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3713760015	allegory	a story in which the narrative/characters carry an underlying symbolic, metaphorical or possibly an ethical meaning	0
3713760016	alliteration	the repetition of one or more initial consonant in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose. writers use this for ornament or for emphasis	1
3713760017	allusion	a reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea	2
3713760018	ambiguity	a vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation	3
3713760020	analogy	a comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things	4
3713760022	antecedent	word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun	5
3713760023	antithesis	a rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words, clauses, or sentences	6
3713760024	aphorism	a short, pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment	7
3713760026	apostrophe	a locution that addresses a person/personified thing not present	8
3713760029	ballad	a simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited; a long narrative poem, usually in very regular meter and rhyme, typically has a naive folksy quality	9
3713760030	bard	a poet, in olden times, a performer who told heroic stories to musical accompaniment	10
3713760031	bathos	the use of insincere or overdone sentimentality	11
3713760032	belle-lettres	the French term for the world of books, criticism, and literature in general	12
3713760033	bibliography	a list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a subject or other work	13
3713760034	Bildungsroman	a German word referring to a novel structured as a series of events that take place as the hero travels in quest of a goal	14
3713760035	blank verse	poetry written in iambic pentameter, the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton. its lines generally do not rhyme	15
3713760036	bombast	inflated, pretentious language used for trivial subjects	16
3713760037	burlesque	a work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation; a broad parody and exaggerates it into ridiculousness	17
3713760038	cacophony	grating, inharmonious sounds	18
3713760039	caesura	a pause somewhere in the middle of a verse, often (but not always marked by punctuation)	19
3713760040	canon	the works considered most important in national literature or period; works widely read and studied	20
3713760041	caricature	a grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things; a portrait that exaggerates a facet of personality	21
3713760042	carpe diem	"seize the day"	22
3713760043	catharsis	a cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy	23
3713760044	classic	a highly regarded work of literature or other art form that has withstood the test of time, similar to canon	24
3713760045	classicism	deriving from the orderly qualities of ancient Greek and Roman culture; implies formality, objectivity, simplicity and restraint	25
3713760046	climax	the high point, or turning point, of a story/play	26
3713760047	novel	a tale in which a young protagonist experiences an introduction to adulthood. the character may develop understanding via disillusionment, education, doses of reality, or any other experiences that alter his/her emotional/intellectual maturity. e.g. Invisible Man	27
3713760048	conceit	a witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea, often stated in figurative language; a startling or unusual metaphor, or a metaphor developed and expanded upon several lines	28
3713760049	anticlimax	this occurs when an action produces far smaller results than one had been led to expect, it is frequently comic in effect	29
3713760050	antihero	a protagonist who is markedly unheroic: morally weak, cowardly, dishonest, or any number of other unsavory qualities	30
3713760051	aside	a speech (usually just a short comment) made by an actor to the audience, as though momentarily stepping outside of the action on stage	31
3713760052	aspect	a trait of characteristic, as in "an aspect of the dew drop"	32
3713760053	atmosphere	the emotional tone or background that surrounds a scene	33
3713760054	black humor	this is the use of disturbing themes in comedy. e.g. two tramps comically debating over which should commit suicide first, and whether the branches of a tree will support their weight	34
3713760055	cadence	the beat or rhythm of poetry in a general sense	35
3713760056	canto	is a divider in long poems, much like chapters in a novel	36
3713760057	coinage	a.k.a. neologism, inventing a word	37
3713760058	colloquialism	this is a word or phrase used in everyday conversational English that isn't a part of accepted "schoolbook" English	38
3713760059	controlling image	when an image dominates and shapes the entire work	39
3713760060	metaphysical conceit	a type of conceit that occurs only in metaphysical poetry	40
3713760061	connotation	the suggest or implied meaning of a word/phrase	41
3713760062	consonance	the repetition of two or more consonant sounds within a group of words or a line of poetry	42
3713760063	couplet	a pair of lines that end in rhyme	43
3713760064	heroic couplet	two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter are called this	44
3713760065	denotation	the literal, dictionary definition of a word	45
3713760066	denouement	the resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work or fiction	46
3713760067	deus ex machina	in literature, the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem	47
3713760068	Dionysian	as distinguished from Apollonian, the word refers to sensual, pleasure seeking impulses	48
3713760069	diction	the choice of words in oral and written discourse	49
3713760070	syntax	the ordering and structuring of the words in a sentence	50
3713760071	dirge	a song for the dead, its tone is typically slow, heavy, and melancholy	51
3713760072	dissonance	the grating of incompatible sounds	52
3713760073	doggerel	crude, simplistic verse, often in sing-song rhyme	53
3713760074	dramatic irony	when the audience knows something that the characters in the drama do not	54
3713760075	dramatic monologue	when a single speaker in literature says something to a silent audience	55
3713760076	elegy	a poem or prose selection that laments or meditates on the passing/death of something/someone of value	56
3713760077	elements	the basic techniques of each genre of literature. IN SHORT STORY: characters, irony, theme, symbol, plot, setting. IN POETRY: figurative language, symbol, imagery, rhythm, rhyme. IN DRAMA: conflict, characters, climax, conclusion, exposition, rising action, falling action, props. IN NONFICTION: argument, evidence, reason, appeals, fallacies, thesis.	57
3713760078	ellipsis	three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation	58
3713760079	empathy	a feeling of association or identification with an object/person	59
3713760080	end stopped	a term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation	60
3713760081	enjambment	the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause	61
3713760082	epic	an extended narrative poem that tells of the adventures and exploits of a hero that is generally larger than life and is often considered a legendary figure	62
3713760083	mock epic	a parody form that deals with mundane events and ironically treats them as worthy of epic poetry	63
3713760084	epitaph	lines that commemorate the dead at their burial place. usually a line or handful of lines, often serious or religious, but sometimes witty and even irreverent	64
3713760085	epigram	a concise but ingenious, witty and thoughtful statement	65
3713760086	euphony	when sounds blend harmoniously; pleasing, harmonious sounds	66
3713760087	epithet	an adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing	67
3713760088	eponymous	a term for the title character of a work of literature	68
3713760089	euphemism	a mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term	69
