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| 66410184 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction like hope or freedom. | |
| 66410185 | Alliteration | The repitition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words. | |
| 66410186 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, or place. | |
| 66410187 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | |
| 66410188 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. | |
| 66410189 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | |
| 66410190 | Antithesis | The opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite. | |
| 66410191 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principal. | |
| 66410192 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | |
| 66410193 | Atmosphere | The emotional nod created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. | |
| 66410194 | Caricature | A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics. | |
| 66410195 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | |
| 66410196 | Colloquialism | The use of slang or informality in speech and writing. They give a work a conversational, familiar tone. | |
| 66410197 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | |
| 66410198 | Connotation | The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. | |
| 66410199 | Denotation | The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color. | |
| 66410200 | Diction | Related to style, it refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. | |
| 66410201 | Didactic | Literally means teaching or instructing. | |
| 66410202 | Euphemism | A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept. | |
| 66410203 | Extended Metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | |
| 66410204 | Figurative Language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. |
