| 7365076060 | absolute | a word free from limitations or qualifications | | 0 |
| 7365076061 | abstract | something that discusses intangible qualities | | 1 |
| 7365076062 | accent | refers to the stressed portion of a word | | 2 |
| 7365076063 | accentual verse | system of verse in which accents are used to determine the length of lines of poetry | | 3 |
| 7365076064 | adage | a familiar proverb or saying | | 4 |
| 7365076065 | ad hominem argument | an argument attacking ones character | | 5 |
| 7365076066 | aesthetic movement | appealing to the senses of beauty | | 6 |
| 7365076067 | allegory | a literary work which its story represents abstractions | | 7 |
| 7365076068 | alliteration | repetition of the first initial sound | | 8 |
| 7365076069 | allusion | a reference to another time, work, person, place, or event. | | 9 |
| 7365076071 | ambiguity | a word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning. | | 10 |
| 7365076072 | anachronism | a purposeful error of a timline | | 11 |
| 7365076073 | analogy | a comparison of an idea or something to another thing that's nothing like it | | 12 |
| 7365076074 | anaphora | deliberate repetition of a word or phrase for phrase for emphasis | | 13 |
| 7365076075 | anecdote | a short and interesting story that is eventually going to support a major point | | 14 |
| 7365076076 | antagonist | a character that stands in opposition to the | | 15 |
| 7365076077 | antecedent | A phrase or word to which a pronoun refers back to another word. | | 16 |
| 7365076078 | anthropomorphism | attribution of human characteristics to animals. | | 17 |
| 7365076079 | anticlimax | a dissatisfying conclusion after a buildup of anticipation | | 18 |
| 7365076080 | antihero | a main character that lacks the typical hero qualities | | 19 |
| 7365076081 | antithesis | is used as a literary device to put two contrasting ideas together | | 20 |
| 7365076082 | aphorism | a short saying that expresses a truth in a memorable way | | 21 |
| 7365076083 | apostrophe | when a character talks to an object as if it were alive | | 22 |
| 7365076084 | archaism | words or phrases that are used for an older stylistic effect | | 23 |
| 7365076086 | archetype | a very common example or stereo type | | 24 |
| 7365076087 | argument | an expression of opposing beliefs, usually heated | | 25 |
| 7365076088 | aside | a passage said by a character usually only to the audience in a play | | 26 |
| 7365076089 | asyndeton | lack of a conjunction in a sentence | | 27 |
| 7365076090 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds within a sentence | | 28 |
| 7365076091 | balanced sentence | a sentence made up of two segments equal in length, romal, and meaning. | | 29 |
| 7365076092 | ballad | a long narrative poem with regular meter and rhyme with a native folksy quality | | 30 |
| 7365076093 | bathos | unusual descent from the lofty to the common | | 31 |
| 7365076094 | blank verse | a non rhyming verse in iambic pentameter | | 32 |
| 7365076095 | bombast | using big language to look more inteligent but has little meaning | | 33 |
| 7365076096 | burlesque | a broad parody intended to cause laughter | | 34 |
| 7365076097 | cacophony | deliberately using harsh or awkward sounds | | 35 |
| 7365076098 | caesura | a pause in a line of poetry due to natural speaking | | 36 |
| 7365076099 | caricature | a verbal portrait that's usually exaggerated | | 37 |
| 7365076101 | carpe diem | seize the day | | 38 |
| 7365076102 | catharsis | cleansing of emotions for both the character and the reader | | 39 |
| 7365076103 | chiasmus | when 2 or more clauses are balanced against each other by doing it in reverse | | 40 |
| 7365076104 | chorus | a group of people, usually in a play, that perform as a collective voice | | 41 |
| 7365076105 | chronological order | something told in the order that it happened | | 42 |
| 7365076106 | cliché | predictable actions or an expression that has been over-used | | 43 |
| 7365076107 | climax | the highest point of action | | 44 |
| 7365076108 | colloquialism | the use of informal words or slang within a piece of writing | | 45 |
| 7365076109 | coinage | a new phrase or word that people begin using | | 46 |
