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| 2814322014 | Allegory | A story, poem, or picture that can me interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. Probably the most famous example of allegory is the movie The Wizard of Oz, in which cowardice is embodied in the lion, thoughtless panic in the scarecrow, and so on. Some have claimed that L. Frank Baum's Oz books are also political allegories, that the scarecrow represents an agricultural past, for example, and the tin woodsman the industrial future. | 0 | |
| 2814323587 | Alliteration | Repeating a consonant sound in close proximity to others, or beginning several words with the same vowel sound. "Buckets of big blue berries." | 1 | |
| 2814323588 | Allusion | A casual reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature, often without explicit identification. Allusions can originate in mythology, biblical references, historical events, legends, geography, or earlier literary works. | 2 | |
| 2814324356 | Apostrophe | An address to a person or personified object not present. | 3 | |
| 2814324357 | Aphorism | A statement of general principle condensing much wisdom into a few words -- Give a man a mask and he will tell you the truth -- Oscar Wilde. | 4 | |
| 2814325170 | Assonance | A repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close to each other; "Try to light the fire." | 5 | |
| 2814325769 | Cliché | A hackneyed or trite phrase that has become overused. | 6 | |
| 2814327386 | Connotation | Double- and triple-level suggestive power words; gold can connote wealth, but also beauty and excellence or greed; a dove, peace as well as innocence. | 7 | |
| 2814327387 | Consonance | The repetition of final consonant sounds; blood, food, lord, sword. | 8 | |
| 2814328536 | Denotation | Dictionary meaning of a word. | 9 | |
| 2814328537 | Dramatic Irony | When the reader or audience knows something the character does not. | 10 | |
| 2814328991 | Euphemism | The substituting of a mild, indirect or vague term for one that is more harsh, blunt, or offensive -- She passed away -- instead of -- She is dead. | 11 | |
| 2814328992 | Flashback | The method of returning to an earlier point in time for the purpose of making the present clearer. | 12 | |
| 2814329616 | Foreshadow | A hint of what is to come in a literary work. | 13 | |
| 2814329617 | Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration to add meaning. | 14 | |
| 2814329995 | Idiom | Has a meaning that is different from the meanings of the individual words themselves (cliché). | 15 | |
| 2814329996 | Imagery | Language that appeals to the five senses -- sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. | 16 | |
| 2814329997 | Irony | The contrast between actual meaning and the suggestion of another meaning. | 17 | |
| 2814330648 | Malapropism | Unconscious pun; confusing "odious" for "onerous." | 18 | |
| 2814332662 | Metaphor | An implemented comparison between dissimilar objects without the use of like or as. | 19 | |
| 2814333427 | Metonymy | Using a physical object to indicate a larger idea is named metonymy. For instance, the word "crown" can refer to a king. | 20 | |
| 2814334466 | Motif | A recurring feature of a literary work that is related to the theme. | 21 | |
| 2814334797 | Onomatopoeia | The use of sounds that are similar to the noise they represent; buzz, smack, whack, click, rattle. | 22 | |
| 2814334798 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that deliberately uses two contradictory ideas; sometimes you have to be cruel to the kind; a deafening silence; bitter-sweet. | 23 | |
| 2814334799 | Paradox | A statement which appears self-contradictory, but underlines a basis of truth. | 24 | |
| 2814335742 | Periphrasis | Substituting a descriptive phrase, made up of a concrete adjective and abstract noun, for a precise word: "fringed curtains of thine eye" (i.e. eyelashes). | 25 | |
| 2814335743 | Personification | A figure of speech in which non-human things are given human characteristics. | 26 | |
| 2814336253 | Pun | A humorous way of using a word or phrase so that more than one meaning is suggested. | 27 | |
| 2814336646 | Simile | A direct comparison of dissimilar objects using "like" or "as." | 28 | |
| 2814336647 | Situational Irony | When there is a disparity between what is expected and what actually occurs; when something unexpected occurs. | 29 | |
| 2814337112 | Synesthesia | The description of one ind of sense in terms of another -- Her blouse was a cool green. | 30 | |
| 2814337463 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole object or idea. | 31 | |
| 2814337938 | Symbol | A word, place, character, or object that means something beyond what is on a literal level. | 32 | |
| 2814337939 | Understatement | Saying less that what is meant, for effect. | 33 | |
| 2814338294 | Verbal Irony | When the speaker says one thing, but means the opposite; meaning one thing and saying another. | 34 | |
| 2814338295 | Wordplay | A serious pun, as when a dying man says, "Tomorrow you shall find me a grave man." | 35 |