3713760090	exegesis	a detailed analysis or interpretation of a work of literature	70
3713760091	expose	a piece of writing that reveals weaknesses, faults, frailties, or other short comings	71
3713760092	explicit	to say or write something directly and clearly	72
3713760093	explication	the interpretation/analysis of a text	73
3713760094	extended metaphor	a series of comparisons between two unlike objects that occur over a number of lines	74
3713760095	fable	a short tale often featuring nonhuman character that act as people whose actions enable the author to make observations or draw useful lessons about human behavior. i.e Orwell's "Animal Farm"	75
3713760096	falling action	the action in a play or story that occurs after the climax and that leads to the conclusion and often to the resolution of the conflict	76
3713760097	fantasy	a story containing unreal, imaginary features	77
3713760098	farce	a comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose	78
3713760099	figurative language	in contrast to literal language, this implies meanings. It includes devices such as metaphors, similes, and personification, etc.	79
3713760100	foil	a secondary character whose purpose is to highlight the characteristics of a main character, usually by contrast	80
3713760101	first person narrative	a narrative told by a character involved in the story, using first-person pronouns such as "I" and "we"	81
3713760102	flashback	a return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present actions or circumstances i.e. Invisible Man	82
3713760103	foreshadowing	an event or statement in a narrative that suggests, in miniature, a larger event that comes later	83
3713760104	foot	the basic rhythmic unit of a line in poetry. it is formed by a combination of two or three syllables, either stressed or unstressed	84
3713760105	frame	a structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative	85
3713760106	free verse	a kind of poetry without rhymed lines, rhythm or fixed metrical feet	86
3713760107	genre	a term used to describe literary forms, such as novel, play, and essay	87
3713760108	Gothic novel	a novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terror pervades the action. i.e. "Frankenstein"	88
3713760109	harangue	a forceful sermon, lecture, or tirade	89
3713760110	hubris	the excessive pride/ambition that leads to the main character's downfall	90
3713760111	hyperbole	exaggeration/deliberate overstatement	91
3713760112	humanism	a belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity	92
3713760113	implicit	to say or write something that suggests and implies but never says it directly or clearly	93
3713760114	in medias res	Latin for "in the midst of things"; a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point	94
3713760115	idyll	a lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place	95
3713760116	image	a word or phrase representing that which can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled or felt	96
3713760117	inversion	switching customary order of elements in a sentence or phrase. when done badly it can give a stilted, artificial look-at-me-I'm-poetry feel to the verse. type of syntax	97
3713760118	irony	a mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or light sarcasm	98
3713760119	invective	a direct verbal assault; a denunciation. i.e. Candide	99
3713760120	kenning	a device employed in Anglo-Saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions/qualities, as in "ring-giver" for king and "wale-road" for ocean	100
3713760121	lament	a poem of sadness or grief over the death of a loved one or over some other intense loss	101
3713760122	lampoon	a satire	102
3713760123	light verse	a variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse, butt sometimes with a satirical thrust	103
3713760124	loose sentence	a sentence that is complete before its end. follows customary word order of English sentences i.e. subject-verb-object	104
3713760125	periodic sentence	a sentence not grammatically complete until it has reached its final phrase; sentence that departs from the usual word order of English sentences by expressing its main thought only at the end	105
3713760126	lyric	personal, reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject; the word is used to describe tone, it refers to a sweet, emotional melodiousness	106
3713760127	melodrama	a form of cheesy theater in which the hero is very, very good, the villain mean and rotten, and the heroine oh-so-pure.	107
3713760128	litotes	a form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity	108
3713760129	maxim	a saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth	109
3713760130	metaphor	a figure of speech that compares unlike objects	110
3713760131	metaphysical poetry	the work of poets, particularly those of 17th c., that uses elaborate conceits, is highly intellectual, and expresses the complexities of love and life	111
3713760132	meter	the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry	112
3713760133	metonymy	a figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated. e.g. "The White House says..."	113
3713760134	mode	the general form, pattern, and manner of expression of a work of literature	114
3713760135	montage	a quick succession of images/impressions used to express an idea	115
3713760136	mood	the emotional tone in a work of literature	116
3713760137	nemesis	the protagonist's archenemy or supreme and persistent difficulty	117
3713760138	objectivity	this treatment of a subject matter is an impersonal/outside view of events	118
3713760139	subjectivity	this treatment of a subject matter uses the interior/personal view of a single observer and is typically colored with that observer's emotional responses	119
3713760140	onomatopoeia	words that sound like what they mean	120
3713760141	moral	a brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature	121
3713760142	motif	a phrase, idea, event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature.	122
3713760143	muse	one of the ancient Greek goddesses presiding over the arts. the imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer	123
3713760144	myth	an imaginary story that has become accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group/society. often used to explain natural phenomena.	124
3713760145	narrative	a form of verse or prose that tells a story	125
3713760146	naturalism	a term often used as a synonym for "realism"; also a view of experiences that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic	126
3713760147	non sequitur	a statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before	127
3713760148	novel of manners	a novel focusing on and describing the social customs and habits of a particular social group	128
3713760149	ode	a lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful and exalted feelings toward the subject.	129
3713760150	omniscient narrator	a narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding, and insight of characters, setting, background, and all other elements of the story	130
3713760151	oxymoron	a phrase composed of opposites; a contradiction. juxtaposition of contradictory element to create a paradoxical effect	131
3713760152	opposition	one of the most useful concepts in analyzing literature. it means that you have a pair of elements that contrast sharply.	132
3713760153	ottava rima	an eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem	133
3713760154	parable	like a fable or an allegory, it's a story that instructs; a story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived	134
3713760155	paradox	a statement that seems self-contradictory yet true	135
3713760156	parallelism	repeated syntactical similarities used for effect	136
3713760157	parody	an imitation of a work meant to ridicule its style and subject	137
