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Jaque mate en dos jugadas

4295006175	aguantar	to tolerate, put up with	0
4295006176	al fin y al cabo	When all is said and done	1
4295006177	ambos (as)	both (noun or adj)	2
4295006178	aplicarse	to apply oneself	3
4295006179	arder	to burn	4
4295006180	charlar	to chat	5
4295006181	consolar o>ue	to console	6
4295006182	cubrir	to cover	7
4295006183	despachar	to send away, dispatch	8
4295006184	el mozo	maid	9
4295006185	el resultado	the result	10
4295006186	el socio	partner, associate	11
4295006187	empeñarse	to insist	12
4295006188	encantador/encantadora	nice, very agreeable	13
4295006189	envenenar	to poison	14
4295006190	estar harto de	to be fed up with	15
4295006191	justo/injusto	just, right	16
4295006192	la maldición	curse	17
4295006193	la vidriera, vidrio (glass)	stain glass window	18
4295006194	la(s) monedas(s)	money (coins)	19
4295006195	las gotitas (gotas)	droplets	20
4295006196	malgastar	to waste money	21
4295006197	obrar	to act, to work	22
4295006198	producir	to produce	23
4295006199	resecar	to dry out	24
4295006200	saborear	to savor, to taste	25
4295006201	serenarse	to pacify, to calm down	26
4295006202	sorprendente	surprising	27
4295006203	testarudo, testaruda	stubborn, persistent	28
4295006204	tiranizar	to tiranize	29
4295006205	una chispa	a spark	30

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4809493829	Rhetorical device	Technique an author or speaker uses to persuade a audience to consider a topic from a differnent perspective	0
4809498417	Anaphora	The same word or phrase is repeated at the begininging of successive phrases or clauses, or sentences. Creates emphasis.	1
4809519188	Anaphora Examples	"Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better" "I want my money right now, right here, all right?" It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair." by repetition of It it creates an emphasis on the epoch( era) he is talking about.	2
4809537784	Antithesis	A device that uses opposition or contrasting ideas together to create emphasis. Two contrasting or opposite terms in a sentence for effect.	3
4809560317	Antithesis Examples	"Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing." contrasting love being and idea and marriage is real but you would think that marriage and love are real "Speech is silver, but silence is gold." "Money is the root of all evils: poverty is the fruit of all goodness." "Patience is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit."	4
4809599909	Asyndenton	Omits conjuctions between words, phrases, or clauses in order to speed up the rythm and provide emphasis	5
4809611526	Asyndenton Examples	"Call up her father. Rouse him. Make after him, Poison his delight, Proclaim him in the streets. Incense her kinsmen, And, though he in a fertile climate dwell" He uses this device to emphasize his words to articulate the feelings of anger and jealousy	6
4809618133	Chiasmus	two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect.	7
4809641980	Chiasmus Examples	"Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You." "Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live." "Do I love you because you're beautiful? Or are you beautiful because I love you?	8
4809657559	Epistrophe	The same word is repeated at the ed pf successive phrases, clauses, or snetences	9
4809671266	Epistrophe Examples	"Where now? Who now? When now?" "Hourly joys be still upon you! Juno sings her blessings on you. . . . Scarcity and want shall shun you, Ceres' blessing so is on you."	10
4809673149	Juxtaposition	Comparison by Contrast	11
4809677567	Juxtaposition Examples	"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness "You will soon be asked to do great violence in the cause of good"	12
4809687311	Litotes	employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions. BACK SIDED COMPLIMENT	13
4809694983	Litotes Examples	" not too bad" "You are not as young as you used to be." "I am not unaware how the productions of the Grub Street brotherhood have of late years fallen under many prejudices."	14
4809707637	Oxymoron	connects two contradictory terms WORDS	15
4809712723	Oxymoron Examples	"Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!"	16

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4287902915	Inference	opinion with evidence to support	0
4287902916	Archetype	an original pattern or model from which all other things of the same kind are made	1
4287902917	Antagonist	person who opposes the protagonist	2
4287902918	Protagonist	the hero or main character	3
4287902919	DynamicCharacter	character who changes	4
4287902920	Static character	character who stays the same	5
4287902921	Epiphany	sudden realization; the light bulb moment	6
4287902922	Flat character	character with no depth or complexity	7
4287902923	Round character	character with depth and complexity	8
4287902924	Foil	character's opposite	9
4287902925	Motivation	what drives a character on	10
4287902926	Detail	details included for a purpose	11
4287902927	Diction	Word choice	12
4287902928	Connotation	feeling word gives you	13
4287902929	Denotation	dictionary definition	14
4287902930	Dialect	vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people	15
4287902931	Colloquial	informal spoken language or conversation	16
4287902932	Slang	non-standard use of words	17
4287902933	Vernacular	characteristic language of a particular group	18
4287902934	Euphemism	A mild word of phrase which substitutes for another which would be undesirable because it is too direct, unpleasant, or offensive	19
4287902935	Idiom	a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language	20
4287902936	Invective	abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will	21
4287902937	Imagery	words that appeal to the 5 senses	22
4287902938	Mood	the feeling invoked in the reader	23
4287902940	Denouement	resolution	24
4287902941	Foreshadowing	hints to what is to come	25
4287902942	Suspense	building of tension	26
4287902943	Rhetorical Shift	shift in attitude	27
4287902944	Theme	what an author believes to be true on a subject presented in the work.	28
4287902945	Tone	speaker's attitude towards his subject	29
4287902946	Apostrophe	addressing something as if they were present	30
4287902947	Metaphor	figurative language comparing two unlike things	31
4287902948	Paradox	a contradictory statement that turns out to be true	32
4287902949	Personification	applying human attributes to something not human	33
4287902950	Pun	play on words	34
4287902951	Simile	figurative language comparing two unlike things using like or as	35
4287902952	Symbol	something representing something else	36
4287902953	Synaesthesia	describing one sense in terms of another.	37
4287902955	Alliteration	repetition of the initial consonant sound	38
4287902959	Deductive reasoning	Reasoning in which one tries to determine whether some statement follows logically from certain premises, as in the analysis of syllogisms. Whole to part logic.	39
4287902960	inductive reasoning	reasoning in which one observes a number of particular instances and tries to determine a general rule that covers them all.	40
4287902961	Ethos	appeal to ethics or credibility	41
4287902962	Pathos	appeal to emotion	42
4287902963	Logos	appeal to logic	43
4287902964	Ad hominem fallacy	Criticising a position by calling attention to irrelevant personal characteristics of someone who holds it	44
