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| 8631917571 | Allegory | using character and/or story elements to represent an abstraction. Usually unveils a moral truth. | 0 | |
| 8631929750 | Alliteration | repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words. | 1 | |
| 8631933091 | Allusion | a direct or indirect reference to something which is commonly known. | 2 | |
| 8631937453 | Ambiguity | the multiple meanings of a word or phrase. | 3 | |
| 8631939955 | Analogy | a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. | 4 | |
| 8631950921 | Antecedent | word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 5 | |
| 8631954004 | Antithesis | the opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite | 6 | |
| 8631957600 | Aphorism | a statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle. A memorable summation of an author's point. | 7 | |
| 8631966736 | Atmosphere | the emotional nod created by the entirety of a literary work, established by the setting and author's choice. | 8 | |
| 8631981714 | Caricature | a description aimed at exaggerating or distorting, for comic effect, a person's physical features or other defining characteristics. | 9 | |
| 8631990227 | Clause | a grammatical unit that contains a subject and a verb. | 10 | |
| 8631992769 | Colloquial/Colloquialism | the use of slang or informal speech in writing. Provide a conversational, familiar tone. | 11 | |
| 8631999508 | Conceit | a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy. | 12 | |
| 8632007047 | Connotation | the non-literal, associative meaning of a word; implied. | 13 | |
| 8632009040 | Denotation | the strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word. | 14 | |
| 8632011362 | Diction | relates to the writer's word choices. | 15 | |
| 8632020354 | Didactic | words/language with the primary objective of teaching or instructing. | 16 | |
| 8632025492 | Euphemism | a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for unpleasant words or concepts ("earthly remains" vs "corpse"). | 17 | |
| 8632036656 | Extended Metaphor | a metaphor that is developed at great length throughout a text. | 18 | |
| 8632043604 | Figurative Language | writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is meant to be imaginative in nature. | 19 | |
| 9569777457 | Figure of Speech | A device used to produce figurative language. | 20 | |
| 9569777458 | Generic Conventions | This term describes traditions for each genre. | 21 | |
| 9569777459 | Genre | a major category or type of literature | 22 | |
| 9569777460 | Homily | a sermon, or a moralistic lecture | 23 | |
| 9569777461 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 24 | |
| 9569777462 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 25 | |
| 9569777463 | Inference/Infer | To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented. | 26 | |
| 9569777464 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 27 | |
| 9569777465 | Irony/Ironic | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. | 28 | |
| 9569777466 | Verbal Irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 29 | |
| 9569777467 | Situational Irony | An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected | 30 | |
| 9569777468 | Dramatic Irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 31 | |
| 9569777469 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 32 | |
| 9569777470 | Loose Sentence/Non-Periodic Sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units, such as phrases or clauses | 33 | |
| 9569777471 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 34 | |
| 9569777472 | Metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant | 35 | |
| 9569777473 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 36 | |
| 9569777474 | Narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. | 37 | |
| 9569777475 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 38 | |
| 9569777476 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 39 | |
| 9569777477 | Paradox | a contradiction or dilemma | 40 | |
| 9569777478 | Parallelism/Parallel Structure | the repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures | 41 | |
| 9569777479 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses (sub type of parallelism/parallel structure) | 42 | |
| 9569777480 | Parody | A work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner | 43 | |
| 9569777481 | Pedantic | characterized by an excessive display of learning or scholarship | 44 | |
| 9569777482 | Periodic Sentence | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause | 45 | |
| 9569777483 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 46 | |
| 9569777484 | Point of View | In literature, the perspective from which a story is told. | 47 | |
| 9569777485 | First Person Narrator | one of the characters tells the story ("I"). | 48 | |
| 9569777486 | Third Person Narrator | a narrator outside of the action who tells the story from the he/she vantage point | 49 | |
| 9569777487 | Third Person Omniscient | the narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work | 50 | |
| 9569777488 | Third Person Limited | Narrator sees the world through only one characters eyes and thoughts | 51 | |
| 9569777489 | Prose | written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. | 52 | |
| 9569777490 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 53 | |
| 9569777491 | Rhetoric | The art of using language effectively and persuasively | 54 | |
| 9569777492 | Rhetorical Modes | exposition, description, narration, argumentation | 55 | |
| 9569777493 | Sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt (intended to ridicule) | 56 | |
| 9569777494 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies | 57 | |
| 9569777495 | Semantics | Meaning of words and sentences | 58 | |
| 9569777496 | Style | the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work | 59 | |
| 9569777497 | Subject Complement | is a word or group of words that follows a linking verb and renames or describes the subject. | 60 | |
| 9569777498 | Subordinate Clause | part of a sentence but doesn't express a complete thought and cannot stand by itself | 61 | |
| 9569777499 | Syllogism | a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (the first one is called "major" and the second is called "minor") that inevitably leads to a sound conclusion | 62 | |
| 9569777500 | Symbol/Symbolism | Anything that represents itself and stands for something else. | 63 | |
| 9569777501 | Natural Symbols | objects and occurrences from nature to symbolize ideas commonly associated with them | 64 | |
| 9569777502 | Conventional Symbols | those that have been invested with meaning by a group | 65 | |
| 9569777503 | Literary Symbols | symbols that are found in a variety of works and are more generally recognized. | 66 | |
| 9569777504 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 67 | |
| 9569777505 | Synthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") | 68 | |
| 9569777506 | Syntax | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences | 69 | |
| 9569777507 | Theme | central idea/universal message of a work of literature | 70 | |
| 9569777508 | Thesis | a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved. | 71 | |
| 9569777509 | Tone | the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc | 72 | |
| 9569777510 | Transition | a word or phrase that links different ideas | 73 | |
| 9569777511 | Understatement (litotes) | the opposite of hyperbole, says less than could be said either to diminish or enhance a subject | 74 | |
| 9569777512 | Wit | Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights | 75 | |
| 9569777513 | Inverted Syntax (Inversion) | reversing the normal order of a sentence | 76 | |
| 9771029033 | Chiasmus | flipping the second part of a sentence's structure (AB->BA). EX: "Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you" | 77 | |
| 9771040893 | Polysyndeton | the use of conjunctions in quick succession between words and phrases (rapid pace) | 78 |
