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| 4979781324 | Allegory | a work that functions on a symbolic level | 0 | |
| 4979781325 | Alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse | 1 | |
| 4979781326 | Allusion | a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | 2 | |
| 4979781327 | Analogy | drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect | 3 | |
| 4979781328 | Anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | 4 | |
| 4979781329 | Anecdote | short story of an amusing or interesting event | 5 | |
| 4979781330 | Antecedent | a preceding occurrence or cause or event | 6 | |
| 4979781331 | Antithesis | an opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses | 7 | |
| 4979781332 | Aphorism | a brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life | 8 | |
| 4979781333 | Apostrophe | a technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object, an idea, or a person who is either dead or absent | 9 | |
| 4979781334 | Argument | a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true | 10 | |
| 4979781335 | Assonance | the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words | 11 | |
| 4979781337 | Attitude | the relationship an author has toward his or her subject, and/or his or her audience | 12 | |
| 4979781338 | Character | person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work | 13 | |
| 4979781339 | Chiasmus | Arrangement of repeated thoughts in the pattern of X Y Y X. It is often short and summarizes a main idea. | 14 | |
| 4979781340 | Cliche | an overused saying or idea | 15 | |
| 4979781341 | Colloquialism | characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | 16 | |
| 4979781342 | Connotation | a meaning or association suggested by a word beyond its definition | 17 | |
| 4979781343 | Consonance | repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity, as in boost/best; it can also be seen within several compound words, such as fulfill and ping-pong | 18 | |
| 4979781344 | Deduction | reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) | 19 | |
| 4979781345 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 20 | |
| 4979781348 | Diction | the author's choice of words | 21 | |
| 4979781349 | Direct Object | the object that receives the direct action of the verb | 22 | |
| 4979781350 | Dramatic Irony | occurs when another character(s) and/or the audience know more than one or more characters on stage about what is happening | 23 | |
| 4979781351 | Ethos | the appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator | 24 | |
| 4979781352 | Euphemism | an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 25 | |
| 4979781353 | Extended Metaphor | the comparison between two things is continued beyond the first point of comparison; this extends and deepens a description. | 26 | |
| 4979781354 | Genre | type or category of literary work (e.g., poetry, essay, short story, novel, drama) | 27 | |
| 4979781355 | Homily | a sermon, or a moralistic lecture | 28 | |
| 4979781356 | Cacophony | harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance | 29 | |
| 4979781357 | Hyperbole | a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 30 | |
| 4979781358 | Independent Clause | a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence | 31 | |
| 4979781359 | Indirect Object | the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb | 32 | |
| 4979781360 | Invective | An intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack | 33 | |
| 4979781361 | Logos | an appeal based on logic or reason | 34 | |
| 4979781363 | Metonymy | symbolism; one thing is used as a substitute for another with which it is closely identified (the White House) | 35 | |
| 4979781364 | Mood | a prevailing emotional tone or general attitude | 36 | |
| 4979781365 | Narration | the act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence | 37 | |
| 4979781366 | Narrative | consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story | 38 | |
| 4979781367 | Onomatopoeia | the use of words that mimic sounds. they appeal to our sense of hearing and they help bring a description to life. a string of syllables the author has made up to represent the way a sound really sounds. example: caarackle! | 39 | |
| 4979781368 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms | 40 | |
| 4979781369 | Paradox | a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 41 | |
| 4979781370 | Parallelism | refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity. | 42 | |
| 4979781371 | Parody | a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way | 43 | |
| 4979781372 | Pathos | quality in drama, speech, literature, music, or events that arouses a feeling of pity or sadness | 44 | |
| 4979781373 | Personification | a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 45 | |
| 4979781374 | Point of View | the perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st, 2nd, 3rd person; omniscient, limited omniscient) | 46 | |
| 4979781379 | Prose | ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter; referring to speech or writing other than verse | 47 | |
| 4979781380 | Repetition | sounds, words, phrases, lines or stanzaz are repeated for emphasis | 48 | |
| 4979781381 | Rhetoric | the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion | 49 | |
| 4979781382 | Sarcasm | from the Greek meaning "to tear flesh," ___ involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something; it may use irony as a device | 50 | |
| 4979781383 | Satire | language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them up to ridicule | 51 | |
| 4979781384 | Situational Irony | an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected, the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does | 52 | |
| 4979781385 | Stream-of-consciousness | a narrative technique that places the reader in the mind and thought process of the narrator, no matter how random or spontaneous that may be | 53 | |
| 4979781386 | Subject | tells whom or what the sentence is about | 54 | |
| 4979781387 | Syllogism | deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises | 55 | |
| 4979781388 | Symbol | anything that stands for or represents something else | 56 | |
| 4979781389 | Synecdoche | using a part of something to represent the whole thing | 57 | |
| 4979781390 | Syntax | the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language. | 58 | |
| 4979781391 | Theme | central idea of a work of literature | 59 | |
| 4979781392 | Thesis | an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument | 60 | |
| 4979781393 | Third Person Limited | point of view which represents the feelings of only one character, presenting only the actions of all remaining characters | 61 | |
| 4979781394 | Tone | the author's attitude toward the subject or audience, either stated or implied | 62 | |
| 4979781395 | Understatement | the opposite of exaggeration; it is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended | 63 | |
| 4979781396 | Verbal Irony | in this type of irony, the words literally state the opposite of the writer's true meaning | 64 |