4287902965	Ad populum fallacy	the bandwagon fallacy; appealing to popularity	45
4287902966	Circular reasoning	the practice of assuming something, in order to prove the very thing that you assumed	46
4287902967	Post hoc, ergo propter hoc	after this therefore because of this	47
4287902968	Propaganda	information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause	48
4287902969	Allusion	reference to another lit. work or historic event	49
4287902970	Anachronism	out of place in time	50
4287902971	Anecdote	short account of an incident	51
4287902972	Direct characterization	something about the character is stated directly	52
4287902973	Indirect characterization	personality traits about the character are implied through dialogue or actions.	53
4287902974	Dialogue	when 2 people are speaking to each other	54
4287902975	Dramatic irony	when the reader knows things the characters don't	55
4287902976	Situational irony	when the opposite happens from what you expect	56
4287902977	Verbal irony (sarcasm)	saying one thing and meaning another	57
4287902978	Motif	recurring idea	58
4287902979	Satire	Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organizations, states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change	59
4287902981	Allegory	A story illustrating an idea or a moral principle in which objects take on symbolic meanings.	60
4287902982	Aphorism	a short, witty saying, expressing a truth about life	61
4287902983	Diary	journal or log	62
4287902984	Exposition	Writing intended to explain the nature of an idea, thing, or theme. This type of writing is often combined with description, narration, or argument	63
4287902985	Hamartia	In tragedy, the event or act that leads to the hero's or heroine's downfall	64
4287902986	Hubris	Excessive pride	65
4287902987	Comedy	drama that is funny; duh	66
4287902988	Dues ex machine	god from a machine	67
4287902989	In medias res	beginning in the middle of the action (in the middle of things)	68
4287902990	Monologue	an excessive speech by one speaker in drama	69
4287902992	Tragedy	drama in which something horrible happens at the end; duh	70
4287902993	Tragic Flaw	the flaw that leads to the hero's downfall	71
4287902994	Essay	a short work that treats of a topic from an author's personal point of view, often taking into account subjective experiences and personal reflections upon them	72
4287902995	Fable	a short moral story (often with animal characters)	73
4287902996	Genre	A category of literary work	74
4287902997	Prologue	An introductory section of a literary work	75
4287902998	Epigram	a poem or quote at the beginning of a chapter	76
4287902999	Epilogue	A concluding statement or section of a literary work	77
4287903001	Subplot	minor plot	78
4287903002	Novella	A prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel	79
4287903003	Parable	A brief story, told or written in order to teach a moral lesson	80
4287903004	Prose	not poetry	81
4287903008	Trope	any artful variation from the typical or expected way a word or idea is expressed	82
4287903009	Metonymy	type of metaphor in which a word or phrase is substituted for something closely associated with it.	83
4287903010	synecdoche	a trope involving comparisons in which the part is used to represent the whole	84
4287903011	anthimeria	a trope involving word play in which one part of speech (usually a verb) substitutes for another part of speech (usually a noun)	85
4287903012	hyperbole	a trope the exaggerates something for rhetorical effect	86
4287903013	understatement	a trope that under states something as being less important than it really is	87
4287903014	litotes	a trope that is a type of understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary	88
4287903016	oxymoron	a trope involving management of meaning in which two side by side words are direct opposites: icy hot; sweet tart	89
4287903018	Parallel Structure	balance scheme with the same syntactical structure in a passage; words balance words, phrases balance phrases, clauses balance clauses	90
4287903020	Antithesis	balance scheme using opposites or contrasts	91
4287903021	Parenthesis	A scheme of interruption using insertion of material that interrupts the general flow of a sentence; examples are parentheses and dashes	92
4287903022	Anadiplosis	a scheme of repetition repeating the last word of one phrase, clause, or sentence at or very near the beginning of the next	93
4287903024	Epanalepsis	a scheme of repetition in which a word or phrase is repeated after intervening matter	94
4287903025	Epistrophe	a scheme of repetition that is the counterpart of anaphora, because the repetition of the same word or words comes at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences	95
4287903026	Climax	a scheme of repetition that repeats items in increasing order of importance	96
4287903027	Polysyndeton	a scheme of repetition using unnecessary conjunctions	97
4287903028	Scheme	any artful variation from the typical arrangement of words in a sentence	98
4287903062	Epic	long narrative poem which gives an account of a hero important to his nation or race.	99
4287903063	Epitaph	an inscription on a gravestone or a commemorative poem written as if it were for that purpose.	100
4287903086	Appeal to Authority	accepting the word of alleged authorities when (1) there is not sufficient reason to believe that they have the info. we seek, or (2) that they can be trusted to provide that information. (ie: power plant executives saying nuclear power is safe).	101
4287903087	Inconsistency	accepting a conclusion of an argument that has self-contradictory statements or statements that contradict one another. (ie: Al Gore's stance on energy conservation when his house uses tons of electricity).	102
4287903088	straw man	misrepresenting an opponent's position or a competitor's product to make it easier to attack and defeat them. (ie: ads saying McCain voted to use unborn babies in medical research, OR ads saying Obama wanted to teach comprehensive sex education to kindergartners	103
4287903089	false dilemma	either/or reasoning. Either X or Y, and nothing in between or no other alternatives. (ie: You are either supportive of the war in Iraq or you love terrorists).	104
4287903090	questionable premise	accepting a premise that is less than believable. (ie: you should drink Bud b/c it's the BEST!). I don't know that it IS the best, and even if it were, is that the criterion I want to use. What if I can't or don't want to pay for that, and I instead need to buy Milwaukee's Best.	105
4287903091	begging the question	assuming without offering proof the question or part of the question OR answering a question by rephrasing it (ie: The reason the club is in such high demand is that everyone wants to join! OR Abortion is wrong because it takes a life—fails to define LIFE)	106
4287903092	suppressed evidence	MAJOR PROBLEM FOR STUDENTS!!!!! Failing to being relevant evidence to bear on an argument. May only present one side, but fail to mention other relevant aspects of the argument. Students tend to list reasons for their position without any sort of COUNTERARGUMENT. It makes your argument weak.	107
4287903093	tokenism	a token gesture instead of a real thing. (ie: Campaign promises or acts right before an election).	108