| 7365076110 | comic relief | the person or phrase that's brought out to relieve tension | | 47 |
| 7365076111 | complex sentence | a sentence containing one main independant clause and one subordinate dependent clause | | 48 |
| 7365076112 | compound sentence | 2 independent clauses joined by a comma, semi colin, or a conjunction | | 49 |
| 7365076113 | conceit | a metaphor comparing 2 different things in a surprisingly clever way | | 50 |
| 7365076114 | concrete poems | poems where the typography effect is more important than the words | | 51 |
| 7365076116 | connotation | the meaning that's implied by the word | | 52 |
| 7365076117 | consonance | the repetative sounds of a consonant in a word or phrase | | 53 |
| 7365076118 | conundrum | a confusing or difficult situation | | 54 |
| 7365076119 | convention | defining features of particular literary genre | | 55 |
| 7365076120 | couplet | 3 suggestive rhyming lines in a verse with the same meter to complete a thought | | 56 |
| 7365076121 | cumulative sentence | an independent clause followed by a series of subordinate clauses | | 57 |
| 7365076122 | declarative sentence | a sentence that makes a statement/delaration | | 58 |
| 7365076123 | deductive reasoning | a logical process of coming to a conclusion from multiple premises | | 59 |
| 7365076124 | denotation | the actual meaning of the word | | 60 |
| 7365076125 | denouement | the final ending of a story | | 61 |
| 7365076126 | Deus ex machina | god of the machine; the character added to magically resolve a problem | | 62 |
| 7365076127 | dialect | the spelling, sounds, etc. that relate to people from certain places | | 63 |
| 7365076128 | dialogue | when 2 characters converse with each other | | 64 |
| 7365076129 | diction | the style or speaking of the writing | | 65 |
| 7365076131 | didactic literature | a type of literature written to inform or instruct a reader on a moral lesson | | 66 |
| 7365076132 | dilemma | a rhetorical device in which one must chose between right and wrong | | 67 |
| 7365076133 | dionysian | sensual pleasures, pleasure seeking | | 68 |
| 7365076134 | diphthong | sound made by combining 2 vowels specifically when it starts as one vowel sound and goes to another
ex) foil | | 69 |
| 7365076135 | dissonance | the deliberate use of inharmonious words intended to create harsh sounds | | 70 |
| 7365076136 | doggerel | a form of verse that's loosely constructed and irregular | | 71 |
| 7365076137 | drama | a fictional representation through dialouge and performance | | 72 |
| 7365076138 | dramatic monologue | a speech of a character's own thoughts/emotions to no one in particular | | 73 |
| 7365076139 | elegy | a prose selection that laments on the passing or death of someone/something | | 74 |
| 7365076140 | ellipsis | used in narrative to omit parts of a sentence | | 75 |
| 7365076141 | elusion | the act of successfully hiding/escaping | | 76 |
| 7365076142 | emblematic poems | one in the shape of its topic
ex) a poem about a rainbow in the shape of a rainbow | | 77 |
| 7365076143 | epic | a piece where characters perform extraordinary feats | | 78 |
| 7365076144 | epigram | a quotation at the beginning of a book | | 79 |
| 7365076146 | epigraph | a quotation at the beginning of a book | | 80 |
| 7365076147 | epiphany | the moment in the story where a character achieves a realization | | 81 |
| 7365076148 | epitaph | an inscription or tribute in memory of a person in a piece of literature | | 82 |
| 7365076149 | epithalamion | a blessing on a wedding | | 83 |
| 7365076150 | epithet | an application of a word or phrase that describes a person's attributes | | 84 |
| 7365076151 | eulogy | a written tribute to a person that has died | | 85 |
| 7365076152 | euphemism | the polite way of saying a harsh or impolite phrase | | 86 |
| 7365076153 | exaggeration | a statement that makes something out to be worse or better than it really is | | 87 |
| 7365076154 | exclamatory sentence | a type of main clause that expresses strong feelings | | 88 |
| 7365076155 | existentialism | a movement that s started in the mid to late 19th century in philosophy, emphasized individualism, freedom, & choices | | 89 |
| 7365076156 | expletive | a filler word that doesn't contribute to the overall meaning | | 90 |
