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| 7242646595 | Ambiguously/ambiguous | Deliberately suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting, mean ings in work. An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way- this is done on purpose by the author, one is not done on purpose, it is vagueness and detracts from the work. | 0 | |
| 7242646596 | archetype (n) | Symbol/theme that is repeated throughout literature and history. For example, in literature, there's the theme of hero, villain, trickster, sidekick, etc. | 1 | |
| 7242649954 | Conceit | Extended metaphor with complex logic. Juxtapose /Manipulate images/ideas in surprising ways. | 2 | |
| 7242651505 | Apostrophe | Figure of speech occasionally represented by "!" that addresses an imaginary person but they're not there. | 3 | |
| 7242657237 | Litotes | Figure of speech that creates an understatement | 4 | |
| 7242657238 | Chiasmus | Words or concepts repeated in reverse order | 5 | |
| 7242657239 | Antithesis | Person or thing that is the opposite of something else, e.g. love and hate | 6 | |
| 7242660540 | Antimetabole | A literary device that repeats a phrase in reverse order | 7 | |
| 7242660541 | Didactic | Intended to teach particularly in having a moral instruction as an ulterior motive | 8 | |
| 7242665060 | Pedantic | Overly concerned with my new details or formalisms, especially in teaching. Focusing on the details but someone who is pedantic makes a big display of knowing obscure facts and details. | 9 | |
| 7242665061 | Pathos, logos, and ethos | Pathos = create emotional response, logos = creates logical response, ethos = creates ethical response | 10 | |
| 7242666533 | cupidity (n.) | Greed or desire for money or possessions | 11 | |
| 7242675826 | Chimera (n) | A thing that is hoped or wished for but is impossible to achieve | 12 | |
| 7242675827 | Promethean | Boldly creative | 13 | |
| 7242675828 | Pyrrhic victory | When battle is won but there are so many losses it isn't even a sense of accomplishment | 14 | |
| 7242675829 | Saturnalia | Celebration/festival | 15 | |
| 7242675830 | Alpha and Omega | First and last letters of the Greek alphabet = God is eternal from the beginning until the end | 16 | |
| 7242675831 | Job | Has all the riches in the world but it's a good humble person and patient | 17 | |
| 7242675832 | Sodom and Gomorrah | Something about homosexuality | 18 | |
| 7242675833 | Simon LeGree | A cruel abusive person | 19 | |
| 7242680314 | Svengali | A person who dominates another through selfish motives | 20 | |
| 7242680315 | Laconic | Blunt or concise statement | 21 | |
| 7242680316 | McCarthyism | To falsely accuse someone without evidence | 22 | |
| 7242680317 | Quid pro quo | Favor or advantage with expectations to be given back. This for that | 23 |