4287903094	two wrongs make a right	traditional name is tu quoque, meaning "you're another." Justifying a vengeful retaliation in sports falls into this category. Another example is the ballot irregularities in Florida. In 2000, voters voted for two candidates for the same office, thus invalidating their ballots. Dems said this stemmed from an illegally designed ballot, thwarting votor intent. Republicans dismissed this claim because the same issue happened in 1996, and they didn't cause an uproar. BUT, having the problem in 1996 doesn't justify having it in the year 2000. Under this category: fighting fire with fire, common practice, and traditional wisdom	109
4287903095	Fighting fire with fire	when we feel justified in fighting one evil with another one. This isn't always a fallacy; sometimes fighting fire with fire IS justified—like killing in self-defense (either kill or be killed). Retributivists believe we ARE justified in punishing those guilty of unfairly harming others even though in doing so we fail to fight the original harm (someone murdered someone or stole from someone, and we put that person in jail. It doesn't counter-act the crime, but it punishes the offender). The Two Wrongs fallacy sometimes seems plausible for another reason: to counter-act hypocrisy. For example a cheating husband won't get much sympathy when he complains of his wife's infidelity or an alcoholic calling out someone for being drunk won't really work. (under Two Wrongs category)	110
4287903096	Common Practice	when a wrong is justified on the grounds that LOTS of other people do the same thing. Ie: Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire HAD to take steroids to stay competitive because lots of other players were using them. (under Two Wrongs category)	111
4287903097	traditional wisdom	when a wrong or an unsuitable practice is justified on grounds that it follows a traditional accepted way of doing things. It is difficult for some people to change because change brings risks, inevitably. (ie: not wanting to eliminate biased practices based on gender, racial, or religious biases because that's the way things have ALWAYS been done in the "good ole days."). Those who benefit from these practices find it hard to entertain the idea that there could possibly be anything wrong with them. We do want to learn from past experiences, so we shouldn't assume that just because things have been done in the past, that it is right to do that thing NOW. All innovations go against past practices (From the introduction of plows that dig deeper furrows (a practice resisted at first by the North African farmers) to the elimination of practices based on racial, religious, or gender bias in the US). Tradition should be a guide not a jailer. Jeremy Bentham once said that when someone is guilty of abuse of power, the ONLY way for them to defend that abuse is to use a fallacy. Therefore it is important for them to keep the people stupid so that they can't distinguish truth from error.(under Two Wrongs category)	112
4287903098	Non-Sequitur	it does not logically follow. Some use irrelevant reason to refer to reasons or premises that are irrelevant to a conclusion when the error doesn't fit a narrower fallacy category.	113
4287903099	Equivocation	accepting a fallacy to be true b/c we are fooled by equivocating language (or ambiguous language) since it's open to interpretation. In everyday life, the term equivocation often connotes the use of equivocation to deceive. However, that's not always the case. It can be used as a metaphor, in literature, in music, etc.	114
4287903100	Appeal to Ignorance	when we want to believe something, it's tempting to take the absence of evidence, and thus the absence of refutation, as justification for believing that it's true (taking the absence of evidence of P to show that not-P is true). Ie: "Do you have your mom's permission to go to the party?" Your reply: "she didn't tell me I couldn't come." In actuality, you never asked her about it, so of course she didn't say you couldn't come. (McCarthyism example: Joseph McCarthy saying that people were communists b/c he found nothing in their files to disprove communist connections).	115
4287903101	Composition Fallacy	sometimes called the "salesman" fallacy; it's committed when someone assumes that a particular item must have a certain property because all of its parts have the same property. Ie: auto dealers try to get prospective customers to fall for this fallacy by touting low monthly payments while neglecting total costs ("...and this can be yours for only $400 a month" or "for only 35 cents a day, you can get this extended warranty..."). The fallacy of division is the opposite or mirror image of the composition fallacy, when you assume that all or some of the parts of an item have a particular property because the item as a whole has it. Ie: people think that a large, fancy hotel must have large, fancy rooms, when the rooms could actually be quite tiny.	116
4287903102	slippery slope	an action is objected to on the grounds that once it is taken, another, and then still another are bound to be taken, down a "slippery slope" until some undesirable consequence results. Arguing that a slope is slippery without providing good reason for thinking that it is, or when the slope clearly is NOT, makes us guilty of the slippery slope fallacy. (for example, a Canadian style "single Payer" health care system is often objected to because people believe it will lead us down a path to socialized EVERYTHING. NOTE: not all of these are fallacies. It is only a fallacy when we accept without further justification or argument that once the first step is taken, the others are going to follow, or that whatever would justify the first step will justify the rest.	117
4287903103	red herring	A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion	118
4287903078	fallacy	faulty reasoning; flawed logic	119
4287903079	catharsis	Emotional release	120
4287903080	counterargument	A challenge to a position; an opposing argument.	121
4287903083	juxtaposition	placing two things side by side for effect	122
4287903084	rhetorical fragment	fragment for rhetorical purpose	123

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4014403776	Allegory	The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.	0
4014403777	Alliteration	The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a line of poetry.	1
4014403778	Anaphora	Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines in a poem.	2
4014403779	Apostrophe	When a character speaks to a character or object that is not present or is unable to respond.	3
4014403780	Assonance	The repetition of the same vowel sound in a phrase or line of poetry.	4
4014403781	Climax	The turning point in the plot or the high point of action.	5
4014403782	Colloquial Language	Informal, conversational language. Indicative of a specific region.	6
4014403783	Connotation	An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing, ie. Bat=evil.	7
4014403784	Diction	Word choice or the use of words in speech or writing.	8
4014403785	Enjambment	The continuation of reading one line of a poem to the next with no pause, a run-on line.	9
4014403786	Epiphany	Sudden enlightenment or realization, a profound new outlook or understanding about the world usually attained while doing everyday mundane activities.	10
4014403787	Flashback	When a character remembers a past event that is relevant to the current action of the story.	11
4014403788	Foreshadowing	Clues in the text about incidents that will occur later in the plot; creates anticipation in the novel.	12