| 7365076157 | exposition | used to introduce background information | | 91 |
| 7365076158 | expressionism | an artistic movement at the start of the 20th century to show emotions through symbolism | | 92 |
| 7365076159 | extended metaphor | a comparison between 2 unlike things that continue through a piece | | 93 |
| 7365076161 | fable | a short story usually to convey a message/moral | | 94 |
| 7365076162 | fantasy | something that couldn't happen in real life | | 95 |
| 7365076163 | farce | a literary genre and the type of a comedy that makes the use of highly exaggerated and funny situations | | 96 |
| 7365076164 | feminine ending | a line of verse that ends with an unstressed syllable | | 97 |
| 7365076165 | fiction | something that didn't happen in real life | | 98 |
| 7365076166 | figurative language | language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation | | 99 |
| 7365076167 | figure of speech | a word or phrase that has a meaning other than the literal meaning | | 100 |
| 7365076168 | flashback | when the story jumps back in time, like a memory | | 101 |
| 7365076169 | flat character | one that doesn't change throughout the story | | 102 |
| 7365076170 | folk tale | a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people | | 103 |
| 7365076171 | foot | the most basic unit of a poem's meter; a combination of stressed and unstressed syllables | | 104 |
| 7365076172 | foreshadowing | predicting or hinting at future events in the story | | 105 |
| 7365076173 | frame story/device | a story within a story | | 106 |
| 7365076174 | free verse | a type of poetry where there's no structure or rhyme | | 107 |
| 7365076176 | genre | a category of literary works | | 108 |
| 7365076177 | haiku | Japanese poetry of 3 lines w/syllables 5-7-5 | | 109 |
| 7365076178 | hero/heroine | protagonist/main character | | 110 |
| 7365076179 | homily | a sermon or speech by a religious person to a group of people to offer moral corrections | | 111 |
| 7365076180 | hubris | excessive pride/arrogance, defiance towards the Gods | | 112 |
| 7365076181 | humor | The quality of a literary or informative work that makes the character and/or situations seem funny, amusing, or ludicrous. | | 113 |
| 7365076182 | hyperbole | an over exaggeration for humor and provides emphasis | | 114 |
| 7365076183 | hypothetical question | a question based on facts asking if something would or might be | | 115 |
| 7365076184 | idiom | a word or phrase that isn't taken literally | | 116 |
| 7365076185 | idyll | a descriptive work in writing that describes rustic or pastoral scenes | | 117 |
| 7365076186 | image | a scene in the story that appeals to the 5 sense | | 118 |
| 7365076187 | imagery | a word or phrase appealing to the 3 senses | | 119 |
| 7365076188 | imagists/imagism | a literary movement in the early 1900's that advocates free verse, common speech patterns, and concrete images | | 120 |
| 7365076189 | implication | something implied/suggested to be understood | | 121 |
| 7365076191 | implicit metaphor | A type of metaphor that compares two unlike things, but doesn't mention one of them. | | 122 |
| 7365076192 | internal rhyme | Where words rhyme within the same sentence, in the middle of two separate sentences, or one in the middle and one at the end. | | 123 |
| 7365076193 | inductive reasoning | Reasoning that takes specific details and generalizes it. | | 124 |
| 7365076194 | inference | The process of using background knowledge and observations to come to a reasonable conclusion. | | 125 |
| 7365076195 | invective | (n. or adj.) abusive or insulting language. | | 126 |
| 7365076196 | invocation | An appeal for aide from a higher power for inspiration. | | 127 |
| 7365076197 | irony | When something is said or done, but the opposite is more largely accepted or known to be true. | | 128 |
| 7365076198 | jargon | A type of shorthand that is shared and understood by some people and is mostly only understood within that context. | | 129 |
| 7365076199 | juxtaposition | Placing two elements or words side by side to let the reader compare them. | | 130 |
| 7365076200 | legend | A type of story that is considered truth but for the most part is mythical. | | 131 |
