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| 4769024721 | Allegory | The device using character and/ or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning | 0 | |
| 4769036534 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds (silly Sally sells sea shells) | 1 | |
| 4770530703 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art | 2 | |
| 4770539964 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intensional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage | 3 | |
| 4770545551 | Anadiplosis | The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. "Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering . " | 4 | |
| 4770548375 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. And analogy can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with a pointing out it's similarity to something familiar | 5 | |
| 4770550086 | Anaphora | One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two more lines, clauses, or sentences. "It is the best of times, it is the worst of times " | 6 | |
| 4770552442 | Anecdote | A short narrative detailing particular's of an interesting episode or event. The term most frequently refers to an incident in the life of a person | 7 | |
| 4770553520 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 8 | |
| 4770555076 | Aphorism | A terse statement of you known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle. Can be a memorable simulation of the authors point | 9 | |
| 4770557164 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses and absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. Is the dress to someone or something that cannot answer | 10 | |
| 4770559093 | Atmosphere | The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the authors choice of objects that are described. Even such elements as the description of the weather can contribute to the atmosphere | 11 | |
| 4770596139 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. And independent, or main, clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent, or subordinate clause cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by an independent clause. | 12 | |
| 4770597821 | Colloquial | The use of slang or infirmities and speech writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing. | 13 | |
| 4770600619 | Coherence | A principal demanding that the parts of a composition be arranged so that the meanings of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible | 14 | |
| 4770605669 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 15 | |
| 4770607434 | Connotation | The nonliterate, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. They may also involve emotions, ideas, or attitudes | 16 | |
| 4770609649 | Denotation | The strict, literally, definition of the word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color | 17 | |
| 4770611908 | Diction | Related to style, diction refers to the writers word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. Diction, combined with syntax, figuratively language, literary devices, etc. | 18 | |
| 4770666673 | Didactic | Literally means teaching in Greek | 19 | |
| 4770667810 | Epistrophe | The opposite of anaphors, repetition at the end of successive clauses. " they saw no evil, they spoke no evil, and they hear no evil" | 20 | |
| 4770669978 | Euphemism | From the Greek for good speech, they are more agreeable and less defensive substitutes for a generally unpleasant word or concept | 21 | |
| 4770671112 | Exposition | In essays, one of the for cheif types of composition, the others being argumentation, description, and narration. The purpose of exposition is to explain something. | 22 | |
| 4770686647 | Extended methaphor | A metaphor developed a great length, frequently occurring in or throughout it work | 23 | |
| 4770687508 | Figurative language | Writing or speech it is not intended to carry literal meaning and it is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid | 24 | |
| 4770688702 | Figure of speech | A device used to produce figurative language. Mini compare do similar things. Figures of speech include Hyperbole, irony, metaphor, paradox, personification, simile, and understatement. | 25 | |
| 4770690741 | Generic conventions | This term describes traditions for each genre. These conventions help to define each genre; for example they differentiate an essay and journalistic writing or an autobiography and political writing. | 26 | |
| 4770691556 | Genre | The major category into which literary works fit in. | 27 | |
| 4770692316 | Homily | This term literally means sermon but more informally it includes a serious talk, speech or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice | 28 | |
| 4770694416 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement | 29 | |
| 4770695282 | Imagery | The sensory details or figuratively which used to describe or arouse emotion or represent abstractions. On a physical level imagery uses terms related to the five senses. On a broader and deeper level one image can represent more than one thing. | 30 | |
| 4770696804 | Infer/ inference | To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information present. | 31 | |
| 4770697919 | Invective | And emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong abusive language | 32 | |
| 4770699537 | Irony/ ironic | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. The difference between what appears to be and what is actually true. In general, there are three types of irony used in language verbal irony where the words literally state the op. cit. of the writers or speakers true meaning. Situational irony where events turn out the opposite of what is expected. Or dramatic irony fax or events are unknown to the character in a play or piece of fiction but known to the reader or audience or other characters in the work | 33 | |
| 4770702083 | Loose sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea independent clause comes first followed by dependent grandma call units such as phrases and clauses | 34 | |
| 4770704348 | Metaphor | A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for another suggesting some similarity | 35 | |
| 4770707186 | Mood | This term has two distinct technical meetings in English writing. The first meaning is grammical and deals with verbal units and writers attitude. The second meaning of mood is literary meaning the prevailing atmosphere or emotional Aura of a work dealing with setting tone and events | 36 | |
| 4770709543 | Narrative | The telling of the story or an account of an event or series of events | 37 | |
| 4770709999 | Onomatopoeia | A figure of speech which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words including buzz hiss hum crack | 38 |
