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| 7293883331 | allegory | a narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrate multiple levels of meaning and significance. Universal symbol or personified abstraction like cupid portrayed as a chubby angel with a bow and arrows. | 0 | |
| 7293895500 | alliteration | the sequential repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applies to consonants, usually in closely proximate stressed syllables ex. "she sells sea shells by the sea shore." | 1 | |
| 7293905771 | allusion | a literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference. ex. one might contrast the life and tribulations of Frederick Douglass to the trials of job. | 2 | |
| 7293930039 | asyndeton | a syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose: ex. "Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) | 3 | |
| 7294154630 | euphemism | an indirect, kinder, or less harsh or hurtful way of expressing unpleasant information. ex. it is much nicer for a person who has just been given a pink slip to hear that she has been made redundant rather than she has been terminated | 4 | |
| 7294163284 | genre | a type of class of literature, such as epic, narrative, poetry, biography, or history. | 5 | |
| 7294164277 | hyperbole | overstatement characterized by exaggerated language, usually to make a point or draw attention. If you are hungry and say, "I'm starving," that is a hyperbole. | 6 | |
| 7294164278 | inference | A conclusion or proposition arrived at by considering facts, observations, or some other specific data. It is through inference -looking at clues- that Sherlock Holmes was able to solve crimes. | 7 | |
| 7294165123 | juxtaposition | the location of one thing adjacent to or juxtaposed with another to create an effect, reveal an attitude, or accomplish some other purpose." | 8 | |
| 7294165124 | loose sentence | a long sentence that starts with its main clause, which is followed by several dependent clauses and modifying phrases; ex. "The child ran, frenzied and ignoring all hazards, as if being chased by demons." | 9 | |
| 7294166956 | mode of discourse | the way in which information is presented in written or spoken form. The Greeks believed there were only four modes of discourse: narration, description, exposition, and argumentation. | 10 | |
| 7294166957 | parallel structure | the use of similar forms in writing for nouns, verbs, phrases, or thoughts, ex. italicization | 11 | |
| 7294167708 | periodic sentence | a long sentence in which the main clause is not completed until the end ex. "Looking as if she were being chased by demons, frenzied and ignoring all hazards, ran," or "The child, who looked as if she were being chased by demons, frenzied and ignoring all hazards, ran." | 12 | |
| 7294167709 | point of view | the relation in which an author stands to a subject of discourse. | 13 | |
| 7294248761 | style | the manner in which a writer combines and arranges words, shapes ideas, and utilizes syntax and structure. | 14 |
