| 2887528426 | allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | | 0 |
| 2887529812 | allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art | | 1 |
| 2887529813 | antagonist | A character or force in conflict with the main character | | 2 |
| 2887530924 | archetype | A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response | | 3 |
| 2887530925 | climax | Most exciting moment of the story; turning point | | 4 |
| 2887530926 | comedy | A literary work which ends happily because the hero or heroine is able to overcome obstacles and get what he or she wants. | | 5 |
| 2887530946 | confidant | a person entrusted with secrets | | 6 |
| 2887531922 | conflict | A struggle between opposing forces | | 7 |
| 2887531923 | cosmic irony | Type of irony where it seems that God or fate is manipulating events so as to inspire false hopes, which are inevitably dashed. | | 8 |
| 2887531924 | crisis | A sudden, unpredictable, and potentially dangerous event requiring the president to play the role of crisis manager. | | 9 |
| 2887533303 | denouement | an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot | | 10 |
| 2887533304 | dialogue | Conversation between characters | | 11 |
| 2887533305 | diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | | 12 |
| 2887534452 | direct characterization | Author directly describes character | | 13 |
| 2887534453 | dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. | | 14 |
| 2887535713 | dynamic character | A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action | | 15 |
| 2887535714 | epiphany | A moment of sudden revelation or insight | | 16 |
| 2887535715 | exposition | A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances. | | 17 |
| 2887536776 | fiction | A story that is not true or is made up | | 18 |
| 2887536777 | first person | "I" and "Me" standpoint. Personal perspective. | | 19 |
| 2887536778 | flashback | A method of narration in which present action is temporarily interrupted so that the reader can witness past events | | 20 |
| 2887536779 | flat character | A character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story | | 21 |
| 2887537989 | foreshadowing | A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader. | | 22 |
| 2887537990 | genre | A category or type of literature (or of art, music, etc.) characterized by a particular form, style, or content. | | 23 |
| 2887537991 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | | 24 |
| 2887539249 | indirect characterization | Author subtly reveals the character through actions and interactions. | | 25 |
| 2887539250 | in medias res | A Latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point. | | 26 |
| 2887539251 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | | 27 |
| 2887540539 | horation | Satire is characterized by a cheerful, urbane, "tongue-in-cheek" tone. | | 28 |
| 2887540540 | juvenilian | formal satire in which the speaker abrasively attacks vice and error with contempt and indignation with the goal of provoking change because the opponent is seen as evil or harmful | | 29 |
| 2887542848 | limited omniscient point of view | The author tells the story, using the third person, but is limited to a complete knowledge of one character in the story and tells us only what that one character thinks, feels, sees, or hears. | | 30 |
| 2887542849 | minimalist | An attitude of only doing the least that is required by law in our moral life | | 31 |
| 2887542850 | motif | A recurring theme, subject or idea | | 32 |
| 2887542851 | motivation | A character's incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner; that which impels a character to act | | 33 |
| 2887544285 | narrator | Person telling the story | | 34 |
| 2887544286 | objective point of view | a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events. | | 35 |
| 2887545737 | 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 |
| 2887545738 | plot | Sequence of events in a story | | 37 |
| 2887545739 | point of view | The perspective from which a story is told | | 38 |
| 2887547086 | protagonist | Main character | | 39 |
| 2887547087 | round character | A character who demonstrates some complexity and who develops or changes in the course of a work | | 40 |
| 2887547088 | setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. | | 41 |
| 2887547089 | short story | A brief work of fiction | | 42 |
| 2887548444 | situational irony | An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected | | 43 |
| 2887549771 | static character | A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end | | 44 |
| 2887549772 | stock character | a fictional character that relies heavily on cultural types or stereotypes for its personality manner of speech and other characteristics | | 45 |
| 2887549773 | stream of conciousness | a style of writing in which the thoughts and feelings of the writer are recorded as they occur | | 46 |
| 2887552852 | story of initiation | a short story depicting a decisive incident that sends a character into a higher state of awareness, whether for better or for worse. | | 47 |
| 2887552853 | style | A basic and distinctive mode of expression. | | 48 |
| 2887552854 | symbol / symbolism | something that stands for something else | | 49 |
| 2887556144 | syntax | Sentence structure | | 50 |
| 2887556145 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature | | 51 |
| 2887556146 | third person | Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer | | 52 |
| 2887556147 | tragedy | A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow | | 53 |
| 2887556148 | tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels. | | 54 |
| 2887557750 | unreliable narrator | a narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty, misleadingly biased, or otherwise distorted | | 55 |
| 2887557751 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | | 56 |
| 3556645358 | alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds | | 57 |
| 3556649575 | antithesis | (n.) the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | | 58 |
| 3556650586 | apostrophe | address to something not human or someone not there | | 59 |
| 3556651329 | assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | | 60 |
| 3556652042 | consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | | 61 |
| 3556654492 | deus ex machine | cheap ending, conclusion from nowhere | | 62 |
| 3556656463 | epistle | a letter or literary composition in letter form | | 63 |
| 3556656464 | foil | A character who acts as a contrast to another character | | 64 |
| 3556657182 | hubris | Excessive pride or self-confidence | | 65 |
| 3556660232 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | | 66 |
| 3556660233 | metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared. | | 67 |
| 3556660777 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | | 68 |
| 3556661492 | montage | A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea. | | 69 |
| 3556662197 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | | 70 |
| 3556662198 | parable | A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson | | 71 |
| 3556662687 | paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | | 72 |
| 3556663247 | pathos | Appeal to emotion | | 73 |
| 3556663248 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | | 74 |
| 3556664450 | similie | A comparison using like or as | | 75 |
| 3556664997 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | | 76 |
| 3556664998 | understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | | 77 |