4014403789	Hyperbole	A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or comic/dramatic effect.	13
4014403790	Imagery	The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas. Also includes sensory language.	14
4014403791	Irony	When one thing should occur, is apparent, or in logical sequence but the opposite actually occurs.	15
4014403792	Meter	The measured arrangement of words in poetry, as by accentual rhythm, syllabic quantity, or the number of syllables in a line.	16
4014403793	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; this comparison does not use like or as.	17
4014403794	Motif	A dominant theme or central idea.	18
4014403795	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.	19
4014403796	Parody	A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule.	20
4014403797	Personification	A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form.	21
4014403798	Prose	Ordinary speech or writing without metrical structure, written in paragraph form.	22
4014403799	Simile	A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as.	23
4014403800	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.	24
4014403801	Symbolism	Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.	25
4014403802	Tone	Reflects how the author feels about the subject matter or the feeling the author wants to instill in the reader.	26
4014403803	Tragedy	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.	27
4014403804	Sonnet	A poem with fourteen lines. There are Italian and English (typically referred to as "Shakespearean") forms.	28
4014403805	Satire	A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit; the goal is to change the behavior/issue.	29
4014411074	Active Voice	When the subject of the sentence performs the action, the sentence is written in this voice.	30
4014415945	Allusion	Reference to a person, place, event from history, literature, religion, or art with which a reader is likely to be familiar.	31
4014417843	Ambiguity	There is a problem in pronoun usage, when it is unclear what the antecedent of the pronoun is.	32
4014461204	Anachronism	This is an error of chronology in a literary piece.	33
4014472823	Anadiplosis	The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause.	34
4014509866	Anecdote	A brief story about an interesting incident.	35
4014519689	Antecedent	The noun to which a pronoun refers.	36
4014559224	Antithesis	The direct contrast or exact opposite of something.	37
4014566160	Aphorism	This statement reflects a general truth in some way.	38
4014575019	Appositive	Placing side by side two elements the second of which serves as a modification or explanation of the first.	39
4014590585	Aside	Brief comment delivered by an actor which expresses the actor's thoughts. It is usually directed to the audience and not heard by other actors.	40
4014603534	Asyndeton	Using no conjunctions in order to create an effect of speed or simplicity	41
4014616165	Ballad	Song-like poem that tells a story	42
4014622128	Beat movement	American literary movement originating in the 1950s which expressed alienation from conventional society and vocabulary borrowed from jazz musicians.	43
4014634348	Blank verse	Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.	44
4014642255	Caesura	Strong stop or pause in a metrical line often marked by punctuation to convey emotion or depth.	45
4014655972	Chiasmus	Rhetorical scheme by which the order of the terms in the first of parallel clauses is reversed in the second.	46
4014665509	Complex sentence	Consists of one independent clause with one or more subordinate clauses	47
4014671991	Compound sentence	Two or more independent clauses with no subordinate clauses	48
4014678631	Compound-complex sentence	At lease two independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause	49
4014688516	Consonance	Repetition in two or more words of final consonants in stressed syllables that are preceded by different vowel sounds	50
4014707463	Denotation	Literal definition of a word	51
4014717510	Denouement	The unraveling of the plot	52
4014727115	Dependent clause	A group of words that has a subject and verb but cannot stand alone	53
4014733499	Deus Ex Machina	The introduction of an implausible concept or character into a story in order to address the conflict and provide a pleasing resolution	54
4014747417	Dialect	Form of language that is characteristic of a particular place or group of people	55
4014753834	Direct characterization	When a character is revealed by clear descriptions by the author	56
4014761675	Dramatic irony	When the audience or the readers know something that the characters do not know	57
4014770605	Elegy	Poem of mourning	58
4014775389	Epigraph	Quotation at the beginning of a literary work to suggest tone or theme	59
4014781466	End Rhyme	Repetition of similar sounds in end lines of poetry	60
4014787871	Epic Poem	Type of poem that is very long and deals with the adventures of a legendary character	61
4014796580	Epigram	Rhetorical device that is short witty and memorable	62
4014802632	Epistle	Literary work addressed to patron or friend on the form of letters	63
4014809805	Euphemism	Substitution of a non-offensive phrase for an offensive one	64
4014816847	Existentialism	Literary movement of mid-twentieth century which holds that a human has complete freedom to determine his/her own fate. The actions chosen determine his/her own existence.	65
4014832205	Fable	A fictitious story that teaches a lesson. Usually, animals speak and act like humans.	66
4014840169	Foil	A character that serves by contrast to highlight the opposing traits of the main character to further define the main character.	67
4014850033	Flat character	Character that is never fully developed.	68
4014854656	Free Verse	Poetry written without a regular rhyme, scheme, meter, or form.	69
4014864167	Hubris	Excessive pride that usually leads to a hero's downfall	70
4014875332	In Medias Res	Opening the story in the middle of the action	71
4014881353	Independent Clause	Group of words that states the main thought of a sentence	72
4014890609	Indirect Characterization	When an author reveals a person in the story through his/her words, thoughts, appearance, action, or what others say or think	73
4014909574	Isocolon	Type of parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure but also in length	74
4014932745	Limerick	Five line poem with a rhyme scheme of AABBA	75
4014941107	Limited 3rd person	Point of view where the narrator only reveals the inner thoughts of one character	76
4014951154	Litote	Type of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis and intensity	77
4014957258	Lyric poem	Highly musical verse that expresses observation of single speaker	78
4014970820	Metonymy	Figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated	79
4014978754	Monologue	Long uninterrupted speech by a character	80
4014985045	Mood	Feeling that an author wants the reader to have while reading	81
4014991363	Muse	A force that inspires an artist	82
4015002019	Ode	Lyrical poem written in praise of someone or something	83
4015010484	Oxymoron	Yoking of two terms that are contradictory	84
4015022892	Parable	Short simple story told to relay a moral lesson	85
4015029674	Paradox	Statement that is a contradiction	86
4015044747	Parallelism	Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses	87
4015089941	Passive Voice	When the subject of the sentence receives the action instead of doing it	88