3713760158	paraphrase	a version of a text put into simpler, everyday, words	138
3713760159	pastoral	a work of literature dealing with rural life	139
3713760160	pathetic fallacy	faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects	140
3713760161	pathos	that element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow	141
3713760162	pentameter	a verse with five poetic feet per line	142
3713760163	persona	the role/facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader, viewer, or the world at large; the narrator in a non-first-person novel	143
3713760164	personification	giving an inanimate object human like qualities or form	144
3713760165	plot	the interrelationship among the events in a story, including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution	145
3713760166	picaresque novel	an episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits. e.g. "Don Quixote", "Moll Flanders"	146
3713760167	plaint	a poem or speech expressing sorrow	147
3713760168	point of view	the perspective from which the action of a novel in presented.	148
3713760169	omniscient narrator	3rd person narrator who sees like God into each character's mind and understands all the action going on.	149
3713760170	limited omniscient narrator	3rd person narrator who generally reports only what one character (usually the main) sees, and who only reports the thoughts of that one privileged character.	150
3713760171	objective narrator	3rd person narr. who only reports on what would be visible to a camera, doesn't know what the character is thinking unless the character speaks of it.	151
3713760172	first person narrator	this is a narrator who is a character in the story and tells the tale from his/her POV. when the narrator is crazy, a liar, very young, or for some reason not entirely credible, the narrator is "unreliable"	152
3713760173	prosody	the grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry	153
3713760174	protagonist	the main character in a work of literature	154
3713760175	prelude	an introductory poem to a longer work of verse	155
3713760176	pun	the usually humorous use of a word in such a way to suggest two or more meanings	156
3713760177	pseudonym	also called "pen name", a false name or alias used by writers. i.e Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) George Orwell (Eric Blair)	157
3713760178	quatrian	a four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem	158
3713760179	refrain	a line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem	159
3713760180	requiem	a song of prayer for the dead	160
3713760181	realism	the depiction of people, things, and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect	161
3713760182	rhetoric	the language of a work and its style; words, often highly emotional, used to convince or sway an audience	162
3713760183	rhetorical question	a question that suggests an answer. in theory, the effect is that it causes the listener to feel they have come up with the answer themselves	163
3713760184	rhapsody	an intensely passionate verse or section of verse, usually of love or praise	164
3713760185	rhyme	the repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals, used mostly in poetry	165
3713760186	rhyme scheme	the patterns of rhymes within a given poem i.e. abba	166
3713760187	rhythm	the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry. similar to meter	167
3713760188	romance	an extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places	168
3713760189	sarcasm	a sharp, caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt	169
3713760190	satire	a literary style used to poke fun at, attack or ridicule an idea, vice, or foible, often for the purpose of inducing change. great subjects for this include hypocrisy, vanity and greed, especially if those characteristics have become institutionalized in society	170
3713760191	simile	figurative comparison using the words "like" or "as"	171
3713760192	setting	the total environment for the action in a novel/play. it includes time, place, historical milieu, and social, political and even spiritual circumstances	172
3713760193	sentimental	a term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish	173
3713760194	sentiment	a synonym for "view" or "feeling"; also refined and tender emotion in literature	174
3713760195	scansion	the act of determining the meter of a poetic line.	175
3713760196	sonnet	a popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme. two types: Shakespearean and Petrarchan	176
3713760197	soliloquy	a speech spoken by a character alone on stage. meant to convey the impression that the audience is listening to the character's THOUGHTS. unlike an aside, it is not meant to imply that the actor acknowledges the audience's presence	177
3713760198	stanza	a group of lines in verse, roughly analogous in function to the paragraph in prose; a group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter, rhyme, or some other plan	178
3713760199	stream of consciousness	a style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind, e.g. Ernest Hemingway	179
3713760200	stock characters	standard or cliched character types: the drunk, the miser, the foolish girl, etc.	180
3713760201	suggest	to imply, infer indicate. goes along with the concept of implicit	181
3713760202	style	the manner in which an author uses and arranges words, shapes ideas, forms sentences and creates a structure to convey ideas	182
3713760203	subplot	a subordinate or minor collection of events in a novel or play, usually connected to the main plot	183
3713760204	subtext	the implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work of literature	184
3713760205	summary	a simple retelling of what you've just read. what you DON'T want to do in the Open Essay section :)	185
3713760206	symbolism	a device in literature where an object represents an idea	186
3713760207	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part	187
3713760208	theme	the main idea or meaning, often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built	188
3713760209	thesis	the main position of an argument. the central contention that will be supported	189
3713760210	tone	the author's attitude toward the subject being written about. it's the characteristic emotion that pervades a work or part of a work	190
3713760211	tragic flaw	in a tragedy, this is the weakness of a character in an otherwise good individual that ultimately leads to his demise	191
3713760212	tragedy	a form of literature in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw and a set of forces that cause the hero considerable anguish, or even death	192
3713760213	travesty	a grotesque parody	193
3713760214	truism	a way-too-obvious truth	194
3713760215	utopia	an idealized place. imaginary communities in which people are able to live in happiness, prosperity and peace. Sir Thomas More came up with this idea.	195
3713760216	verbal irony	a discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words	196
3713760217	verse	a synonym for poetry. also a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry	197
3713760218	verisimilitude	similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is	198
3713760219	versification	the structural form of a line of verse as revealed by the number of feet it contains. i.e. monometer = 1 foot; tetrameter = 4 feet; pentameter = 5 feet, etc.	199
3713760220	villanelle	a French verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of 19 lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes	200
3713760221	voice	the real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker. a verb is in the active voice when it expresses an action performed by its subject. a verb is in the passive voice when it expresses an action performed upon its subject or when the subject is the result of the action. Active: The crew raked the leaves. Passive: The leaves were raked by the crew.	201
