| 4220493961 | Allegory | The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form | | 0 |
| 4220493962 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a line of poetry. | | 1 |
| 4220493963 | Ambiguity | When an author leaves out details/information or is unclear about an event so the reader will use his/her imagination to fill in the blanks | | 2 |
| 4220493964 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines in a poem | | 3 |
| 4220493965 | Anecdote | A short story or joke told at the beginning of a speech to gain the audience's attention | | 4 |
| 4220493966 | Antagonist | The protagonist's adversary | | 5 |
| 4220493967 | Anti-climatic | When the ending of the plot in poetry or prose is unfulfilling or lackluster | | 6 |
| 4220493968 | Apostrophe | When a character speaks to a character or object that is not present or is unable to respond | | 7 |
| 4220493969 | Assonance | The repetition of the same vowel sound in a phrase or line of poetry | | 8 |
| 4220493970 | Blank verse | Name for unrhymed iambic pentameter. An iamb is a metrical foot in which an unstressed syllable. In iambic pentameter there are five iambs per line making ten syllables. | | 9 |
| 4220493971 | Climax | The turning point in the plot or the high point of action | | 10 |
| 4220493972 | Colloquial language | Informal, conversational language. Phrases or saying that are indicative of a specific region | | 11 |
| 4220493973 | Connotation | An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing | | 12 |
| 4220493974 | Convention | An understanding between a reader and a writer about berating details of a story that does not need to be explained | | 13 |
| 4220493975 | Consonance | The repetition of consonant sounds in a phrase or line of poetry. May be at the beginning, middle, or end of the word | | 14 |
| 4221982830 | Couplet | Two rhyming lines in poetry | | 15 |
| 4221982831 | Deus ex machina | Term that refers to a character of force that appears at the end of a story or play to help resolve conflict. Word means "god from a machine." In Ancient Greek drama, gods were lowered onto the stage by a mechanism to extricate characters from a seemingly hopeless situation. The phrase has come to mean any turn of events that solve the characters' problems through an unexpected and unlikely intervention | | 16 |
| 4221982832 | Diction | Word choice or the use of words in speech or writing | | 17 |
| 4221982833 | Denouement | The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot | | 18 |
| 4221982834 | Doppleganger | The alter ego of a character-the suppressed side of one's personality that is usually unacceptable by society. | | 19 |
| 4221982835 | Elegy | A poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person | | 20 |
| 4221982836 | Emotive language | Deliberate use of language by a writer to instill a feeling or visual | | 21 |
| 4221982837 | Enjambment | The continuation of reading one line of a poem to the next with no pause, a run-on line | | 22 |
| 4222072609 | Epic | An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the fears of a legendary or traditional hero | | 23 |
| 4222072610 | Epilogue | A short poem or speech spoken directly to the audience following the conclusion of a play, or in a novel the epilogue is a short explanation at the end of the book which indicated what happens after the plot ends | | 24 |
| 4222072611 | Epiphany | Sudden enlightenment or realization, a profound new outlook or understanding about the world usually attained while doing everyday mundane activities | | 25 |
| 4222072612 | Epistolary | Used to describe a novel that tells its story through letters written from one character to another | | 26 |
| 4222072613 | Euphemism | The act of substituting a harsh, blunt, or offensive comment for a more politically accepted or positive one (short=vertically challenged) | | 27 |
| 4222072614 | Euphony | A succession of words which are pleasing to the ear. These words may be alliterative, utilize consonance, or assonance and are often used in poetry but also seen in prose | | 28 |
| 4224600590 | Expansion | Adds an unstressed syllable and a contraction or elision removes an unstressed syllable in order to maintain the rhythmic meter of a line. This practice explains some words frequently used in poetry such as th', o'er, and 'tis or 'twas | | 29 |
| 4224600591 | Fable | A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like humans | | 30 |
| 4224600592 | Feminine ending | Term that refers to an unstressed extra syllable at the end of a line of iambic pentameter | | 31 |
| 4224600593 | Figurative language | Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning. | | 32 |
| 4224600594 | Flashback | When a character remembers a past event that is relevant to the current action of the story | | 33 |
| 4224673842 | Flat character | A literary character whose personality can be defined by one or two traits and does not change over the course of the story. Usually minor or insignificant characters | | 34 |
| 4224673843 | Foil | A character that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another | | 35 |
| 4224673844 | Folklore | The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally | | 36 |
| 4224673845 | Foot | The metrical length of a line is determined by the number of feet it contains | | 37 |
| 4224673846 | Iamb | Has two syllables. The first is unstressed and the second is stressed. | | 38 |
| 4224673847 | Trochee | Has two syllables. The first is stressed and the second is unstressed | | 39 |
| 4224673848 | Dactyl | Has three syllables beginning with a stressed syllable; the other two unstressed | | 40 |
| 4224673849 | Anapest | Has three syllables The first two are unstressed with the third stressed | | 41 |
| 4224697946 | Foreshadowing | Clues in the text about incidents that will occur later in the plot, creates anticipation in the novel | | 42 |
| 4224697947 | Free verse | Type of verse that contains a variety of line lengths, is unrhymed, and lacks traditional meter | | 43 |
| 4224697948 | Genre | A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content | | 44 |
| 4225038759 | Gothic novel | A genre of fiction characterized by mystery and supernatural horror, often set in a dark castle or other medieval setting | | 45 |