4015099366	Pastoral Poetry	Form of poetry that depicts rural life in a peaceful, idealized way	89
4015109893	Pun	A play on words	90
4015117435	Romanticism	Literary movement in late 18th century that is characterized by a heightened interest in nature and emphasis on emotion	91
4015132890	Second Person	Point of view from the YOU perspective	92
4015148929	Situational irony	When something happens that is the opposite of what is expected	93
4015157117	Stream of Consciousness	Type of narration when author takes reader directly into character's mind	94
4015166365	Syntax	Ordering of elements in a sentence	95
4015171096	Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole	96
4015176687	Terza Rima	Italian form of poetry which consists of stanzas of three lines (tercets)	97
4015194673	Understatement	Restraint or lack of emphasis for rhetorical effect	98
4015198648	Verbal Irony	When someone says the opposite of what he/she really means	99

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3746593904	Allegory	A story with a hidden meaning or moral	0
3746593905	Alliteration	Repetition of the first sound of each word	1
3746593906	Allusion	Reference to a historical, religious, or cultural work	2
3746593907	Anecdote	Cute little story	3
3746593908	Antithesis	Direct opposite of something	4
3746593909	Apostrophe	Talking to someone or something that is not there	5
3746593910	Assonance	The repetition of vowel sound in words or phrases	6
3746593911	Ballad	Narrated poem with a story	7
3746593912	Blank verse	A poem that has structured meter but doesn't rhyme	8
3746593913	Caesura	A pause in the middle of the line or verse	9
3746593914	Conceit	Extended metaphor with complex logic	10
3746593915	Consonance	The repetition of the same consonant sound	11
3746593916	Couplet	A pair of lines	12
3746593917	Diction	Word choice	13
3746593918	Elegy	A poem written about death	14
3746593919	Enjambment	The same thought continuing onto the next line	15
3746593920	Exposition	Info at the beginning of a work that gives you background and explanation	16
3746593921	Eye rhyme	Words that look like they rhyme, but don't	17
3746593922	Free verse	A poem that does not have a structured meter or rhyming scheme	18
3746593923	Haiku	A five lined unrhymed poem with a 5-7-5 pattern in syllables	19
3746593924	Hyperbole	An exaggeration not meant to be taken literally	20
3746593925	Iambic pentameter	A certain rhythm in poetry that consists of five feet to a line, each feet with two beats	21
3746593926	Imagery	Visually descriptive language that focuses on the five senses	22
3746593927	Juxtaposition	Two things together that create a contrasting effect	23
3746593928	Limerick	A poem consisting of five lines, three long lines and two short	24
3746593929	Litotes	A phrase ironically written with a double negative	25
3746593930	Lyric	Expressing the writers emotions	26
3746593931	Metaphor	Comparison without like or as	27
3746593932	Meter	The basic rhythmic structure of a verse	28
3746593933	Metonymy	Using the name of a thing for something it's related to	29
3746593934	Ode	A poem the expresses strong love for something or someone	30
3746593935	Onomatopoeia	A word that imitates a sound	31
3746593936	Oxymoron	Two contradictory words used together	32
3746593937	Paradox	A statement that seems to be self contradictory but that when investigated may prove to be true	33
3746593938	Personification	Giving lifelikecharacteristics to nonliving things	34
3746593939	Prosody	The study of the metrical quality of a verse	35
3746593940	Quatrain	Stanza of poetry consisting of four lines	36
3746593941	Refrain	A phrase or verse repeated throughout the poem	37
3746593942	Requiem	An act or token of remembrance	38
3746593943	Scansion	The analysis of the meter of the verse	39
3746593944	Simile	Comparison using like or as	40
3746593945	Soliloquy	One person speaking one's thoughts to them self or to the audience	41
3746593946	Sonnet	A 14 line poem with a formal rhyming scheme, often written in iambic pentameter	42
3746593947	Stanza	A paragraph in poetry	43
3746593948	Synesthesia	A stimulus being applied to another sense	44
3746593949	Synecdoche	A metaphor in which a part of something represents the whole	45
3746593950	Syntax	Sentence structure	46
3746593951	Trope	Any figure of speech	47
3746593952	Verse	A stanza or section in poetry	48
3746593953	Villanelle	Nineteen line poem consisting of three tercets and one quatrain	49

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2806717898	Laconic	Using few words; terse; concise Ex. He gave a ____ reply to my lengthy question. (Adj.)	0
2806717899	Bamboozle	To deceive by elaborate trickery; hoodwink Ex. Credit card companies ____ college students through vague information and free gifts. (verb)	1
2811896567	Decorum	Proper behavior or conduct; propriety Ex. He sat with churchlike ____ during the dinner party. (Noun)	2
2814708884	Despondent	Feeling depression from loss of hope, confidence, or courage; dejected Ex. The creature rejected by his father and his peers, becomes ____. (verb)	3
2823554924	Fallacy	A false notion or mistaken belief (Noun) Ex. The idea of being popular always means being happy is a ____.	4
2823554925	Renaissance	A rebirth or revival (Noun) Ex. The ____ of downtown businesses was helpful to the city's economy.	5
2830876960	Tumult	Noisy and disorderly activity, commotion, uproar (noun) Ex. The ____ caused by the crowd drew the attention of the police.	6
2830876961	vacillate	To be unable to decide between one opinion or course of action and another, waver (verb) Ex. I ____ between vacationing with my family or attending summer camp.	7
2845689223	Voracious	Ravenous; insatiable appetite for food or an activity (Adj.) Ex. AP English students are typically ____ readers.	8
2845689224	Calamity	A terrible disaster or catastrophe Ex. It was a ____ for the town when the tornado struck. (noun)	9
2847391040	Formidable	Fearsome, causing dread, difficult to deal with, inspiring respect or wonder because of size, strength, or ability (Adj.) Ex. The team's quarterback is a ____ opponent, forcing everyone to play his best game.	10
2855500877	Indignant	Upset, angry, or annoyed at a perceived injustice, offended (adj) Ex. Time became ____ if anyone complained his music was too loud.	11
2857902767	Insolent	Disrespectful, rude, insulting, and outspoken in speech and behavior (Adj) Ex. It really was ____ of LaToya to say Macy's brand new hairstyle looked like she had been hit by a cyclone.	12
2863452034	Irate	Extremely angry, furious, incensed Ex. Harry became ____ when Norma dared to correct his math problem. (verb)	13
2882487427	Ubiquitous	Being everywhere at the same time Ex. Personal computers, once a rarity, have become ____.	14
2887899690	Parsimonious	Stingy, frugal (adj) Ex. The wealthy widow was so ____ that she refused to give a dime to charity.	15
2894436326	Rhetoric	The art of formal speaking or writing; inflated discourse (noun) Ex. A talented orator is skilled in ____.	16
2920903127	Nemesis	A dreaded rival or opponent (noun) Ex. The Joker is a ____ of Batman.	17
2920903128	Pejorative	Negative, belittling, disparaging Ex. "Loudmouth" is an epithet with a ____ connotation.	18
2920946323	Nostalgia	Feeling of sadness, happiness and/or bittersweet longing for people or things in the past Ex. ____ comes over Fran when she thinks about her childhood in Chicago.	19
