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AP Literature Vocabulary Unit #4 Flashcards

Advanced Word PowerFeb 2, 2011
by Beth Johnson and Janet M. Goldstein

9048455932	Inexorable	Not capable of being influenced or prevented; relentless; unstoppable	0
9048455933	Parochial	Restricted to a narrow scope or outlook; narrow minded	1
9048455934	Satirical	Attacking human vice or foolishness through irony or wit	2
9048455935	Enervate	To weaken; rob of strength or energy	3
9048455936	Irrefutable	Impossible to disprove	4
9048455937	Pique	A feeling of resentment or anger because of wounded pride	5
9048455938	Buoyant	Able to float or rise	6
9048455939	Partisan	Strongly supporting a specific party, cause, or person	7
9048455940	Marred	Made less perfect through injury or damage	8
9048455941	Incorrigible	Uncontrollable; unmanageable; not capable of being corrected or reformed	9
9048455942	Capitulate	To give in	10
9048455943	Reverent	Feeling or expressing respect or awe	11
9048455944	Prestigious	Having honored name or reputation; having prestige	12
9048455945	Stupor	A state of mental numbness; a daze	13
9048455946	Sycophant	A person who tries to win favor though flattery	14
9048455947	Zany	Wildly silly or comical	15
9048455948	Urbane	Smooth in manner; elegant; polished; suave	16
9048455949	Premonition	A feeling that something bad is going to happen	17
9048455950	Egregious	Highly noticeable in a negative way; conspicuously bad	18
9048455951	Cajole	To persuade with flattery; sweet-talk	19
9048455952	Composure	Calmness of mind or manner; self-possesion	20
9048455953	Formidable	Very challenging; demanding	21
9048455954	Aberration	An oddity; something different from what is normal or expected	22
9048455955	Extol	To praise highly; exalt	23
9048455956	Elusive	Tending to escape; hard to catch hold of or identify	24
9048455957	Trepidation	Alarm or dread	25
9048455958	Virulent	Very injurious; lethal; deadly	26
9048455959	Precocious	Showing unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental ability	27
9048455960	Inscrutable	Difficult to interpret or understand; puzzling	28
9048455961	Congenital	Referring to a condition present at birth; inborn	29
9048455962	Delibate	To deprive of strength or energy	30
9048455963	Clairvoyant	Having the supposed power to see things not perceived b the normal senses	31
9048455964	Officious	Offering unwanted advice or services; meddlesome	32
9048455965	Preclude	To make impossible in advance; prevent	33
9048455966	Contiguous	Sharing an edge or a boundary	34
9048455967	Obliterate	To destroy or erase completely	35
9048455968	Spurn	To reject or refuse with scorn	36
9048455969	Taciturn	Habitually nontalkative; uncommunicative	37
9048455970	Stealthy	Moving or action in cautious, deceptive way; sneaky	38
9048455971	Accomodate	To provide with something needed; make or have room for	39

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8483532767	Elements of Literature	Plot Characterization Tone POV Setting Symbolism	0
8477654071	Theme	The central idea or dominating thought, which results from the elements contained in fiction. This summarizes the author's purpose in writing the narrative.	1
8477654072	Major Themes in Literature	• Human Nature • The Nature of Society • Fate and Freedom • Ethics	2
8477654073	Dualism	Theme The belief that humans have two natures.	3
8477654074	Synesthesia	Trope The mingling of senses.	4
8477654075	Conceit	Trope A controlling piece of figurative language.	5
8477654076	Metonym	Trope When you replace one word with another word through association. Ex.) The White House gave a press conference.	6
8477654077	Synecdoche	Trope When you replace a word for another from whole to part or part to whole. Ex.) nice wheels!	7
8477654078	Understatement	Trope When you undervalue the intensity of something.	8
8477654079	Parallelism	Syntax A balance of structure. Uses a same general structure for multiple parts of a sentence or for multiple sentences.	9
8477654080	Antithesis	Syntax Built by contrasting any of the different parts of a statement. Ex.) Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.	10
8477654081	Periodic Sentence	Syntax A sentence that is not grammatically correct until the physical end of the sentence. Ex.) Over the river, through the woods	11
8477654082	Loose Sentence	Syntax A sentence in which it is grammatically correct before it is physically complete.	12
8477654083	Apothegmatic	Syntax A short simple sentence that follows a series of longer more complex sentences.	13
8477654084	Polysyndeton	Syntax Adding coordinators after ever member in a list. Ex.) We went to the beach and sang and laughed and played and had a fun time.	14
