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| 8775725455 | Allegory | The device of using characters to represent an actual event or a literal meaning. | 0 | |
| 8775725456 | Alliteration | The repetition of constant sounds. | 1 | |
| 8775725457 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something. | 2 | |
| 8775725460 | Antecedent | The word or phrase referred to by a pronoun. | 3 | |
| 8775725461 | Antithesis | The opposite or contrast of ideas. | 4 | |
| 8775725462 | Aphorism | A terse statement that expresses a general truth. | 5 | |
| 8775725463 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person. | 6 | |
| 8775725465 | Caricature | A verbal description that is exaggerated for a comical effect. | 7 | |
| 8775725467 | Colloquial (colloquialism) | The use of slang informalities in speech or writing. | 8 | |
| 8775725469 | Connotation | The non-literal, associative meaning of a word. | 9 | |
| 8775725470 | denotation | The strict literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color. | 10 | |
| 8775725471 | Diction | Related to style, refers to writer's words choice, especially w/ regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. | 11 | |
| 8775725472 | Didactic | Greek meaning "teaching". Have the primary aim of teaching or instructing. | 12 | |
| 8775725473 | Euphemism | Greek for "good speech" | 13 | |
| 8775725475 | Figurative Language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. | 14 | |
| 8775725476 | Figure of Speech | A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things. | 15 | |
| 8775725479 | Homily | Literally means "sermon", but more informally it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture including moral or spiritual advice. | 16 | |
| 8775725480 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. | 17 | |
| 8775725481 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language use to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. | 18 | |
| 8775725483 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 19 | |
| 8775725484 | Irony | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant, or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true. | 20 | |
| 8775725485 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite (opposite of hyperbole). | 21 | |
| 8775725487 | Metaphor | A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity. | 22 | |
| 8775725488 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. | 23 | |
| 8775725491 | Onomatapoeia | A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. | 24 | |
| 8775725492 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. | 25 | |
| 8775725493 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity | 26 | |
| 8775725494 | Parallelism | The grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarities. | 27 | |
| 8775725495 | Anaphora | A sub-type of parallelism, when the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentenes | 28 | |
| 8775725496 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 29 | |
| 8775725497 | Pedantic | an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 30 | |
| 8775725498 | Periodic Sentence | The opposite of loose sentence. A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. This independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone. Its a much stronger sentence | 31 | |
| 8775725499 | Personification | A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions. | 32 | |
| 8775725502 | Repetition | The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical | 33 | |
| 8775725503 | Rhetoric | Greek for orator; describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively. | 34 | |
| 8775725504 | Rhetorical Modes | Flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purpose of the major kinds of writing. There's exposition, argumentation, description, narration. | 35 | |
| 8775725505 | Sarcasm | Greek for "to tear flesh," involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. | 36 | |
| 8775725507 | Style | Has two purposes: 1. An evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending, siction, syntax, figurative speech, and other literary devices 2. Classification of authors to a group and comparison of an author to similar authors. | 37 | |
| 8775725509 | Subordinate clause | Words group that contains both subject and verb. However, it cannot stand alone; it does not express a complete thought. Also known as a dependent clause. | 38 | |
| 8775725510 | Syllogism | A deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (first called major, second called minor) that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. It's valid only if each of the two premises is valid. | 39 |