3713760222	wit	the quickness of intellect and the power and talent for saying brilliant things that surprise and delight by their unexpectedness; the power to comment subtly and pointedly on the foibles of the passing scene	202
3713760223	zeugma	the use of a word to modify two or more words, but used for different meanings. "He close the door and his heart on his lost love."	203
3713760224	anastrophe	inversion of the natural or usual word order	204
3713760225	parenthesis	insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence	205
3713760226	apposition	placing side by side two coordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first. "The mountain was the earth, her home."	206
3713760227	ellipsis	deliberate omission of a word or words which are readily implied by context	207
3713760228	asyndeton	deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses. used to produce a hurried rhythm in the sentence.	208
3713760229	polysyndeton	the deliberate use of many conjunctions. its effect is to slow down the rhythm of the sentence	209
3713760230	anaphora	repetition of the same words or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses. e.g. "I have a dream..."	210
3713760231	epistrophe	repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses "When we first came we were very many and you were very few. Now you are many and we are getting very few."	211
3713760232	epanalepsis	repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause. "Blood hat bought blood, and blows have answer'd blows"	212
3713760233	anadiplosis	repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. "The crime was common, common be the pain."	213
3713760234	climax	the arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of importance	214
3713760235	antimetabole	repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order. "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."	215
3713760236	chiasmus	reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses. "Exalts his enemies, his friends destroys."	216
3713760237	polyptoton	repetition of words derived from the same root. "But in this desert country they may see the land being rendered USELESS by OVERUSE."	217
3713760238	antanaclasis	repetition of a word in two different senses. "Your argument is sound, nothing but sound."	218
3713760239	paronomasia	use of words alike in sound but different in meaning. "ask for me tomorrow and you will find me a GRAVE man."	219
3713760240	syllepsis	the use of a word understood differently in relation to two or more other words, which it modifies/governs. "The ink, like our pig, keeps running out of the pen."	220
3713760241	anthimeria	the substitution of one part of speech for another "I'll UNHAIR they head."	221
3713760242	periphrasis	substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name or of a proper name for a quality associated with the name. "They do not escape JIM CROW; they merely encounter another, not less deadly variety."	222
3713760243	autobiography	an account of a person's own life	223
3713760244	dialect	a way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region/group of people	224
3713760245	epiphany	in a literary work, a moment of sudden insight/revelation that a character experiences	225
3713760246	essay	a short piece of non-fiction prose that examines a single subject from a limited POV	226
3713760247	suspense	the uncertainty/anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story	227

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3708127401	"A&P"	Sammy, Queenie, Lengal, Stokesie	0
3708127402	"Araby"	Young boy, Mangan's sister, priest	1
3708127403	"A Rose for Emily"	Emily, Homer, Judge Stevens, Tobe	2
3708127404	"Shiloh"	Leroy, Norma Jean, Mabel	3
3708127405	"The Rocking Horse Winner"	Paul, Hester, Uncle Oscar, Bassett	4
3708127406	Invisible Man	Narrator, Brother Jack, Tod Clifton, Ras the Exhorter, Mary	5
3708127407	The Awakening	Edna, Mr. Pontellier, Mademoiselle Reisz, Robert Lebrun	6
3708127408	Brave New World	Bernard Marx, John, Helmholtz Watson, Lenina, Linda	7
3708127409	Frankenstein	Frankenstein, the Monster, Robert Walton, Alphonse, Elizabeth, Henry Clerval	8
3708127410	Oedipus Rex	Oedipus, Jocasta, Creon, Tiresias, Chorus	9
3708127411	A Doll's House	Nora, Torvald, Krogstad, Mrs. Linde, Dr. Rank	10
3708127412	"Tintern Abbey"	Speaker, speaker's sister	11
3708127413	"Kubla Khan"	Woman, romantic chasm, damsel with a dulcimer	12
3708127414	"Rime of the Ancient Mariner"	Mariner, crew, wedding guest	13
3708127415	"The World is Too Much With Us"	Nature, Pagan, Triton, the Sea	14

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4527066606	género	genre	0
4527066607	narrativa	narrative	1
4527068067	poesía	poetry	2
4527068068	drama	drama	3
4527068069	ensayo	essay	4
4527071006	ambiente	environment	5
4527071007	argumento	argument	6
4527071008	ficción	fiction	7
4527072489	figura retórica	rhetorical figure	8
4527073868	héroe	hero	9
4527073869	imagen	image	10
4527073870	lector	reader	11
4527075273	personaje	character	12
4527077312	protagonista	protagonist	13
4527078657	público	audience	14
4527082117	suspenso	suspense	15
4527082118	tema	theme	16
4527084874	poema	poem	17
4527084875	poeta	poet	18
4527084876	voz poética	poetic voice	19
4527086963	verso	verse	20
4527088223	estrofa	stanza	21
4527088237	ritmo	rhythm	22
4527090290	métrica	metric	23
4527090291	rima consonante	consonant rhyme	24
4527091389	rima asonante	asonant rhyme	25
4527092670	acto	act	26
4527092671	escena	scene	27
4527095621	analogía	analogy	28
4527099361	escenario	scene	29
4527099362	comedia	comedy	30
4527099363	tragedia	tragedy	31
4527100835	diálogo	dialogue	32
4527100836	monólogo	monologue	33
4527102329	teatro	theatre	34
4527111788	metáfora	metaphor	35
4527111789	símil	simile	36
4527113570	aliteración	alliteration	37
4527113571	hipérbole	hyperbole	38
4527117132	onomatopeya	onomotopoeia	39
4527118413	personificación	personification	40
4527669983	ambigüedad	ambiguity	41
4527672666	antagonista	antagonist	42
4527674328	antihéroe	antihero	43
4527677390	arquetipo	archetype	44
4527677391	atmósfera	atmosphere	45
4527678978	desenlace	ending / denoument	46
4527680554	fábula	fable	47
4527683389	in medias res		48
4527683390	ironía	irony	49
4527687311	omnisciente (narrador)	omniscient (narrator)	50
4527689391	memento mori		51
4527689392	símbolo	symbol	52
4527690883	tono	tone	53
4527690884	trama	plot	54
4527690885	crónica	chronological (order)	55
4527694269	flashback	flashback	56
4527694309	fluir de consciencia	flow of consciousness	57
4527698804	narrador limitado	limited narrator (as opposed to omniscient)	58
4527701836	prefiguración	foreshadowing	59
4527703694	punto de vista	point of view	60
4527703695	perspectiva	perspective	61
4527707063	alejandrino	alexandrine verse	62
4527707064	arte menor		63
4527707065	arte mayor		64
4527708969	encabalgamiento	enjambment (continuing a line of verse in the next line)	65
4527708970	estribillo	refrain / chorus	66
4527710513	lírica	lyrical poetry	67
4527710514	poema épico	epic poem	68
4527711768	redondilla	roundelay	69
4527713058	romance	romance	70
4527713059	sinalefa	synalepha	71
4527714417	soneto	sonnet	72
4527714418	verso agudo		73
4527716718	verso esdrújulo		74
4527718702	verso llano		75
4527718703	acción dramática		76
4527723243	exposición	exposition	77
4527723244	nudo / climax	climax (knot)	78
4527725653	acotaciones	annotations	79
4527729150	aparte	aside (theatre term)	80
4527729151	dramaturgo	playwright	81
4527731515	teatro del absurdo		82
4527731516	anáfora	anaphora	83
4527733208	antítesis	antithesis	84
4527734720	apóstrofe	apostrophe	85
4527736479	circunlocución / perífrasis	circumlocution	86
4527741732	elipsis	elipsis	87
4527741733	enumeración	enumeration	88
4527746320	eufemismo	euphemism	89
4527752305	gradación	gradation (progression, intensity)	90
4527752306	hipérbaton	hyperbaton (reversed word order) (yoda)	91