8477654085	Asyndeton	Syntax Leaves out conjunctions in a non-standard way. Ex.) He was tall, dark, handsome.	15
8477654086	Anadiplosis	Syntax Takes the last word of a sentence or phrase and repeats it as the next sentence or phrase. Ex.) Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.	16
8477654087	Chiasmus	Syntax A special form of parallelism that flips the original form around. Ex.) You have seen how a man was made a slave, you shall see how a slave was made a man.	17
8477654088	Litotes	Syntax Emphasizes a point by using a word opposite to the condition. Ex.) The trip was no easy journey.	18
8477654089	Zeugma	Syntax Greek for "yoking"- to link together A structure in which two elements of a sentence are linked by a governing third element in a suggestive way. Ex.) I drank of the wine and her beauty.	19
8477654090	Romantic Irony	Irony When the audience has been mislead by the story teller.	20
8477654091	Cosmic Irony	Irony When a character falsely believes they have free will.	21
8477654092	Structural Irony	Irony When the structure of something does not match its purpose.	22
8477654093	Situational Irony	Irony When something is expected to happen, but something else happens instead.	23
8477654094	Dramatic Irony	Irony The reader knows something the character doesn't.	24
8477654095	Verbal Irony	Irony When words express something contrary to truth.	25
8477654096	Diction	An author's word choice	26
8477654097	Denotation	Diction The dictionary definition of a word.	27
8477654098	Connotation	Diction The emotional and cultural attachments of a word.	28
8477654099	Semantics	Diction The study of words or study of language.	29
8477654100	Cliché	Diction A phrase or expression that had been used so much that it is no longer original. Ex.) Get off your high horse	30
8477654101	Euphemism	Diction Taking an unpleasant idea and making it sound better. Ex.) Friendly Fire	31
8477654102	Sign	Literary Device An object, picture, or word which signifies something other than itself.	32
8477654103	Symbol	Literary Device An object, place, character, or event that represents something more or something other than itself.	33
8477654104	Archetype	Literary Device A symbol that transcends time and culture.	34
8477654105	Soliloquy	Literary Device When a character, normally alone on the stage, delivers a speech, which is normally a collection of his own thoughts.	35
8477654106	Aside	Literary Device Just like a soliloquy, except there are other people on stage. Usually it is just for the audience to hear.	36
8477654107	Apostrophe	Literary Device A rhetorical device in which the writer breaks out of the flow of writing to directly address a person or personified object.	37
8477654108	Allusion	Literary Device Reference to a famous work.	38
8477654109	Paradox	Literary Device An idea that seems false but there is truth to it. Ex.) No fashion is fashion.	39
8477654110	Figurative Imagery	Literary Device To use objects, patterns, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. Ex.) The tall, menacing dog snarled at the fluffy cat.	40
8477654111	Motif	Literary Device Repeated element in a work of art.	41
8477654112	Oxymoron	Literary Device Contradictory terms. Ex.) Jumbo shrimp	42
8477654113	Poetry	Literary expression characterized by particular attention to rhythm, sound, and the concentrated concrete use of language.	43
8477654114	Narrative Poem	Poetry Types Tells a story in verse.	44
8477654115	Ballad	Poetry Types Songlike poem that tells a story.	45
8477654116	Epic	Poetry Types The hero of the poem embodies the values and aspirations of the poet's culture.	46
8477654117	Dramatic Poem	Poetry Types Makes use of the conventions of drama.	47
8477654118	Dramatic Monologue	Poetry Types A poem or speech in which an imaginary character speaks to a listener. Ex.) Soliloquy	48
8477654119	Dramatic Dialogue	Poetry Types A poem in which two speakers converse with one another.	49
8477654120	Lyric Poem	Poetry Types A melodic poem that expresses the observations and the feelings of a single speaker.	50
8477654121	The Elegy	Poetry Types A reflective poem that laments the loss of someone or something.	51
8477654122	The Ode	Poetry Types A long, formal lyric poem, usually meditative, that treats a noble or otherwise elevated subject in a dignified manner. These poems often commemorate people, events, or consider the aspect of the human condition.	52
8477654123	The Sonnet	Poetry Types A lyric poem that consists of fourteen lines and that follows one of several traditional rhyme schemes. Love is among one of the most common themes.	53
8477654124	Metaphysical Conceit	Poetry Types A conceit which draws a shocking or unconventional comparison.	54
8477654125	Carpe Diem	Poetry Types A poem that expresses the value of "seize the day"	55