2935457239	Persnickety	Fussy about small details, fastidious Ex. Sometimes I wish my mother was not so ____ when it comes to planning every minute of our family vacations.	20
2935457240	Ennui	Boredom, feeling of weariness Ex. During a long, tedious lecture, I have a feeling of ____.	21
3049939775	Pontificate	To be pompous or dogmatic; to speak about something in a knowing or self-important way, especially when qualified not to do so Ex. His	22
3049939776	Oxymoron	A combination of contradictory or incongruous words	23
3049939777	Juxtapose	To place two or more things together especially in order to suggest a link between them or emphasize the contrast between them	24
3049939778	Impertinent	Not restrained within proper bounds especially of good taste, also characterized by rudeness	25
3049939779	Altruistic	Concerned with the welfare of others, unselfish	26
3049939780	Loquacious	Very talkative	27
3049939781	Pandemonium	Wild disorder or noise	28
3049939782	Heinous	Abominable, reprehensible, very bad	29
3159484704	Myopic	A narrow view of something, a single vision, nearsightedness (adj)	30
3159484705	Taciturn	Almost always silent, not liking to talk	31
3159484706	Countenance	Face, physiognomy	32
3159484707	Juggernaut	Something such as a farce, campaign, or movement that is extremely large and powerful and cannot be stopped	33
3159484708	Nugatory	Trifling, worthless, inconsequential	34
3159484709	Pathos	Sense of compassion, pity	35
3159484710	Verisimilitude	The quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable	36
3159484711	Antithesis	The direct opposite, the contrast of the opposites, fail	37
3159484712	Pundit	A learned person, one who gives authorities opinions	38
3159484713	Obstreperous	Noisy and stubbornly defiant, unruly	39
3282950412	debacle	a sudden collapse or overthrow, an overwhelming defeat, a rout	40
3282997794	buffoon	a person who behaves comically, clown	41
3282992300	desecrate	to violate the sacredness of, treat with disrespect	42
3282966678	aphorism	a sentence expressing a wise or clever observation or truth, a maxim	43
3282985277	capricious	unpredictable, impulsive	44
3282974964	depravity	extreme wickedness	45
3282979478	winnow	to rid of undesirable parts	46
3282962973	bane	a cause of ruin, worry, or destruction, a person or thing that ruins or spoils	47

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2573021312	syntax	ordering of words in a sentence	0
2573021313	style	the manner of expression, describes how the author uses language to get his or her point across	1
2573022361	tone	the attitude, mood, or sentiments revealed by the style	2
2573023154	point of view	stance revealed by the style and the tone of the writing	3
2573023693	rhetoric	art of speaking or writing effectively, stylistic devices an author uses to appeal successfully to a specific audience and is usually persuasive in nature	4
2573026040	figurative language	speech or writing that departs from literal meaning to achieve a special effect or meaning	5
2573027501	logos	an appeal to reason or logic	6
2573027959	ethos	an appeal to the speaker's credibility	7
2573028854	pathos	an appeal to the emotions, values, or desires of the audience	8
2573029823	imagery	figurative language that is used to convey a sensory perception	9
2573030565	hyperbole	overstatement or exaggeration	10
2573031547	symbol	a word that represents something other than itself	11
2573032947	oxymoron	an apparent contradiction of terms	12
2573033675	paradox	an apparent contradiction of ideas or statements	13
2573034677	bombast	language that is overly rhetorical (pompous)	14
2573036460	metonymy	one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated	15
2573038301	synecdoche	when a part is used to signify the whole	16
2573039605	aphorism	concise, pity statement of an opinion or a general truth	17
2573040909	malapropism	the unintentional use of a word that resembles the word intended but has a very different meaning	18
2573042599	circumlocution	talking around a subject or a word	19
2573043369	euphemism	a word or words that are used to avoid employing an unpleasant or offensive term	20
2573046454	satire	something is portrayed in a way that's deliberately distorted to achieve comic effect	21
2573048310	parody	imitation for comic effect	22
2573048326	lampoon	sharp ridicule of the behavior or character of a person or insitution	23
2573052709	ad hominem argument	any kind of fallacious argument that criticizes an idea by pointing something out about the person who holds the idea, rather than directly addressing the actual merit of the idea	24
2573055105	argument from authority	tempts us to agree with the writer's assumptions based on the authority of a famous person or entity or his or her own character	25
2573056776	appeal to ignorance	based on the assumption that whatever has not been proven false must be true	26
2573058400	begging the question	someone assumes that part of what the person claims to be proving are proven facts	27
2573059169	hasty generalization	when the writer deliberately leads you to a conclusion by providing insufficient, selective evidence	28
2573061005	non sequitur	statement that does not logically relate to what comes before it	29
2573062555	false dichotomy	a consideration of only the two extremes when there are one or more intermediate possibilities	30
2573063363	slippery slope	arguments suggest dire consequences from relatively minor causes	31
2573064015	faulty causality	the setting up of a cause-and-effect relationship when non exits	32
2573065416	straw man arguement	an oversimplification of an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack	33
2573066451	sentimental appeal	tactic that attempts to appeal to the hearts of readers so that they forget to use their minds	34
2573067819	red herring	attempts to shift attention away from an important issue by introducing an issue that has no logical connection to the discussion at hand	35
2573069228	scare tactic	used to frighten readers into agreeing with the speaker	36
2573071074	bandwagon appeals	encourages the listener to agree with a position because everyone else does	37
2573071735	dogmatism	does not allow for discussion because the speaker presumes that his or her beliefs are beyond question	38
2573072564	equivocation	telling part of the truth, while deliberately hiding the entire truth	39
2573073511	faulty analogy	illogical, misleading comparison between two things	40

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4817373980	abnegation	self-denial, rejection in favor of others	0
4817373981	acquiesce	to agree, to favor, to accept	1
4817373982	acrimony	sharp animosity, harshness, or bitterness	2
4817373983	acumen	superior mental qualities, keen insight	3
4817373984	aplomb	great poise, confident composure	4
4817373985	assuage	appease, satisfy, make less intense	5
4817373986	bedizen	ornament in a showy, gaudy, vulgar manner	6
4817373987	bucolic	pastoral, idyllically rural; of or relating to shepherds	7
4817373988	caliber	degree of merit, degree of mental capacity	8
4817373989	candid	frank, outspoken, sincere	9
4817373990	captious	fault-finding, exaggerating trivial defects	10
4817373991	charlatan	impostor, fraud	11
4817373992	cohort	companion, a group of warriors or soldiers	12
4817373993	credulity	gullibility, readiness to believe without evidence	13
4817373994	cupidity	greed, lust for wealth, excessive desire	14