4527755813	Edad Media	Middle Age (Medieval)	92
4527757975	modernismo	modernism	93
4527757976	realismo	realism	94
4527759549	romanticismo	romanticism	95
4527761123	caricatura	caricature	96
4527761124	alegoría	allegory	97
4527762435	apología		98
4527764487	leitmotiv		99
4527764488	cromatismo		100
4527765839	anacronismo	anachronism	101
4527768136	narrador no fidedigno	unreliable narrator	102
4527770576	narrador testigo	witness	103
4527772512	sátira	satire	104
4527772513	parodia	parody	105
4527776388	desdoblamiento	unfolding	106
4527776389	narrativa epistolar		107
4527778223	narratario		108
4527778224	parábola	parable	109
4527779542	diérisis		110
4527782775	hiato	hiatus	111
4527782776	sinéresis		112
4527785195	verso blanco / suelto		113
4527785196	verso libre	free verse	114
4527786434	cesura		115
4527786435	hemistiquio		116
4527788549	polifonía		117
4527788709	polimetría		118
4527790191	silva	Silva Verse: a meter in poetry in the 16th century	119
4527790192	conceptismo		120
4527790213	asíndeton		121
4527791894	falla trágica		122
4527794150	ironía dramatica	dramatic irony	123
4527794170	pathos		124
4527795201	tres unidades		125
4527796784	cacofonía	cacophony	126
4527798122	metonimia	metonymy	127
4527798124	epíteto	epithet	128
4527800096	paradoja	paradox	129
4527800097	polisíndeton	polysyndeton	130
4527803335	sinécdoque	synecdote	131
4527806122	sinestesia	synesthesia	132
4527806123	retruécano	pun / play on words	133
4527808736	culteranismo		134
4527810436	costumbrismo		135
4527810437	existencialismo	existencialism	136
4527812370	neoclasicismo	neoclassicism	137
4527812371	postmodernismo	post-modernism	138
4527815882	surrealismo	surrealism	139
4527818832	vanguardia	avant-garde	140

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4353032001	Alliteration	A stylistic device un which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series	0
4353032002	Anapest	A metrical foot of 3 syllables: unaccented/unaccented/accented. Ex: person, abstract idea or object	1
4353032003	Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words it is used to reinforce the meanings of words or to set the mood	2
4353032004	Attitude	This is a tone of a work; it is how the author approached her/his topic: level of formality, mocking, critical, serious, melancholy	3
4353032005	Conceit	An extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem. By juxtaposing, usurping and manipulating images and ideas in surprising ways, a conceit invites the reader into a more sophisticated understanding of an object of comparison. Often used by metaphysical poets	4
4353032006	Consonance	Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase. This repetition often takes place in quick succession	5
4353032007	Dactyl	A metrical foot compromised of accented, unaccented, unaccented syllables. An example would be merrily or parable	6
4353032008	End stopped	Poetic device where the line finished its thought before moving on to the next line of poetry. The effect is to slow the pace of the poem	7
4353032009	Enjambment	The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause. This often picks up the poems pace	8
4353032010	Iamb	A metrical foot compromised of unstressed/stressed syllables, such as amuse or depict	9
4353032011	Line break	The place where a line of poetry ends, unguided by traditional punctuation conventions, these are important in poetry because they so often introduce ambiguity and affect meaning. They are used to lead readers into multiple understandings and surprising ideas as well as to control the flow	10
4353032012	Metrical foot	A single unit of measurement that is repeated within a line of poetry. They are made up or stressed and or unstressed syllables. It is sometimes just called a foot or just called meter	11
4353032013	Onomatopoeia	The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named	12
4353032014	Rhythm	The patterned recurrence, within a certain range of regularity of specific language features usually features of sound. It involves qualities of movement, repetition, and pattern. Heightens emotional response and often affords the reader a sense of balance. Meter is one method of organizing rhythm	13
4353032015	Sound devices	Resources used by poets to convey and reinforce the meaning or experience of poetry through the skillful use of sound	14
4353032016	Spondee	A metrical foot compromised of two accented syllables; used infrequently compared to other types of feet	15
4353032017	Trochee	A metrical foot compromised of an accented and unaccented syllable, such as hammer or injure	16

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AP Literature Allusions - Historical Flashcards

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4133064323	Attila	barbarian, rough leader H: King of the Huns from 433-453 and the most successful of the barbarian invaders of the Roman Empire	0
4133066008	Berserk	destructively or frenetically violent, mentor or emotional upset H: a warrior clothed in bear skin who worked himself into a frenzy before battle	1
4133070533	Bloomer	undergarments for dance or active wear; underwear formally worn by females that was composed of loose trousers gathered at the ankles H: invented by Amelia Jenks Bloomer (1818-1894), an American social reformer	2
4133078322	Bowdlerize	to censor, expurgate prudishly, to modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing content H: after Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825), who expurgated Shakespeare	3
4133082755	Boycott	to act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion. H: after Charles C. Boycott (1832-1897) of Ireland. Boycott, a former British soldier, refused to charge lower rents and ejected his tenants. Boycott and his family found themselves without servants, farmlands, services in stores, or mail delivery.	4
4133092020	Canopy	an overhanging protection or shelter, to cover or hover above. Middle English word "canape" taken from Latin "canapeum" or "conopeum" meaning "net curtains"	5
4133097398	Casanova	a man who is amorously and gallantly attentive to women, a promiscuous man. H: Giovanni Jacopo Casanova De Seingalt (1725-1798), an Italian adventurer who established a legendary reputation as a lover	6
4133101419	Chauvinist	one who has a militant devotion to and glorification of one's country, fanatical patriotism, prejudices belief in the superiority of one's own gender, group, or kind H: after Nicolast Chauvin, a legendary French soldier devoted to Napoleon.	7
4133250814	Derrick	a machine for hosting and moving heavy objects, consisting of a movable boom equipped with cables and pulleys and connected to the base of an upright stationary beam, a tall framework over a drilled hole, esp. an oil well, used to support boring equipment H: named after a London hangman Derik (1600)	8
4133260994	Donnybrook	any riotous occasion H: taken from the Donnybrook Fair, held in Dublin County, Ireland until 1855, which was famous for rioting and dissipation	9
4133267724	Dungaree	a style of casual work pants H: form a coarse cotton fabric of East Indian origin H: from the Hindu word "dungri"	10
4133270214	El Dorado	a place of reputed wealth H: from the legendary city in South America, sought by early Spanish explorers	11
4133272472	Hackney	to make something banal or trite by frequent use, a horse for ordinary riding or driving, a horse kept for hire, let out, employed, or done for hire H: from Hackney, the most common breed of heavy harness horses in the US	12
4133289162	Horatio Alger	one who believes that a person can make it on his one merits H: from (1832-1899) American writer of inspirational adventure books	13
4133293742	Laconic	using or marked by the use of few words, brief; Lakonikos H: from the reputation of the Spartans for brevity of speech	14
4133297212	Limerick	a humorous or nonsense verse of five lines H: from Limerick, a county in Republic of Ireland where the form is said to have originated	15