8477654126	Stanza	Poetry Structure A group of lines that work together to present an idea.	56
8477654127	Concrete Poetry	Poetry Structure When the shape of the poem enhances the meaning of the poem.	57
8477654128	Enjambment	Poetry Structure The physical end of a line of poetry does not match the grammatical end of a line of poetry.	58
8477654129	End Stopped Line	Poetry Structure The physical end of a line of poetry matches the grammatical end of a line of poetry.	59
8477654130	Poetic Shift	Poetry Structure When a poem moves from one tone or tones to a new tone. You are also usually able to find the meaning.	60
8477654131	Couplet	Poetry Structure 2 lines	61
8477654132	Quatrain	Poetry Structure 4 lines	62
8477654133	Sestet	Poetry Structure 6 lines	63
8477654134	Octave	Poetry Structure 8 lines	64
8477654135	Tercet	Poetry Structure 3 lines	65
8477654136	Scantion	Rhythm When you read through a poem to analyze its rhythm.	66
8477654137	Foot	Rhythm A pattern of unstressed stressed syllables	67
8477654138	Meter	Rhythm The number of feet in a line of poetry.	68
8477654139	Iambic Pentameter	Rhythm A line of poetry that has five feet and one Iamb.	69
8477654140	Rhyme	Sound Made when the last vowel sounds and following consonant sounds of a word at the end of a line of poetry match another word that has the same sound.	70
8477654141	Half-Rhyme	Sound A rhyme in which the vowel or consonants done quite match, but it's obvious that the poet means for them to rhyme.	71
8477654142	Rhyme Scheme	Sound The pattern of rhyme in a section or a full poem.	72
8477654143	Act	Plot Structure A major division in a play. Allows us to jump scenes and show time progression. A unified set of actions. Also used to change characters.	73
8477654144	1st Act- Exposition	Plot Structure Introduces characters, setting, and context. Introduction of the conflict takes place.	74
8477654145	2nd Act- "The Tying of Knots"	Plot Structure More complications are added.	75
8477654146	3rd Act- Climax	Plot Structure Where a crucial decision is made.	76
8477654147	4th Act- The Reversal	Plot Structure "The untying of knots"	77
8477654148	5th Act- Resolution	Plot Structure However, there is some sort of hope	78
8477654149	Scenes	Plot Structure Moving time, moving place, moving character.	79
8477654150	Setting	The background against which a story takes place.	80
8477654151	Collective Unconscious	The common connection humans unconsciously have through archetypes.	81
8477654152	Characterization	The creation and development of a character.	82
8477654153	Direct Characterization	Characterization The author directly tells the reader about the character.	83
8477654154	Indirect Characterization	Characterization The author shows rather than tells about the character through external descriptions, internal descriptions, and other character's descriptions.	84
8477654155	Round Character	Characterization A complex character.	85
8477654156	Flat Character	Characterization A stereotypical character.	86
8477654157	Static Character	Characterization A character who does not change through the course of the story.	87
8477654158	Dynamic Character	Characterization A character who changes because of the events of the story.	88
8477654159	Protagonist	Characterization The main character who is trying to fill some desire.	89
8477654160	Antagonist	Characterization The character that acts against the desires of the protagonist.	90
8477654161	Foil	Characterization A character with similar attributes to the main character but one primary difference that highlights an aspect of the main character.	91
8477654162	Aristotelian Tragedy	Tragedy Tragedy that depicts the downfall of a basically good person through some fatal error or misjudgment, producing suffering and insight on the part of the protagonist and arousing pity and fear on the part of the audience.	92
8477654163	Anagnorisis	Tragedy A moment of clairvoyant insight or understanding in the mind of the tragic hero as he suddenly comprehends the web of fate that he has entangled himself in.	93
8477654164	Hamartia	Tragedy A fatal error or simple mistake on the part of the protagonist that eventually leads to the final catastrophe.	94
8477654165	Hubris	Tragedy The sin par excellence of the tragic or over aspiring hero. Though it is usually translated as pride, it is better understood as a sort of insolent daring, a haughty overstepping of cultural codes or ethical boundaries.	95
8477654166	Nemesis	Tragedy The inevitable punishment or cosmic payback for acts of hubris.	96
8477654167	Peripeteia	A pivotal or crucial action on the part of the protagonist that changes his situation from seemingly secure to vulnerable.	97
