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| 163157033 | ad hominem | an argument attacking an individuals character rather than his/her position | |
| 163157034 | allegory | literary work in which characters objects or actions represent abstractions | |
| 163157035 | alliteration | repetition of initial constant sounds | |
| 163157036 | allusion | a reference to something literacy, mythological or historical | |
| 163157037 | analogy | a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | |
| 163157038 | anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines | |
| 163157039 | anecdote | a brief account of some interesting or entertaining and of ten humorous incident | |
| 163157040 | antithesis | statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced | |
| 163157041 | aphorism | short concise statement of a principle, short sentence with a clever part | |
| 163157042 | apostrophe | the act of directly speaking to an absent or imaginary person or to some abstraction | |
| 163157043 | chiasmus | a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed | |
| 163157044 | colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | |
| 163157045 | conceit | a fanciful particularly clever extended metaphor | |
| 163157046 | connotation | associations and implication beyond a words literal meaning | |
| 163157047 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word | |
| 163157048 | ellipsis | omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from content | |
| 163157049 | epiphany | a moment of sudden revelation or insight | |
| 163157050 | didactic | intended to teach | |
| 163157051 | pathos | the quality in a work that prompts the reader to feel pity | |
| 163157052 | pedantic | describing an excessive display of learning or knowledge | |
| 163157053 | hyperbole | intentional exaggeration to create an effect | |
| 163157054 | imagery | verbal pictures through which meaning emotions and moods are conveyed | |
| 163157055 | invective | an intensely vehement highly emotional verbal attack | |
| 163157056 | irony | the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what usually occurs | |
| 163157057 | litotes | a type of understatement in which something affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite | |
| 163157058 | metaphor | a direct comparison of two different things | |
| 163157059 | metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | |
| 163157060 | motif | a standard theme element or dramatic situation that recurrs | |
| 163157061 | non sequitur | an inference that does not logically follow the premise | |
| 163157062 | onomatopoeia | a word formed from the imitation of natural sounds | |
| 163157063 | euphemism | an indirect less offensive way of saying something | |
| 163157064 | oxymoron | an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined | |
| 163157065 | paradox | an apparently contradictory statement which contains some truth | |
| 163157066 | parody | a humorous imitation of a serious work | |
| 163157067 | diction | having to do with the word choices made by a writer | |
| 163157068 | personification | endowing non human objects with human qualities or characteristics | |
| 163157069 | sarcasm | harsh cutting language or tone intended to ridicule | |
| 163157070 | satire | the use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfection in social institutions | |
| 163157071 | style | the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work | |
| 163157072 | syllepsis | a figure of speech in which a word is applied to two others in different senses | |
| 163157073 | symbol | an object that is used to represent something else | |
| 163157074 | synecdoche | using one part of an object to represent the entire object | |
| 163157075 | syntax | the manner in which words are arranged into sentences | |
| 163157076 | tautology | needless repetition which adds no meaning or understanding | |
| 163157077 | tone | the attitude of a writer, usually implied toward the subject or audience | |
| 163157078 | understatement | the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is | |
| 163157079 | syllogism | an instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn | |
| 163157080 | genre | a category of artistic composition |