| 7365076201 | light verse | The author's style of writing that conveys their personality or attitude. | | 132 |
| 7365076202 | limerick | A humorous poem consisting of five lines. The 1st, 2nd, & 5th lines must have -10 syllables while the 3rd & 4th have 5-7 syllables. | | 133 |
| 7365076203 | limited narrator | Also known as third person limited; is when the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. | | 134 |
| 7365076204 | literary license | Also known as artistic license; allows the author of the piece to adjust it for their own artistic purposes. | | 135 |
| 7365076206 | literature | literary works are considered lasting pieces of writing | | 136 |
| 7365076207 | litotes | an understatement especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary ex) you won't be sorry | | 137 |
| 7365076208 | main character | the protagonists | | 138 |
| 7365076209 | malapropism | using a different word in place of another that is similar (for comedic reasons) | | 139 |
| 7365076210 | masculine ending | ending w/a stressed syllable on the last word in a line of a verse | | 140 |
| 7365076211 | maxim | a simple and memorable quote for taking action that leads to a good moral life | | 141 |
| 7365076212 | memoir | a written factual account of somebody's experiences in life | | 142 |
| 7365076213 | metamorphosis | a dramatic change in a person and habits during a time of growth | | 143 |
| 7365076214 | metaphor | a figure of speech that makes a comparison w/o like or as | | 144 |
| 7365076215 | metaphysical poet | a poet who writes about highly abstract or theatrical ideas | | 145 |
| 7365076216 | meter | the unit of rythem in poetry | | 146 |
| 7365076217 | metonymy | replacing the name of a thing w/the name of something else w/which it's closely related ex) the pen is mightier than the sword | | 147 |
| 7365076218 | minor character | a character that is secondary to the protagonist | | 148 |
| 7365076219 | mixed metaphor | a combination of 2 more metaphors that make more sense | | 149 |
| 7365076220 | mock epic/mock heroic | plays with the conventions of an epic for satirical reasons | | 150 |
| 7365076221 | mood | a stance an author adopts in order to shape a specific emotional feeling | | 151 |
| 7365076222 | moral | a message conveyed through the literary piece | | 152 |
| 7365076223 | motif | any element that is constantly presented through the entire body of literature | | 153 |
| 7365076224 | motivation | a reason behind a chraracter's actions | | 154 |
| 7365076225 | myth | a legendary or traditional story that usually concerns an event or person w/o any factual evidence | | 155 |
| 7365076226 | narration | in any piece of literature and tell a story | | 156 |
| 7365076227 | narrative | a report of related events presented to the listeners in a logical system | | 157 |
| 7365076228 | narrative poem | tells stories about society | | 158 |
| 7365076229 | narrator | the person whose perspective the story is being told from aka the narrator | | 159 |
| 7365076230 | naturalism | extreme realism | | 160 |
| 7365076231 | nonfiction | based on real people and events | | 161 |
| 7365076232 | non sequitur | statements that don't follow the fundamental principles of logic | | 162 |
| 7365076233 | novel | a long piece of narrative including characters, a setting, and events | | 163 |
| 7365076234 | octets | a group of 8 people or things | | 164 |
| 7365076235 | ode | a lyrical poem in the form of an address to a person or thing | | 165 |
| 7365076236 | omniscient narrator | a method of study telling where only the narrator knows the thoughts/feelings of the characters | | 166 |
| 7365076237 | onomatopoeia | a word that is associated with out how sounds | | 167 |
| 7365076238 | oral tradition | a community's cultural traditions through word of mouth | | 168 |
| 7365076239 | oxymoron | a figure of speech which is self contradictory | | 169 |
| 7365076240 | parable | a symbol or story to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson | | 170 |
| 7365076241 | paradox | a seemingly absurd or self contradictory statement or predicament | | 171 |
| 7365076242 | parody | an imitation of something for comedic purposes | | 172 |