8477654168	Hegelian Tragedy	Tragedy A situation in which two rights or values are in fatal conflict.	98
8477654169	Plot	The pattern that results from the events in a story and the order in which they are presented.	99
8477654170	Expostition	Plot Introduction of characters and setting (The status quo)	100
8477654171	Conflict	Plot Most plots involve this, either external or internal as the characters participate in a series of actions.	101
8477654172	Rising Action	Plot The increase in tension in a story.	102
8477654173	Climax	Plot The highest point of tension in a story. This is when the protagonist makes a decision for better or worse.	103
8477654174	Falling Action	Plot The release of tension in a story.	104
8477654175	Dénouement	Plot How the story turns out.	105
8477654176	Point of View	The vantage point from which the author chooses to tell the story.	106
8477654177	1st Person Subjective	Point of View Told from the point of view of a single character, normally the protagonist.	107
8477654178	2nd Person Perspective	Point of View Rare form of literature which places the reader into the narrative.	108
8477654179	3rd Person Omniscient	Point of View Story narrated by a god like being who can shift from character to character.	109
8477654180	3rd Person Limited	Point of View Story is portrayed through the eyes of a single character.	110
8477654181	Unobtrusive Narrator	Types of Narrator There is no commentary from the Narrator.	111
8477654182	Unreliable Narrator	Types of Narrator A Narrator who seems trustworthy at first, but the reader starts to question the validity of the story being told.	112
8477654183	The 5 Branches Of Philosophy	• Metaphysics • Epistemology • Ethics • Politics • Aesthetics	113
8477654184	Philosophy	A love of knowledge.	114
8477654185	Metaphysics	Type of Philosophy Rising above or beyond existence. The study of existence.	115
8477654186	Epistemology	Type of Philosophy A study of how we know about the universe	116
8477654187	Ethics	Type of Philosophy How do we act in the world? The study of morality	117
8477654188	Politics	Type of Philosophy Ethics applied to a group of people	118
8477654189	Aesthetics	Type of Philosophy The study of beauty	119
8477654190	Zeitgeist	Type of Ism The spirit of the times. The general philosophic, cultural, and artistic climate of an era	120
8477654191	Blank Verse	Rhythm An Unrhymed iambic pentameter	121
8477654192	Internal Rhyme	Type of Sound Happens in the middle of a line of poetry.	122
8483312661	Caesura	Break in a verse where one phrase ends and the following phrase begins	123
8483337466	Kennings	a compound expression in Old English and Old Norse poetry with metaphorical meaning, e.g., oar-steed = ship.	124
8483355259	4 elements to setting	- Emotional setting - Sensual setting - Societal setting - Time (chronology)	125
8483365580	4 major types of existentialism	- Moral Individualism (one must choose their own way) - Subjectivity (understanding of someone in a sit. is superior) - Choice and Commitment (each human being makes choices that shapes their own nature, uniqueness) - Dread and Anxiety (anxiety = nothingness = don't worry mane)	126
8483441668	Telological	Sees purpose in ends rather than stated causes, making the outcome the actual cause	127
8483471138	Cacophony	Harsh mixture of sounds	128
8483473054	Euphony	Pleasant to the ear	129
8483476974	Canto	Subdivision or part in a narrative or epic poem, consisting of five or more lines such, as a stanza, which could also be a canto.	130
8483513828	Sestina	A poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line-ends in six different sequences that follow a fixed pattern, and with all six words appearing in the closing three-line envoi.	131
8483519081	Epistolary	Story written in letters	132
8483521585	Allegory	A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.	133
8483523735	In Medias Re	Story begins in the middle.	134

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8396214956	Nemesis	an opponent that cannot be beaten or overcome or Just punishment; retribution.	0
8396214957	Hubris	Pride that challenges the role of the gods	1
8396214958	Catharsis	An emotional discharge that brings about a moral or spiritual renewal or welcome relief from tension and anxiety	2
8396214959	Tragic flaw	A character trait that leads to the downfall of a hero, while also (often) making him admirable	3
8396214960	Anagnorisis	Recognition of truth about one's self and his actions; moment of clarity	4
8396214961	Buffoon	stupid person; clown	5
8396214962	Comedy	A literary work which ends happily because the hero or heroine is able to overcome obstacles and get what he or she wants.	6
8396214963	Tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	7
