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An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Connotation

100

Concerning the writing, study or content of literature especially of the kind valued for quality of form 

Literary meaning

100

A person being regarded as an individual 

First Person

100

A spoken or written account of connected events

Narrative

100

A statement about another person or thing, and not directly about yourself or about the person you are talking to.

Third Person

200

The Literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.

Denotation

200

A long speech by one actor in a play or movie or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program

Monologue

200

A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead

Elegy

200

A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject 

Ode

200

The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel or other fictional text 

Protaginst

300

The use of words in a way that deviates from the conventional order meaning in order to convey a complicated meaning. 

 Figurative language

300

An imitation of the style of particular writer, artist or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect

Parody

300

Poetry that does not use any strict meter or rhyme scheme

Free Verse

300

The perspective from which a story is told from

Point Of View

300

The use of irony or to mock or convey contempt 

Sarcasm

400

A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died.

Eulogy

400

A story especially one concerning the early history of people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events

Myth

400

A long poem typically one derived from ancient oral tradition narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legenedary figure

Epic

400

A little sound or song

Sonnet

400

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

Pun

500

The fact of two things being placed or seen closed together with a contrasting 

Juxtaposition

500

A slow sentimental or romantic song

Ballad

500

A poem of type that expresses the writers emotions

Lyric

500

A set of words or forms that refer to the person that the speaker or writer is addressing

Second Person

500

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize peoples or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

Satire

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