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| 14601428189 | adage | A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language | 0 | |
| 14601432989 | allegory | A story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surface | 1 | |
| 14601437991 | Alliteration | The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines in a poem | 2 | |
| 14601440709 | allusion | A reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea | 3 | |
| 14601442930 | ambiguity | a vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings or interpretations | 4 | |
| 14601445962 | analogy | a comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things | 5 | |
| 14601451948 | anecdote | a brief narrative often used to illustrate an idea or make a point | 6 | |
| 14601458653 | antecedent | A word to which a pronoun refers | 7 | |
| 14601461899 | antimetabole | a phrase or sentence is repeated, but in reverse order | 8 | |
| 14601467621 | antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 9 | |
| 14601468730 | apostrophe | a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction | 10 | |
| 14601475204 | appositive | A noun or noun phrase that follows another noun immediately or defines or amplifies its meaning | 11 | |
| 14601502714 | archetype | a very typical example of a certain person or thing | 12 | |
| 14601510772 | argument | main statement of a poem, an essay, a short story, or a novel, which usually appears as an introduction, or a point on which the writer will develop his work in order to convince his readers. | 13 | |
| 14601515825 | Asyndeton | the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence | 14 | |
| 14601518001 | audience | the person for whom a writer writes, or composer compose | 15 | |
| 14601519557 | cacophony | A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds | 16 | |
| 14601522780 | Characterization | the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character | 17 | |
| 14601523447 | circumlocution | an indirect way of expressing something | 18 | |
| 14601527172 | climax | the high point, or turning point, of a story or play | 19 | |
| 14601528155 | Colloquial | Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing | 20 | |
| 14601529013 | Concession | A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding. | 21 | |
| 14601530083 | conceit | A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea, often stated in figurative language. | 22 | |
| 14601538823 | connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 23 | |
| 14601539877 | context | The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text. | 24 | |
| 14601540999 | counter argument | ideas that are presented to oppose another argument | 25 | |
| 14601541913 | cumulative sentence | sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on | 26 | |
| 14639506441 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 27 | |
| 14639507557 | denouement | the resolution of the issue of a complicated plot in fiction | 28 | |
| 14639509161 | Detail | Facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in the work | 29 | |
| 14639512012 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 30 | |
| 14639512013 | Elegy | a sad or mournful poem | 31 | |
| 14639512976 | Ellipsis | the omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from the context | 32 | |
| 14639513962 | Epic | long narrative poem | 33 | |
| 14639514703 | Ethos | convincing an audience via the authority or credibility of the persuader | 34 | |
| 14639517723 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 35 | |
| 14639518636 | Exposition | introduce background information about events, settings, characters, or other elements of a work to the audience or readers | 36 | |
| 14639521821 | Foreshadowing | A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader. | 37 | |
| 14639522648 | Genre | a major category or type of literature | 38 | |
| 14639522649 | Horative sentence | sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action | 39 | |
| 14639527715 | Hyperbole | exaggeration | 40 | |
| 14639527716 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 41 | |
| 14639528438 | imperative sentence | sentence used to command or enjoin | 42 | |
| 14639529391 | Inversion | inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order) | 43 | |
| 14639553535 | Verbal Irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 44 | |
| 14639554525 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 45 | |
| 14639554526 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 46 | |
| 14639560558 | Logos | Appeal to logic | 47 | |
| 14639560559 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 48 | |
| 14639560560 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it ("President declared" --> "White House Declared") | 49 | |
| 14639568875 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 50 | |
| 14639568876 | Motif | A recurring theme, subject or idea | 51 | |
| 14639569608 | Myth | a folklore genre consisting of narratives or stories that play a fundamental role in a society | 52 | |
| 14639572360 | Narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. | 53 | |
| 14639572361 | Non Sequitur | something that does not logically follow (Bird can fly, bird is animal; pig is animal, therefore pig can fly) | 54 | |
| 14639587538 | Occasion | the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written | 55 | |
| 14639589293 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 56 | |
| 14639591239 | organization | the arrangement of ideas, incidents, evidence, or details in a perceptible order in a paragraph, essay, or speech | 57 | |
| 14639593701 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase (Alone together) | 58 | |
| 14639595717 | Pace | the speed at which a story is told | 59 | |
| 14639597664 | Parable | A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson | 60 | |
| 14639598341 | paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth | 61 | |
| 14639607030 | Parallel structure | the repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures | 62 | |
| 14639607031 | parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule | 63 | |
| 14639608009 | pastoral | A work of literature dealing with rural life | 64 | |
| 14639608010 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion | 65 | |
| 14639610064 | Periodic sentence | sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end | 66 | |
| 14639611624 | Persona | an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting | 67 | |
| 14639611625 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 68 | |
| 14639612507 | Point of View | the perspective from which a story is told | 69 | |
| 14639612508 | Polemic | an aggressive argument against a specific opinion | 70 | |
| 14639613674 | Propaganda | Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause | 71 | |
| 14639624846 | prose | written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. | 72 | |
| 14639625741 | purpose | the goal the speaker wants to achieve | 73 | |
| 14639625742 | refutation | a denial of the validity of an opposing argument | 74 | |
| 14639626573 | repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 75 | |
| 14639627537 | rhetoric | the art of using language effectively and persuasively | 76 | |
| 14639627538 | rhetorical appeals | Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling. (ethos, pathos, logos) | 77 | |
| 14639631734 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 78 | |
| 14639637057 | Rhetorical triangle | A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text. | 79 | |
| 14639637058 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 80 | |
| 14639637695 | simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 81 | |
| 14639641878 | soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage | 82 | |
| 14639641879 | symbolism | A device in literature where an object represents an idea. | 83 | |
| 14639643253 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa (check out my new "wheels") | 84 | |
| 14639648600 | syllogism | a form of logical reasoning that joins two or more premises to arrive at a conclusion | 85 | |
| 14639650398 | syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 86 | |
| 14639650399 | thesis | Focus statement of an essay; premise statement upon which the point of view or discussion in the essay is based. | 87 | |
| 14639652299 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 88 | |
| 14639652300 | transition | words and phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs | 89 | |
| 14639655564 | voice | A writers distinctive use of language | 90 | |
| 14639655565 | Zeugma | use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings (she broke his car and his heart) | 91 | |
| 14672417177 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 92 |