8396214964	Romance	an extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places	8
8396214965	Farce	(n.) a play filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings; broad or far-fetched humor; a ridiculous sham	9
8396214966	Burlesque	a ludicrous, mocking, lewd imitation	10
8396214967	Satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	11
8396214968	Foible	a minor character flaw	12
8396214969	Parody	A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.	13
8396214970	Invective	abusive language	14
8396214971	Inuendo	a hint, indirect suggestion or reference, often in a derogatory sense	15
8396214972	Slapstick	a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes	16
8396214973	Physical Comedy	Slap Stick	17
8396214974	Malapropism	a word humorously misused	18
8396214975	Pun	A play on words	19
8396214976	Irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	20
8396214977	Situational irony	An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected	21
8396214978	Verbal Irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	22
8396214979	Dramatic Irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	23
8396214980	Sarcasm	A mocking, often ironic or satirical remark.	24
8396214981	Aside	A device in which a character in a drama makes a short speech which is heard by the audience but not by other characters in the play	25
8396214982	Monologue	A long speech made by one performer or by one person in a group.	26
8396214983	Soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	27
8396214984	Stage directions	an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.	28
8396214985	Set	Arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted	29
8396214986	Absurd	preposterous	30
8396214987	Understatement	the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.	31
8396214988	Hyperbole	An exaggeration	32
8396214989	Pratfall	a fall made on purpose	33
8396214990	Anecdote	A short and amusing or interesting story	34
8396214991	Black Comedy	Disturbing or absurd material presented in a humorous manner, usually with the intention of confronting uncomfortable truths	35
8396214992	Epiphany	A moment of sudden revelation or insight	36

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9277601701	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
9277601702	alliteration	beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words	1
9277601703	allusion	indirect of passing reference	2
9277601704	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
9277601705	antagonist	a hostile person who is opposed to another character	4
9277601706	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	5
9277601707	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	6
9277601708	flat character	story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic	7
9277601709	round character	character who has complex personality: contradicted person	8
9277601710	dynamic character	changes throughout the story, through major conflict	9
9277601711	static character	person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality	10
9277601712	characterization	process of revealing characters personality	11
9277601713	climax	point where conflict hits its highest point	12
9277601714	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	13
9277601715	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	14
9277601716	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	15
9277601717	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	16
9277601718	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	17
9277601719	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	18
9277601720	denouement	final outcome of the story	19
9277601721	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	20
9277601722	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	21
9277601723	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	22
9277601724	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	23
9277601725	dramatic irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	24
9277601726	irony of situation	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	25
9277601727	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	26
9277601728	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	27
9277601729	motivation	A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior	28
9277601730	narrator	Person telling the story	29
9277601731	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	30
9277601732	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	31
9277601733	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	32
9277601734	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	33
9277601735	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	34
