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| 6710531121 | allegory | using character/story elements that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning | 0 | |
| 6710543364 | alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds | 1 | |
| 6710545299 | allusion | direct/indirect reference to something which is usually common known like a book, myth, place, history, etc.. | 2 | |
| 6710549234 | ambiguity | multiple meanings of a word/phrase/sentence | 3 | |
| 6710551052 | analogy | similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them | 4 | |
| 6710557220 | antecedent | word or clause referred to by a pronoun | 5 | |
| 6710559168 | antithesis | the opposition or contrast of ideas | 6 | |
| 6710560731 | aphorism | terse statement of known authorship which expresses a moral principle | 7 | |
| 6710564977 | atmosphere | emotional nod created by the entirety of a work | 8 | |
| 6710567636 | caricature | exaggerated verbal desicription | 9 | |
| 6710569484 | clause | grammatical unit with a subject and a verb | 10 | |
| 6710571002 | colloquialism | use of slang or informalities | 11 | |
| 6710571003 | conceit | faithful expression in form of extended metaphor or analogy between dissimilar objects | 12 | |
| 6710591123 | connotation | non-literal meaning of a word | 13 | |
| 6710592263 | denotation | strict literal meaning of a word | 14 | |
| 6710593662 | diction | writers word choices | 15 | |
| 6710593664 | didactic | phrases/words that have primary aim of teaching or instructing | 16 | |
| 6710596611 | euphemism | less offensive substitutes for unpleasant words/concepts | 17 | |
| 6710613965 | extended metaphor | metaphor developed at length occurring frequently throughout a piece | 18 | |
| 6710615740 | figurative language | speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning | 19 | |
| 6710623550 | figure of speech | device used to produce figurative language | 20 | |
| 6710624937 | generic conventions | traditions for each genre, help define each genre | 21 | |
| 6710626421 | genre | major category that a literary work fits into | 22 | |
| 6710636891 | homily | any serious talk, speech or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice | 23 | |
| 6710640090 | hyperbole | figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration | 24 | |
| 6710641710 | imagery | sensory details used to describe, arouse emotion or represent abstractions | 25 | |
| 6710644036 | inference | draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented | 26 | |
| 6710646109 | invective | emotionally violent verbal denunciation | 27 | |
| 6710648152 | irony | contrast between what is staged and what is really meant | 28 | |
| 6710649186 | litotes | form of understatement that makes a point by denying its opposite | 29 | |
| 6710651579 | loose sentence/non-periodic sentence | sentence where main idea comes first followed by dependent grammatical units | 30 | |
| 6710653227 | metaphor | figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things | 31 | |
| 6710655588 | metonymy | figure of speech where name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it | 32 | |
| 6710669270 | mood | prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work | 33 | |
| 6710671706 | narrative | telling of a story | 34 | |
| 6710679080 | onomatopoeia | figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words | 35 | |
| 6710681278 | paradox | statement that appears to be self contradictory but has some degree of truth | 36 | |
| 6710684514 | anaphora | repetition of words or phraseses at the beginning of successive lines | 37 | |
| 6710687990 | parody | work that closely imitates the style of another with aim of comic effect | 38 | |
| 6710696851 | pedantic | using big words for the sake of using big words | 39 | |
| 6710720913 | subject complement | word or clause that follows a linking verb and completes the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it | 40 | |
| 6710726608 | syllogism | x=y and y=z then x=z | 41 | |
| 6710740132 | synecdoche | figure of speech where part of something is used to represent the whole | 42 | |
| 6710741267 | synesthesia | one kind of sensory stimulus evokes subjective experience of another | 43 |