4133307710	Machiavellian	of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism, characterized by expedience, deceit, and cunning H: after Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1537), a philosopher known for his treaties and political expediency, wrote "The Prince" (1513)	16
4133330972	McCarthyism	modern with hunt, the practice of publicizing accusations of political disloyalty or subversions with insufficient regard to evidence, the use of unfair investigatory or accusatory methods, in order to suppress opposition H: after Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957), an American politician who as a US senator form WWI publicly accused many citizens of subversion	17
4133337418	Meander	to wander aimlessly H: originating from Meander, a river in Turkey noted for its winding course.	18
4136116274	Mesmerize	to induce the state of being hypnotized H: F.A. Mesmer, an Austrian physician who used hypnotism and developed a theory called "animal magnetism"	19
4136122058	Nostradamus	fortune teller H: (1503-1566) French physician and astrologer who wrote a book of rhymed prophecies	20
4136126082	Sardonic	bitterly ironical, sarcastic, sneering H: from a Sardinian plant said to bring on fits of laughter	21
4136130734	Shanghai	to cheat or steal, to make drugs, liquor, etc., to bring or get by trickery or force H: a seaport in East China, from Shanghai because sailors for voyages there were often secured by illicit means	22
4136139077	Spartan	frugal and bare, simple, disciplined and stern and brace H: having to do with Sparta, an important city in Greece. The Spartans were known for simplicity of life, severity, courage, and brevity of speech	23
4136144817	Stonewall	hinder or obstruct by evasive, delaying tactics; in cricket: trying to go completely defensive, blocking every ball without trying without trying to score H: relating to Stonewall Jackson (Thomas J. Jackson), Confederate General from the remark during the Battle of Bull Run: "Look as Jackson's men; they stand like a stone wall."	24
4136162713	Swiftian	satirical H: from Jonathan Swift's famous satire on politics "Gulliver's Travels"	25
4136168226	Sybaritic	luxurious, voluptuous, a person who cares very much for luxury and pleasure H: an inhabitant of Sybars, a town founded by the Greeks in ancient Italy, which was known for its luxury	26
4136177267	Thespian	having to do with the theatre or acting H: relating to Thespians, so called from Thespis, an Attic poet of the 6th century B.C., reputed to the father of Greek tragedy	27
4136191819	Uncle Sam	government of people of the United States H: derived from the United States of America - Uncle Sam, a businessman with initials on shipping boxes in 1800's	28
4136202374	Utopia	an imaginary and perfect society H: British 1610, source Thomas More's novel "Utopia"	29
4136207347	Wagnerian	style of music: loud, dramatic, radical H: having to do with Wagner, his music, or his musical style or theories	30
4136214747	Waterloo	a decisive or final defeat or setback H: Belgian 1816, source of Napoleon's last defeat	31

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AP Literature King Lear Review Flashcards

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6187366369	strophe	the first section of a Greek choral ode or a division of it	0
6187366370	antistrophe	the second section of a Greek choral ode or a division of it	1
6187366371	episode	a major section of the play	2
6187366372	stasimon	A section performed by the orchestra that requires dancing, singing, or chanting	3
6187366373	chorus	A collection of people who commented on the action of the play with son, dance, and chanting	4
6187366374	catharsis	End or goal of a tragic work. Literally means to vomit emotions	5
6187366375	hamartia	A major flaw of a character	6
6187366376	hubris	A common characteristic of characters in Greek tragedies. It means arrogant or insolent.	7
6187366377	stichomythia	The swift one line interchanges between characters in dialogue.	8
6187366378	prologue	A speech that is given before the start of the main plot of the play	9
6187366379	parados	An entrance on either side of a Greek theater	10
6187366380	exodus	The final scene, departure, or exit in a tragedy	11
6187366381	kommos	A lamenting song in Greek tragedy that is usually sung by a main character and the chorus.	12
6187366382	ode	A song that is typically accompanied by a dance	13
6187366383	protagonist	The main "hero" figure in the play, regardless of how flawed	14
6187366384	antagonist	The opposing force in the play	15
6187366385	dithyramb	An ode that is sung or chanted in order to honor Dionysus	16
6187366386	trilogy	Three plays that were prepared for the Greek drama festivals	17
6187366387	satyr	A play that typically followed the trilogy where the plot is comical in order to lighten the mood after the three tragedies	18
6187366388	muthos	A tragic plot	19
6187366389	mimesis	A representation of life, or the plot of a work	20
6187366390	peripeteia	The reversal of a situation	21
6187366391	anagnorisis	A dramatic realization or recognition of something	22
6187366392	pathos	Suffering that a character endures	23
6187366393	melos	A melody in a song	24
6187403581	parallelism	the use of similar verbal structure in succession in poetry or prose	25
6187412181	repetition	the repeated use of the same words or phrases in order to emphasize an idea's importance or make it more clear	26
6187422249	rhetorical questions	when a character asks themselves a question when the answer is obvious. This is to emphasize a point or make an idea more clear.	27
6187435239	metaphor	a comparison between two ideas without using like or as.	28
6187441475	apostrophe	a figure of speech that is used to detach a character from him or herself and address an imaginary character in their speech.	29
6187459511	self-address	when a character says something to him or herself	30
6187463746	alliteration	a repeated consonant sound in words or a phrase of words that are closely connected.	31
6187471429	pun	a joke that exploits the different meanings of a word or two words that sound the same, but have different meanings.	32
6187487944	simile	a comparison using like or as	33
6187492076	foil characters	two characters that are opposites of each other.	34
6187496028	stock characters	a stereotypical character that an audience can recognize, and often becomes the target of cliches or criticisms.	35
6187511358	motif	an idea, picture, or symbol that is repeated throughout a work	36
6187514182	paradox	an absurd or contradictory statement that upon further investigation is found to be true.	37
6187525489	allusions	references to things outside of the literary work	38
6187532224	aside	when a characters says something that is not supposed to be heard by the other character(s) on stage	39
6187540711	comic relief	a humorous interlude in a serious work of literature	40
6187546165	conflict	a struggle between two opposing forces	41
6187549292	foil	opposite	42
6187550920	idiom	a set expression or phrase of two or more words.	43
6187561902	inciting incident	the decision that starts a story's problem. When the events become the story and not the backstory.	44
6187572273	juxtaposition	two things placed, said, or seen close together that are contrasting to each other.	45
6187582629	oxymoron	when two contradictory words are placed together in the same phrase.	46
6187586824	paraphrase	a summary	47
6187589216	reversal	when a situation is the exact opposite of how it started or once was.	48
6187594756	soliloquy	a speech that is spoken REGARDLESS of who else might hear.	49
6187608962	irony	when something happens that is the opposite of what is expected.	50
6187612305	couplet	when two rhyming lines are placed after each other: Jimmy is a man Who has a clever plan	51