| 7365076243 | parallelism | when the structure of parts of a sentence grammatically similar | | 173 |
| 7365076244 | paraphrase | a shortened version of the original statement | | 174 |
| 7365076245 | parenthetical | something related to or within parenthesis | | 175 |
| 7365076246 | pastoral | a mode of literature in which an author employs various techniques to place the complex life into a simple one | | 176 |
| 7365076247 | pathos | a quality that evokes and plays on emotions | | 177 |
| 7365076248 | pathetic fallacy | 179.the attribution of human feelings to inanimate things or animals | | 178 |
| 7365076249 | pedantic | describes words or phrases that is overly scholarly | | 179 |
| 7365076250 | persona | the mask of an actor | | 180 |
| 7365076251 | personification | a figure of speech that gives human attributes to non human things | | 181 |
| 7365076252 | persuasion | literary technique that writers use to present their ideas through reasons and logic to influence the audience | | 182 |
| 7365076253 | philippic | a bitter rant against someone or something | | 183 |
| 7365076254 | play | form of literature written with the intention of it being performed on stage | | 184 |
| 7365076255 | playwright | someone who writes plays | | 185 |
| 7365076256 | plot | term to describe the events that make up the story | | 186 |
| 7365076257 | poetry | literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm | | 187 |
| 7365076258 | point of view | the type of narration that the story is told in | | 188 |
| 7365076259 | polysyndeton | a stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in order to achieve an artistic effect | | 189 |
| 7365076363 | prelude | an opening or introduction to something | | 190 |
| 7365076364 | prose | form of language that has no formal metrical structure | | 191 |
| 7365076366 | protagonist | the central main character(s) | | 192 |
| 7365076367 | pun | a play on words for humorous effect | | 193 |
| 7365076368 | quatrains | a verse with 4 lines with ABAB rhyme scheme | | 194 |
| 7365076369 | realism | a literary technique used to described story elements as if they are reality | | 195 |
| 7365076370 | refrain | a group of lines that appear at the end of a stanza or where a poem divides into different sections | | 196 |
| 7365076371 | Renaissance period | The time of the great awakening, the transition from medieval to modern times in the 17th century | | 197 |
| 7365076372 | repetition | repeating the same thing for an specified intent | | 198 |
| 7365076373 | requiem | a song/chant/poem for someone who died | | 199 |
| 7365076374 | resolution | the unfolding or solution of a conflict | | 200 |
| 7365076375 | rhapsody | a highly emotional literary work | | 201 |
| 7365076376 | rhetoric | a technique of language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form | | 202 |
| 7365076377 | rhetorical devices | a word that is used in a certain way to convey meaning or to persuade
ex) hyperbole, analogy, metaphor, oxymoron | | 203 |
| 7365076378 | rhetorical question | | | 204 |
| 7365076379 | rhyme | a repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines | | 205 |
| 7365076380 | rhyme scheme | the ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem | | 206 |
| 7365076381 | rhythm | the measured flow of words and phrases in verse by the relation of long or short and stressed or unstressed syllables | | 207 |
| 7365076382 | riddle | a question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require thought | | 208 |
| 7365076383 | romance | fiction dealing with love in an idealized way | | 209 |
| 7365076384 | romantic | denoting the artistic and literary movement of romanticism | | 210 |
| 7365076385 | Romanticism | a movement in art and literature that originated in the love and idealism of the primacy of the individual, subjectivity, and nature | | 211 |
| 7365076386 | round character | characters that are complex and undergo development | | 212 |
| 7365076387 | sarcasm | the use of irony to convey contempt or mockery | | 213 |
| 7365076388 | satire | the use of irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose people's vices | | 214 |
| 7365076389 | scan/scanning | analyzing the meter of a line of verse | | 215 |