| 4225038760 | Heroine | A woman noted for courage and daring action or the female protagonist | | 46 |
| 4225038761 | Hubris | Used in Greek tragedies, refers to excessive pride that usually leads to a hero's downfall | | 47 |
| 4225038762 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or comic/dramatic effect | | 48 |
| 4225038763 | Illocution | Language that avoids meaning of the words. When we speak, sometimes we conceal intentions or side step the true subject of a conversation. Writing expresses two stories, one of which is not apparent to the characters, but is apparent to the reader. For example, if two characters are discussing a storm on the surface it may seem like a simple discussion of the weather, but the reader should be able to interpret that the relationship is in turmoil, chaos, and unpredictable. | | 49 |
| 4225038764 | Imagery | The use of vivid of figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas | | 50 |
| 4225038765 | In medias res | A story that begins in the middle of things | | 51 |
| 4225038766 | Inversion | In poetry is an intentional digression from ordinary word order which is used to maintain regular meters. For example, rather than saying "the rain came" a poem may say "came the rain". Meters can be formed by the insertion or absence of a pause | | 52 |
| 4225038767 | Irony | When one thing should occur, is apparent, or in logical sequence but the opposite actually occurs. Example: A man in the ocean might say, "Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink" | | 53 |
| 4225038768 | Dramatic irony | When the audience or reader knows something characters do not know | | 54 |
| 4225038769 | Verbal irony | When one thing is said, but something else, usually the opposite, is meant | | 55 |
| 4225038770 | Cosmic irony | When a higher power toys with human expectations | | 56 |
| 4225038771 | Masculine ending | Stressed extra syllable at the end of a line | | 57 |
| 4225038772 | Memoir | An account of the personal experiences of an author | | 58 |
| 4225038773 | Meter | The measured arrangement of words in poetry, as by accentual rhythm, syllabic quantity, or the number of syllables in a line | | 59 |
| 4226643312 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison | | 60 |
| 4226643313 | Metonymy | The use of a word of phrase to stand in for something else which it is often associated. | | 61 |
| 4226643314 | Motif | A dominant theme or centra idea | | 62 |
| 4226643315 | Narrator | Someone who tells a story | | 63 |
| 4226643316 | First person | The narrator is a character in the story | | 64 |
| 4226643317 | Third person objective | The narrator does not tell what anyone is thinking; the "fly on the wall" | | 65 |
| 4226643318 | Third person limited | The narrator is able to tell the thoughts of one character | | 66 |
| 4226643319 | Third person omniscient | The narrator is able to tell the thoughts of any character | | 67 |
| 4226643320 | Novella | A short novel usually under 100 pages | | 68 |
| 4226643321 | Neutral language | Language opposite from emotive language as it is literal or even objective in narure | | 69 |
| 4226643322 | Oblique rhyme | Imperfect rhyme scheme | | 70 |
| 4226643323 | Ode | A lyric poem of some length, usually of a serious or meditative nature and having an elevated style and formal stanzaic structure. | | 71 |
| 4226643324 | Onomatopoeia | The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to | | 72 |
| 4226643325 | Paradox | Statement which seems to contradict itself. i.e. His old face was youthful when he heard the news | | 73 |
| 4226643326 | Parody | A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. i.e. SNL or Weird Al Yankovich | | 74 |
| 4226890296 | Personification | A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form | | 75 |
| 4226890297 | Poetic justice | The rewarding of virtue and the punishment of vice in the resolution of a plot. The character, as they say, gets what he/she deserves | | 76 |
| 4226890298 | Prequel | A literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel | | 77 |
| 4226890299 | Prologue | An introduction or preface, especially a poem recited to introduce a play | | 78 |
| 4226890300 | Prose | Ordinary speech or writing | | 79 |
| 4263320153 | Pun | Play on words, when two words have multiple meanings and spellings are used in a humorous manner | | 80 |
| 4263320154 | Rhyme | The repetition of sounds in words | | 81 |
| 4263320155 | Rhyme scheme | The act of assigning letters in the alphabet to demonstrate the rhyming lines in a poem | | 82 |
| 4263320156 | Rising action | The events of a dramatic or narrative plot preceding the climax | | 83 |
| 4263320157 | Rites of passage | An incident which creates tremendous growth signifying a transition from adolescence to adulthood | | 84 |
| 4263320158 | Round character | A character who is developed over the course of the book, are usually major characters in a novel | | 85 |
| 4263320159 | Resolution | Solution to the conflict in literature | | 86 |
| 4263320160 | Satire | A literally work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit; the goal is to change the behavior/issue. | | 87 |
| 4263320161 | Simile | A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as | | 88 |
| 4263320162 | Slang | A kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech, made up typically of short-lived coinages and figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard terms for added raciness, humor, irreverence, or other effect | | 89 |
| 4263320163 | Soliloquy | A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener. Typical in plays | | 90 |
| 4263320164 | Sonnet | A poem with fourteen lines. Italian subdivided into two quatrains and two tercets; while English subdivides into three quatrains and one couplet. | | 91 |
| 4263320165 | Volta | Sudden change of thought which is common in sonnets | | 92 |
| 4263320166 | Style | The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era | | 93 |
| 4263320167 | Symbolism | Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisivle | | 94 |
| 4263320168 | Tradegy | A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances | | 95 |
| 4263320169 | Tone | Reflects how the author feels about the subject matter or the feeling the author wants to instill in the reader | | 96 |