9277601736	plot	Sequence of events in a story	35
9277601737	omniscient point of view	The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person.	36
9277601738	third person limited point of view	narrator tells the story from only one character's pov	37
9277601739	first person point of view	a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself	38
9277601740	objective point of view	a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.	39
9277601741	protagonist	Main character	40
9277601742	quatrain	A four line stanza	41
9277601743	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	42
9277601744	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	43
9277601745	stream of consciousness	private thoughts of a character without commentary	44
9277601746	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	45
9277601747	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	46
9277601748	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	47
9277601749	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	48
9277601750	tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	49
9277601751	understatement	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	50

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7847895161	Allegory	A story with two levels of meaning. The surface story and the symbolic level.	0
7847904018	Alliteration	When two or more words in a phrase have the same beginning sound	1
7847914292	Allusion	Refers to a well known story, event, or person to make a comparison	2
7847952964	ambiguity	A word, phrase, or statement that has more than one meaning. can lead to vagueness or confusion	3
7847956186	anthropomorphism	Giving human traits, behaviors, ambitions, and/or emotions to something non-human	4
7847959586	assonance	The repetition of a vowel sound	5
7847963992	ballad	A poetic narrative that usually follows an ABAB rhyme scheme	6
7847970028	catharsis	An emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of renewal or liberation	7
7847977184	conceit	A type of metaphor that compares two very different things in a clever way	8
7847980265	consonance	Repetitive sounds made by consonants in a phrase	9
7847985395	didactic	A type of writing that aims to teach us something	10
7848014675	dramatic convention	A set of rules that both the audience and the actors are familiar with and acts as a useful way of quickly signifying the nature of the action of a character	11
7848022206	dramatic irony	Irony expressed through a works structure	12
7848027810	elegy	A poem of song in the form of "elegiac" couplets, written in the honor of someone that has died	13
7848043625	end rhyme	When a poem that has lines that end in words that rhyme	14
7848048623	end-stopped line	When a line in poetry ends with a definite punctuation mark	15
7848062537	euphony	"euphonos" means sweet-voiced. The use of melody or "loveliness" in the manner of speech	16
7848085499	farce	Type of comedy that uses exaggeration and funny situations	17
7848105023	hyperbole	An extreme exaggeration to make a point	18
7848111426	irony of situation	Irony involving a situation where actions have the opposite of the intended effect	19
7848238891	litotes	A figure of speech that uses understatement via double negatives	20
7848303264	metaphor	Like a simile but without using like or as	21
7848308273	metonymy	A figure of speech where yo replace the name of a thing with that of something that is closely related	22
7848312892	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates a sound	23
7848315455	oxymoron	Two contradictory words being used together (cold sweat)	24
7848318609	paradox	A statement that contradicts itself, but still seems to be true	25
7848326128	parody	Imitating someone or something else in a way that makes fun of it/them	26
7848329680	personification	Giving an object or creature human characteristics	27
7848336208	phonetic intensive	A word whose sound somewhat suggests its meaning, but does not explicitly refer to sounds	28
7848339586	prose	A form of language without a formal metrical structure	29
7848358329	protagonist	The main character of a story	30
7848361063	refrain	A phrase or verse that recurs repeatedly throughout a passage	31
7848369237	run-on line	A phrase, clause, or thought that does not finish at the line break	32
7848386519	satire	using humor, irony, exaggeration and/or ridicule to expose a fault in someone/something	33
7848395804	simile	Compares two things, similar to a metaphor, but uses "like" or "as" so it is a direct comparison	34
7848400344	sustained figure (extended metaphor)	A story that as a whole is actually a metaphor that is symbolizing a concept	35
7848416548	symbol	Usually an object of some form that stands for a greater idea or concept	36