6187622893	blank verse	when there is no rhyming structure, such as unrhymed iambic pentameter	52
6187638046	rhyming verse	when lines have a rhyming structure. The most common form is rhymed iambic pentameter	53
6187641641	antithesis	a person or thing that is the direct opposite of another thing	54

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3565185231	Blank Verse	Unrhymed iambic pentameter, _____ is the most commonly used verse form in English because it is the verse form that comes closest to natural patterns of speaking in English.	0
3565185232	Caesura	A pause within a line of poetry, sometimes punctuated, sometimes not, often mirroring natural speech.	1
3565185233	End Rhyme	when a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same.	2
3565185234	Enjambment	A poetic technique in which one line ends without a pause and must continue on to the next line to complete its meaning; also referred to as a "run-on line."	3
3565185235	Eye Rhyme	a similarity between words in spelling but not in pronunciation	4
3565185236	Foot	refers to the most basic unit of a poem's meter. _____ is a combination of stressed and unstressed syllables.	5
3565185237	Free Verse	A form of poetry that does not have a regular rhythm or rhyme scheme.	6
3565185238	Iambic	a foot containing unaccented and short syllables followed by a long and accented syllable in a single line of a poem (unstressed/stressed syllables).	7
3565185239	Internal Rhyme	a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next.	8
3565185240	Meter	a unit of rhythm in poetry, the pattern of the beats.	9
3565185241	Near Rhyme	rhyming in which the words sound the same but do not rhyme perfectly.	10
3565185242	Rhythm	The general pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.	11
3565185243	Stanza	Lines in a poem that the poet has chosen to group together, usually separated from other lines by a space. Stanzas within a poem usually have repetitive forms, often sharing rhyme schemes or rhythmic structures.	12
3565185244	Complex Sentence	a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses.	13
3565185245	Compound Sentence	a sentence with more than one subject or predicate.	14
3565185246	Cumulative Sentence	a type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases.	15
3565185247	Sonnet	A poetic form composed of fourteen lines in iambic pentameter that adheres to a particular rhyme scheme. The two most common types are: Petrarchan and Shakespearean	16
3565185248	Imperative Sentence	An imperative sentence is a type of sentence that gives advice or instructions or that expresses a request or command.	17
3565185249	Interrupted Sentence	A sentence of any pattern modiﬁ ed by interruptions that add descriptive details, state conditions, suggest uncertainty, voice possible alternative views, or present qualiﬁ cations.	18
3565185250	Periodic Sentence	A sentence that begins with details, qualiﬁ cations, or modiﬁcations, building toward the main clause.	19
3565185251	Simple Sentence	A sentence composed of one main clause without any subordinate clause	20
3565185252	Bildungsroman	A novel that explores the maturation of the protagonist, with the narrative usually moving the main character from childhood into adulthood. Also called a coming-of-age story.	21
3565185253	First Person Narrator	Told by a narrator who is a character in the story and who refers to him- or herself as "I." First-person narrators are sometimes unreliable narrators.	22
3565185254	Flat Character	A character embodying only one or two traits and who lacks character development; for this reason, a ﬂ at character is also called a static character. Often such characters exist only to provide background or adequate motivation for a protagonist's actions.	23
3565185255	Monologue	In a play, a speech given by one person.	24
3565185256	Objective Narrator	A narrator who recounts only what characters say and do, offering no insight into their thinking or analysis of events. All interpretation is left to the reader.	25
3565185257	Passive Voice	A sentence employs passive voice when the subject doesn't act but is acted on.	26
3565185258	Persona	A character or figurative mask that an actor, writer, or singer takes on in order to perform.	27
3565185259	Round Character	A character exhibiting a range of emotions and who evolves over the course of the story.	28
3565185260	Second Person Narrator	Though rare, some stories are told using second-person pronouns (you). This casts the reader as a character in the story.	29
3565185261	Secondary Character	A supporting character; while not as prominent or central as a main character, he or she is still important to the events of a story or play.	30
3565185262	Stock Character	A type of ﬂat character based on a stereotype; one who falls into an immediately recognizable category or type — such as the absentminded professor or the town drunk — and thus resists unique characterization. Stock characters can be artfully used for humor or satire.	31
3565185263	Third Person Limited	In third person limited the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.	32
3565185264	Third Person Omniscient	Told by a narrator using third-person pronouns. This narrator is privy to the thoughts and actions of all of the characters in the story.	33
3565185265	Unreliable narrator	a narrator who can't be trusted; either from ignorance or self-interest, this narrator speaks with a bias, makes mistakes, or even lies	34
3565185266	Antagonist	Character in a story or play who opposes the protagonist; while not necessarily an enemy, the antagonist creates or intensiﬁes a conﬂict for the protagonist. An evil antagonist is a villain.	35
3565185267	Climax	The point in a story when the conﬂict reaches its highest intensity. The point of no return.	36
3565185268	Conflict	The tension, opposition, or struggle that drives a plot. External conﬂict is the opposition or tension between two characters or forces. Internal conﬂict occurs within a character. Conﬂict usually arises between the protagonist and the antagonist in a story.	37
3565185269	Denouement	Pronounced day-noo-moh, this literally means "untying the knot"; in this phase of a story's plot, the conﬂ ict has been resolved and balance is restored to the world of the story.	38
3565185270	Exposition	In a literary work, contextual and background information told to readers (rather than shown through action) about the characters, plot, setting, and situation.	39
3565185271	Flashback	A scene in a narrative that is set in an earlier time than the main action.	40
3565185272	Foil	A contrasting character who allows the protagonist to stand out more distinctly.	41
3565185273	Foreshadow	A plot device in which future events are hinted at.	42
3565185274	Mood	Synonymous with atmosphere, mood is the feeling created for the reader by a work of literature. Many things can generate mood — especially style, tone, and setting.	43
3565185275	Motif	A recurring pattern of images, words, or symbols that reveals a theme in a work of literature.	44
3565185276	Protagonist	The main character in a work; often a hero or heroine, but not always	45
3565185277	Rising Action	The events, marked by increasing tension and conﬂ ict, that build up to a story's climax.	46
3565185278	Symbol	A setting, object, or event in a story that carries more than literal meaning and therefore represents something signiﬁ cant to understanding the meaning of a work of literature.	47
3565185279	Theme	Underlying issues or ideas of a work.	48
3565185280	Tone	A speaker's attitude as exposed through stylistic choices. (Tone is often confused with another element of style, mood, which describes the feeling created by the work.) Along with mood, tone provides the emotional coloring of a work and is created by some combination of the other elements of style	49