4817373995	dilatory	delaying, procrastinating, inclined to waste time	15
4817373996	effusive	demonstrative, overflowing emotion	16
4817373997	elation	great joy or gladness, high spirits	17
4817373998	enjoin	direct someone to do something, to prohibit or forbid	18
4817373999	explicate	explain, make plain, make clear	19
4817374000	abrogate	abolish or treat as non-existent	20
4817374001	anachronistic	set in the wrong time, misdated	21
4817374002	ardor	fervor, zeal, passion	22
4817374003	auspicious	favorable, attended by good	23
4817374004	boorish	rude, unmannerly	24
4817374005	chastise	discipline, punish	25
4817374006	cogent	to the point, relevant	26
4817374007	conflagration	large, destructive fire or war	27
4817374008	coruscate	sparkle, gleam	28
4817374009	coterie	clique, select group of people	29
4817374010	decry	belittle, to condemn openly	30
4817374011	diatribe	tirade, criticism	31
4817374012	ebullient	high spirited, joyously unrestrained	32
4817374013	enervate	weaken, exhaust, deprive of strength	33
4817374014	erudite	learned, showing profound knowledge of	34
4817374015	exonerate	free from blame, relieve from responsibility	35
4817374016	fetid	stinking, having an offensive odor	36
4817374017	foment	instigate, attempt to stir up public opinion	37
4817374018	garrulous	wordy, rambling, excessively talkative	38
4817374019	gregarious	sociable, fond of company	39
4817374020	codicil	supplement to a will, a legal change to a will	40
4817374021	copious	abundant, plentiful	41
4817374022	diametrical	direct opposite, absolute reverse	42
4817374023	disburse	expend, distribute	43
4817374024	dolt	blockhead, stupid person	44
4817374025	duplicity	deceitfulness, deceptiveness	45
4817374026	effete	decadent, sterile, worn out	46
4817374027	equine	of, relating to, or resembling horses or the horse family	47
4817374028	exculpate	absolve, free from blame	48
4817374029	expedite	hasten, dispatch, quicken	49
4817374030	extemporize	to do in a makeshift way, to deliver impromptu	50
4817374031	fallible	liable to err, likely to fail or to make a mistake	51
4817374032	fatuous	inane, silly, unreal	52
4817374033	furtive	stealthy, sly, shifty	53
4817374034	gauche	awkward, tactless, lacking social grace	54
4817374035	germane	relevant, pertinent	55
4817374036	hone	sharpen, whet, file, grind	56
4817374037	immutable	unchangeable, unalterable	57
4817374038	iniquitous	sinful, wicked, vicious	58
4817374039	kudos	glory, a praising remark for exceptional achievement	59
4817374040	avarice	greed, cupidity	60
4817374041	calumny	slander, lies to damage another's reputation	61
4817374042	consonant	in agreement, in harmony	62
4817374043	dearth	scarcity, shortage, lack	63
4817374044	debacle	sudden collapse, a flood, a failure	64
4817374045	elan	dash, distinctive and stylish elegance	65
4817374046	elegy	a lament for the dead	66
4817374047	galvanize	startle into sudden activity, to coat with zinc	67
4817374048	histronics	acting, theatricals	68
4817374049	illicit	unlicensed, unlawful	69
4817374050	inane	pointless, silly, foolish	70
4817374051	intrinsic	innate, true, natural, inherent	71
4817374052	levity	lightness of character, excessive frivolity	72
4817374053	lucid	clear, bright, shining	73
4817374054	mercurial	active, lively, erratic	74
4817374055	paradox	seeming self-contradiction that's true, a statement opposing accepted opinion	75
4817374056	pathos	pity, evoking compassion	76
4817374057	pensive	reflective, meditative, dreamily thoughtful	77
4817374058	penurious	poor, impoverished	78
4817374059	plethora	excess, abundance, state of being overfull	79
4817374060	impolitic	unwise, injudicious	80
4817374061	incarnadine	blood-red, crimson, flesh color	81
4817374062	indigenous	native, natural, innate	82
4817374063	indigent	destitute, impoverished, needy	83
4817374064	ineffable	inexpressible, unutterable, indescribable, taboo	84
4817374065	inure	toughen, harden, habituate	85
4817374066	irascible	testy, touchy, irritable	86
4817374067	laud	praise, extol, acclaim, to glorify	87
4817374068	limpid	clear, transparent, lucid, serene	88
4817374069	lithe	pliant, flexible, supple	89
4817374070	loquacious	very talkative, garrulous	90
4817374071	ludricous	laughable, ridiculous, funny because of obvious absurdity	91
4817374072	lugubrious	mournful, dismal, gloomy, excessively sorrowful	92
4817374073	malfeasance	wrongdoing, official misconduct, illegal deed	93
4817374074	malign	defame, slander	94
4817374075	morass	marsh, bog, swamp	95
4817374076	mundane	common, ordinary, everyday	96
4817374077	pariah	outcast, Untouchable	97
4817374078	patrimony	heritage from one's father or other ancestor, legacy	98
4817374079	pecuniary	financial, monetary, relating to money	99
4817374080	abatement	the act of putting an end to, a deduction	100
4817374081	altruistic	unselfish concern for the welfare of others	101
4817374082	analogous	comparable, similar	102
4817374083	aquiline	hooked like an eagle's beak, having characteristics like an eagle	103
4817374084	austerity	strict economy, without adornment; a state of great self-denial	104
4817374085	brevity	shortness, conciseness, terseness	105
4817374086	castigate	criticize or punish severely	106
4817374087	deplorable	sad, pitiable, lamentable	107
4817374088	doddering	trembling, shaking with old age, to progress in a feeble manner	108
4817374089	ennui	boredom, weariness, dissatisfaction	109
4817374090	eyrie	nest of a bird of prey, a home	110
4817374091	jocularity	state of being playful, jesting, characterized by joking	111
4817374092	mandate	command, authorize, decree	112
4817374093	maudlin	mawkish, tearfully sentimental	113
4817374094	mete	dole, measure out, allot	114
4817374095	peregrination	travel from one place to another, journey	115
4817374096	prodigious	enormous, extraordinary in size or degree	116
4817374097	saturate	fill up completely	117
4817374098	temerity	foolish boldness, fearless, daring	118
4817374099	vacuous	stupidly blank or empty	119
4817374100	iconoclast	destroyer of images of idols, attacker of traditions	120
4817374101	impeccable	faultless, irreproachable	121
4817374102	inexorable	relentless, unyielding	122
4817374103	infer	conclude, to derive by reasoning, to guess, speculate	123
4817374104	insipid	pointless, flat, dull	124
4817374105	integral	entire, whole, essential	125
4817374106	invidious	offensive, obnoxious	126
4817374107	laconic	concise, expressing much in a few words	127
4817374108	lethargic	drowsy, sluggish, vagrant	128
4817374109	malignant	harmful, dangerous	129
4817374110	martial	warlike, pertaining to war	130
4817374111	misanthropy	hatred or dislike of mankind	131
4817374112	mollify	pacify, appease, reduce	132
4817374113	ominous	threatening, portentous	133
4817374114	omniscient	all-knowing, infinite awareness	134
4817374115	ostracism	banishment, exile, exclusion	135
4817374116	panegyric	formal eulogy, or commendation	136
4817374117	paradigm	model, pattern, standard	137
4817374118	parsimonious	stingy, excessively frugal.	138
4817374119	peripatetic	wandering, roving, vagrant	139
4817374120	affray	public fight or riot, quarrel, or brawl	140
4817374121	apothegm	short, pithy saying, terse remarks	141
4817374122	decrement	loss, decrease	142
4817374123	incongruous	lacking harmony or agreement	143
4817374124	salacious	lustful, lecherous, obscene	144
4817374125	sartorial	of or about tailors or tailoring	145
4817374126	soliloquy	talking as is alone; utterance by a person talking to himself	146