7848421657	synecdoche	When you use something to represent a whole, or to represent a piece of the whole	37
7848439615	theme	The underlying meaning or central idea of a work	38
7848442470	tone	The manner of speaking or attitude of the writer toward a subject or to the audience	39
7848445851	understatement	To make a situation seem less important than it actually is	40
7848449691	verbal irony	When someone says the opposite of what they actually mean. Usually sarcastic	41

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9048178598	Qualify	Make less harsh or strict./Change it's original farm to a more general and understandable form All -> Many, most, some, numerous, countless, a majority	0
9048178599	Rebuttal	A refutation or contradiction.	1
9048188291	Refute	Prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove	2
9048188292	Rhetorical	The art of an effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use if figures if speech and other compositional techniques	3
9048197030	Strategy	A plan of action designed to achieve a major or overall aim	4
9048197031	Sarcasm	The use of irony to mock	5
9048200349	Satire	The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues	6
9048200350	Solecism	A grammatical mistake in speech or writing	7
9048202574	Stance	The attitude of a person or organization toward something; a stand point.	8
9048204846	Style	A way of using language./the ways that the author uses words — the author's word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement all work together to establish mood, images, and meaning in the text. Example: A trip to Switzerland is an excellent experience that you will never forget, offering beautiful nature, fun, and sun. Book your vacation trip today. (Persuasive)	9
9048206689	Symbol	A sign/thing that represents something	10
9048206688	Subordinate Clause	A subordinate clause cannot stand alone as a sentence because it does not provide a complete thought. Example: After Amy sneezed all over the tuna salad	11
9048209470	Syntax	The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences. Example: Incorrect - While watching a movie, people who text on their phone are very annoying. Correct - People who text on their phone while watching a movie are very annoying.	12
9048209471	Tone	Describes the authors attitude toward their material, the audience, or both.	13
9048212369	Understatement	The ironic minimizing of fact. An understatement presents something as less significant than it is. Example: You win 10 million dollars in a lottery. When you tell a news reporter "I am delighted," you are making an understatement.	14
9048212370	Wit	Amazing language that surprises and delights. Can be humorous	15
9048215655	Allegory	The device of using character and/or story elects symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning Example: Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, is an allegory that uses animals on a farm to describe the overthrow of the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II, and the Communist Revolution of Russia before WW I. The actions of the animals on the farm are used to expose the greed and corruption of the revolution. It also describes how powerful people can change the ideology of a society. One of the cardinal rules on the farm is this:	16
9048219224	Alliteration	The repetition of sounds especially initial consonants in two or more neighboring words	17
9048219225	Anticlimax	A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events.	18
9048222197	Assertion	A confidence and forceful statement of fact or belief	19
9048226693	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.	20
9048226694	Climax	The most, intense, surprising, or important point of something	21
9048229598	Conceit	A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects Example: "Oh stay! three lives in one flea spare Where we almost, yea more than married are. This flea is you and I, and this Our marriage-bed and marriage-temple is..." In the above lines, the poet tells his darling that she has no reason to deny him sexually, as the flea has sucked blood from both of them, and their blood has mingled in its gut, so the flea has become their "marriage bed," though they are not married yet.	22
9048229599	Counterexample	An example that opposes or contradicts an idea or theory	23
9048233040	Cynicism	An inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self - interest; skepticism or an attitude of suspicion where you believe the future is bleak and that people are acting only out of self interest. An example of cynicism is when you always think the worst and have a hard time seeing the good in anyone.	24