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech | 37 | |
| 4680253507 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech in chich two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. E.g. Pretty ugly | 38 | |
| 4680253608 | Paradox | A self-contradictory or silly, but true statement. E.g. If you didn't get this message, please call back | 39 | |
| 4680253758 | Parallelism | The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar in construction, sound, meaning , or meter. E.g. Easy come, easy go. | 40 | |
| 4680253759 | Personification | When a thing, idea, or animal is given human attributes. E.g. Time flies | 41 | |
| 4680253760 | Polysyndeton | A stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect. E.g. I still have math homework, and English homework, and science homework, and more homework. | 42 | |
| 4680253933 | Prosody | The study of meter, intonation, and rhythm of a poetic work. E.g. Syllabic, Accentual | 43 | |
| 4680253934 | Protaginist | The central character in poetry, narrative, or any other story. E.g. Prince Hamlet - Hamlet | 44 | |
| 4680253935 | Pun | A play on words to produce humorous effect, using a word that suggests two or more meanings or similar sounding words. E.g. The number of people who confuse too and to is two high. | 45 | |
| 4680254148 | Repetition | A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer. E.g. "A horse is a horse, of course, of course" | 46 | |
| 4680254149 | Rhyme | A repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs. E.g. "Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis When I was dead broke, man I couldn't picture this " | 47 | |
| 4680254568 | Satire | A technique employed to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. E.g. Saturday Night Live | 48 | |
| 4680254695 | Scansion | To divide the poetry into feet by pointing out different syllables based on length. | 49 | |
| 4680254696 | Simile | A figure of speech that makes a comparison using "like" or "as". E.g. He is as fat as an elephant. | 50 | |
| 4680254697 | Soliloquy | Act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers. E.g. "To be, or not to be-that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune..." | 51 | |
| 4680254824 | Sonnet | A small song or lyric. Has 14 lines and written in iambic pentameter. E.g. Shakespearean Sonnets | 52 | |
| 4680254825 | Stanza | A division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter, or rhyming scheme. E.g. "True wit is nature to advantage dress'd; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd." | 53 | |
| 4680254995 | Synecdoche | A literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part. E.g. "Suits" refers to businessmen. | 54 | |
| 4680254996 | Tone | An attitude of a writer towards a subject or audience. E.g. "That's great!" - cheerful tone | 55 | |
| 4680254997 | Tragic flaw | A literary device that can be defined as a trait in a character leading to his downfall. E.g. Prince Hamlet's indecisiveness and moral conscience - Hamlet | 56 | |
| 4680254998 | Tragic hero | A person who faces adversity, or demonstrates courage in the face of danger. E.g. Prince Hamlet - Hamlet | 57 | |
| 4680255395 | Villain | A character whose evil doings are important to the plot. E.g. Voldemort - Harry Potter series | 58 |