3565185281	Personification	A ﬁgure of speech in which an animal or an inanimate object is imbued with human qualities	50
3565286350	Paradox	A statement that seems contradictory but actually is not.	51
3565286351	Hyperbole	Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or to produce a comic or ironic effect; an overstatement to make a point.	52
3565286352	Understatement	The presentation or framing of something as less important, urgent, awful, good, powerful, and so on, than it actually is, often for satiric or comical effect; the opposite of hyperbole, it is often used along with this technique, and for similar effect.	53
3565286353	Irony	is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that may end up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated.	54
3565286354	Simile	A ﬁgure of speech used to explain or clarify an idea by comparing it explicitly to something else, using the words like, as, or as though to do so.	55
3565286355	Metaphor	A ﬁgure of speech that compares or equates two things without using like or as.	56
3565286356	Connotation	Meanings or associations readers have with a word or item beyond its dictionary deﬁnition, or denotation. Connotations may reveal another layer of meaning of a piece, affect the tone, or suggest symbolic resonance.	57
3565286357	Oxymoron	A paradox made up of two seemingly contradictory words.	58
3565286358	Denotation	The literal deﬁnition of a word, often referred to as the "dictionary deﬁnition."	59
3565286359	Abstract	An abstract term is a general term, referring to a broad concept, as opposed to a term that refers to a speciﬁc, particular thing (e.g., personhood as opposed to Seamus Heaney); opposite of concrete.	60
3565286360	Concrete	A concrete term is one that refers to a speciﬁc, particular thing, as opposed to a term that refers to a broad concept (e.g., Seamus Heaney as opposed to person-hood); opposite of abstract.	61
3565286361	Colloquialism	An expression or language construction appropriate only for casual, informal speaking or writing.	62
3565286362	Dialect	Dialogue or narration written to simulate regional or cultural speech patterns.	63
3565323934	Dialogue	The written depiction of conversation between characters.	64
3565323935	Formal	is a broad term for speech or writing marked by an impersonal, objective, and precise use of language.	65
3565323936	Informal	A broad term for speech or writing marked by a casual, familiar, and generally colloquial use of language. An informal writing style is often more direct than a formal style and may rely more heavily on contractions, abbreviations, short sentences, and ellipses.	66
3565323937	Literal	in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical: the literal meaning of a word.	67
3565323938	Figurative	Language that uses ﬁgures of speech; nonliteral language usually evoking strong images. Sometimes referred to as metaphorical language, most of its forms explain, clarify, or enhance an idea by comparing it to something else; the comparison can be explicit (simile) or implied (metaphor). Other forms of ﬁgurative language include personification, paradox, overstatement (hyperbole), understatement, and irony.	68

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2929804399	Buffoon	a person who amuses people with tricks, pranks, and jokes; clown	0
2929815952	Bullion	ingots, bars, or plates of gold or silver	1
2929833383	Burnish	v: to polish; to make shiny by rubbing n:a glossy finish; a luster	2
2929848358	Cadaverous	corpse like; pale and ghostly; thin and gaunt	3
2929850065	Cajole	to persuade by pleasant words; to coax; to wheedle	4
2929853452	Calumny	a false statement made to injure someone's reputation; slander	5
2929857195	Candor	openness; saying what one really thinks; frankness	6
2929859658	Capitulate	to surrender on certain terms; to give up; to yield	7
2929863103	Capricious	tending to change quickly without apparent reason; erratic; impulsive	8
2929867816	Captivate	to catch the attention of, by beauty or excellence; to enchant; to fascinate	9
2929872009	Caricature	n: a picture or description of a person or thing in which certain features are exaggerated for a satirical effect v:to create such a picture or description	10
2929887415	Cessation	a temporary or final ceasing; a pause or stop	11
2929891250	Charlatan	a person who falsely claims to posses expert knowledge or skill; a quack; an imposter	12
2929896889	Chastise	to punish; to criticize severely	13
2929899517	Chauvinism	fanatical patriotism; biased belief in the superiority of one's own group or sex	14
2929903192	Chicanery	the use of clever talk or trickery to decieve	15
2929905120	Choleric	easily angered; bad-tempered	16
2929910284	Circumvent	to surround and trip by cleverness; to avoid or go around	17
2929911693	Civility	politeness; courtesy; a polite action	18
2929913399	Clandestine	concealed, usually for a forbidden purpose; secret; covert	19

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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

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3710233507	Allegory	a story with a hidden second meaning for a lot of the material	0
3710229321	Artistic Unity	All material of a story helps develop it(no filler)	1
3710246088	Aside	A speech in a play from a character to the audience	2
3710261812	Catharsis	A term by aristotle to describe the audiences reaction at the end of a tradgedy	3
3710260175	Chorus	group of actors speaking in uniscence to convey a message	4
3710228096	Commercial Fiction	Fiction written to gain the taste of a wide audience. The better Literature according to a book hater	5
3710238648	Denouement	Portion of a plot that reveals the outcome or mysteries	6
3710232310	Deus ex machina	When a supernatural figure often from religion fixes everything and saves the day	7
3710255186	Didactic	Writing with a purpose to teach: a moral	8
3710266411	Dramatic Exposition	A revealment of past actions within the story	9
3710235119	Dramatic Irony	Incongruity between what the character thinks and the reader thinks	10
3710236758	Editorialize	Instructions for the reader on how to feel about the story or behavior of a character	11
3710241396	Exposition	comprehensive description of an idea or theory	12
3710249237	Farce	type of comedy but puts more emphasis on the improbable: more violence and physical action	13
3710235118	Fantasy	Story with beyond reality situations	14
3710236760	Foil	the opposition between two characters or plots	15
3710261813	Hamartia	a criminal act committed in ignorance of some material fact or for the greater good.	16
3710261811	Hubris	Extreme pride that leads to downfall	17
3710226990	Literary Fiction	Seriously powerful work that reveals an aspect of life	18
3710249236	Melodrama	Related to a tragedy has a happening which good triumphs evil	19
3710239789	Motifs	A repeated idea similar to a theme	20
3710230925	Objective	Tells story in third person but does not tell us meanings of characters thoughts	21
3710239788	Paradoxical Situation	Something that is possible but if explained are somehow true	22
3710262926	Peripeteia	a reversal of cirumstances	23
3710236759	poeticize	Writing that uses fancy words to alter the readers feelings	24
3710246089	Realistic Drama	Attempts to recreate everyday life within the story	25
3710252135	Romantic Comedy	A truly happy comedy. Characters are saved and everything is happy again	26
3710239790	Satire	Type of literature that ridicules human folly	27
3710253585	Scornful Comedy	A play to ridicule human folly vanity or hypocrisy	28
3710244475	Soliloquy	A character in a play expresses ideas aloud	29
3710233506	Stock Characters	A character that has presumed attributes: Stereotyped	30
3710249234	Tradgedy	opposed to comedy shows events that lead to the downfall of the protagonist	31
3710264364	Tragic Hero	virtuous character destined for downfall	32

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