| 7365076390 | scape goat | a person made to bear the blame for others and suffer in their place | | 216 |
| 7365076391 | scene | a sequence of continuous action in a play, movie, opera, or a book | | 217 |
| 7365076392 | science fiction | fiction based on futuristic ideas | | 218 |
| 7365076393 | sensory language | language evoking the 5 senses | | 219 |
| 7365076394 | setting | the place where the events of the story take place | | 220 |
| 7365076395 | sextets | the 6 final lines of a sonnet or 6 lines in poetry | | 221 |
| 7365076396 | simile | a comparison using like or as | | 222 |
| 7365076397 | simple sentence | a sentence consisting of only one clause with a single subject and predicate (verb) | | 223 |
| 7365076398 | slash | used to separate elements of text | | 224 |
| 7365076399 | Socratic irony | a pose of ignorance assumed in order to entice others into conversation (devil's advocate?) | | 225 |
| 7365076400 | Socratic method | a formal cooperative argumentative dialog that stimulates critical thinking | | 226 |
| 7365076401 | solecism | a grammatical mistake in speech or writing | | 227 |
| 7365076402 | soliloquy | an act of speaking ones thoughts aloud to oneself | | 228 |
| 7365076403 | sonnet | a poem of 14 lines using formal rhyme scheme w/10 syllables in each line | | 229 |
| 7365076404 | sprung rhythm | a poetic meter where there's one stressed syllable followed by unstressed one | | 230 |
| 7365076405 | stage directions | the instructions usually in a play | | 231 |
| 7365076406 | stanza | a group of lines forming the basic reoccurring metrical unit in a poem | | 232 |
| 7365076407 | structure | the relationship of the component parts of a work of literature | | 233 |
| 7365076408 | style | the way an author writes | | 234 |
| 7365076409 | surrealism | a 20th century movement' sought to release the creative power of the unconscious mind | | 235 |
| 7365076410 | suspense | state of expectation or anxiety | | 236 |
| 7365076411 | syllabic verse | poetry where lines match only in the number of syllables they contain | | 237 |
| 7365076412 | syllepsis | a figure of speech in which a word is applied to the two others in different senses | | 238 |
| 7365076413 | syllogism | a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from 2 propositions | | 239 |
| 7365076414 | symbolism | use of a symbol to represent things | | 240 |
| 7365076415 | synecdoche | where one part is meant to represent the whole thing
ex) get some new wheels = get a new car | | 241 |
| 7365076416 | synesthesia | experiencing one sense as a result of the stimulation of another | | 242 |
| 7365076417 | syntax | the arrangement of words and phrases | | 243 |
| 7365076418 | tautology | 245. | | 244 |
| 7365076419 | tall tale | a numerously exaggerated story of impossible feats | | 245 |
| 7365076420 | theme | the subject of a piece of witing | | 246 |
| 7365076421 | thesis | a literary work with a proposition | | 247 |
| 7365076422 | tone | the style or manner of expression in writing | | 248 |
| 7365076423 | topic | the subject of a piece | | 249 |
| 7365076424 | tragedy | a serious drama where the ending is typically disastrous | | 250 |
| 7365076425 | trilogy | a series of 3 literary works that are closely related | | 251 |
| 7365076426 | trite | boring because of its overuse | | 252 |
| 7365076427 | transferred epithet | a figure of speech in which an adjective grammatically qualifies as a noun
ex) a sleepless night | | 253 |
| 7365076428 | travesty | a debased/distorted/highly inferior imitation of a thing | | 254 |
| 7365076429 | true/exact/perfect rhyme | thyme of two words that end the same
ex) love, dove | | 255 |
| 7365076430 | turning point | a point in a story where an important event takes place | | 256 |
| 7365076431 | understatement | a representation of an object or event that is a less than the reality | | 257 |
| 7365076432 | usage | the way in which words are said to mean the same thing
ex) a torch = a flashlight | | 258 |
| 7365076433 | vernacular | using the original dialect/language written | | 259 |
| 7365076434 | verse | a line of metrical writing | | 260 |
| 7365076435 | Victorian Age | the 19th century of the British empire | | 261 |