4817374127	sordid	dirty, vile	147
4817374128	stringent	strict, severe, exacting	148
4817374129	supplant	remove, replace, overthrow	149
4817374130	taciturn	uncommunicative, habitually silent	150
4817374131	tepid	lukewarm, moderately warm	151
4817374132	truculent	savage, cruel, fierce	152
4817374133	unctuous	suave, smug, excessively pious	153
4817374134	venal	mercenary, corruptible, able to be bribed	154
4817374135	verbose	wordy, loquacious, lack of incisiveness or precision	155
4817374136	vernacular	common, native language	156
4817374137	virago	a shrew; ill-tempered woman	157
4817374138	voracious	greedy, immoderate, insatiable	158
4817374139	tedium	boredom, ennui, dullness	159
4817374140	incite	provoke, arouse, goad	160
4817374141	insular	detached, isolated, having a narrow point of view	161
4817374142	intrepid	fearless, dauntless, fortitude	162
4817374143	manumission	freeing, release from slavery	163
4817374144	moribund	dying, stagnant, on the verge of extinction	164
4817374145	nescient	ignorant, agnostic, lack of knowledge	165
4817374146	obfuscate	confuse, cloud, make obscure	166
4817374147	placebo	substance having no pharmaceutical effect	167
4817374148	proliferation	excessive rapid spread	168
4817374149	pusillanimous	cowardly in spirit, fearful	169
4817374150	recondite	deep, difficult, profound, little known	170
4817374151	sanctimonious	hypocritical show of piety or righteousness	171
4817374152	similitude	likeness, resemblance, comparison	172
4817374153	soporific	of or about sleep, drowsy	173
4817374154	supine	inactive, passive, lying on the back	174
4817374155	tactile	tangible, perceptible to the touch	175
4817374156	temporal	secular, transitory of this world, limited by time	176
4817374157	ungulate	hoof like, of or about horses	177
4817374158	vapid	insipid, spiritless, inane	178
4817374159	zenith	acme, highest point	179
4817374160	antipathy	aversion, habitual repugnance	180
4817374161	wane	diminish, abate, decrease	181
4817374162	encomium	eulogy, formal expression of high praise	182
4817374163	cacophonous	harsh, discordant, unpleasant	183
4817374164	ambivalent	having opposing feelings or desires	184
4817374165	puissant	powerful, potent, mighty	185
4817374166	bellicose	pugnacious, ready to fight	186
4817374167	amenable	agreeable, answerable	187
4817374168	cavil	harp, nitpick, raise minor objections	188
4817374169	commodious	spacious, roomy	189
4817374170	desultory	disconnected, random, lacking in order	190
4817374171	discreet	judicious, tactful, diplomatic	191
4817374172	emanate	emit, send forth, flow out	192
4817374173	didactic	too inclined to teach, preach, or lecture	193
4817374174	ephemeral	transitory, short-lived, fleeting	194
4817374175	feckless	feeble, ineffective, worthless	195
4817374176	heinous	hateful, odious, abominable	196
4817374177	piquant	pungent, spicy, provocative	197
4817374178	obstreperous	unruly, uncontrolled, vociferous, clamorous	198
4817374179	discrete	separate, distinct, detached from others	199

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5968348457	Dynamic Character	A character that undergoes some kind of change because of the action in the plot.	0
5968348458	Static Character	A character that does not change throughout the work, and the reader's knowledge of that character does not grow.	1
5968348459	Foil Character	A character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.	2
5968348460	Flat Character	A character that embodies one or two qualities, ideas, or traits that can be readily described in a brief summary.	3
5968348461	Stock Character	A stereotypical person whom audiences readily recognize from frequent recurrences in a particular literary tradition.	4
5968348462	Round Character	A round character is extremely realistic, behaving and speaking in a "real life" manner. The character is complex and increases in complexity throughout the story.	5
5968348463	1st Person POV	A narrative is a point of view (who is telling a story) where the story is narrated by one character at a time. This character may be speaking about him or herself or sharing events that he or she is experiencing.	6
5968348464	3rd Person Omniscient	Third person omniscient is a point of view where the narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters. The author may move from character to character to show how each one contributes to the plot	7
5968348465	3rd Person Limited	Third person limited is a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character and adheres closely to that one character's perspective.	8
5968348466	Stream of Conscious Narrator	stream of consciousness is a method of narration that describes in words the flow of thoughts in the minds of the characters.	9
5968348467	Unreliable Narrator	whether in literature, film, or theater, whose credibility has been seriously compromised.	10
5968348468	Naive Narrator	Subcategory of the unreliable narrator, a narrative device used throughout literature.	11
5968348469	Plot	causal sequence of events in a story	12
5968348470	Exposition	the start of the story, the situation before the action starts	13
5968368181	Inciting Incident	the initial event that leads to conflict	14
5968371335	Rising Action	the events in the story leading to the climax	15
5968375744	Climax	the "moment of truth"; the section in the story in which the conflict is decided	16
5968383291	Falling Action	the events the result from the climax	17
5968385890	Resolution/Denouement	the closing of the story in which details are "tied up"	18
5968394899	Types of Conflict	Human vs. Human, Human vs. Nature, Human vs. Society, Human vs. Self, Human vs. Fate, Human vs. Technology	19
5968409969	Chronological Order	Events in the story are sequenced in time order	20
5968412098	Flashback	Events in a story that reflect an earlier time than the narrative initially projects	21
5968419419	in media res	"in the middle of things"; when a story starts in the middle of the action with little or no exposition	22
5968429704	Objective Point of View	lack of opinionated narrator; story is told without comment	23
5968442896	Symbol	an object, person, situation, action, or some other item that has a literal meaning in the story but suggests or represents other meanings as well	24
5968450879	Theme	the controlling idea of a piece of fiction; should be stated as a complete sentence	25
5968467687	Diction	Word Choice	26
5968467688	Denotation	dictionary meaning of word	27
5968471411	Connotation	feeling associated with word	28
5968477584	Formal Diction	exceeding proper vocabulary; follows all accepted grammar rules	29
5968480759	Informal Diction	conversational vocabulary	30
5968483674	slang	language that is very informal; follows no specific rules; often restricted to context	31
5968496818	Colloquial	a form of informal language often connected with a specific group or region	32
5968507393	Irony	an expression of meaning the is the opposite of what could be reasonably expected	33
5968513359	Situational Irony	the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what could be reasonably expected	34
5968519425	Verbal Irony	the meaning of words is the opposite of what could be reasonably expected	35
5968523112	Dramatic Irony	the audience/reader knows more about a situation than the characters	36
5968533311	Tone	the author's attitude toward the subject	37
5968552387	Allegory	a story that uses sustained symbolic meanings	38

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