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| 6785907914 | allegory | a narrative in which the characters behavior and even the setting demonstrate multiple levels of meaning and significance | 0 | |
| 6785912770 | alliteration | the sequential repetition of a similar initial sound usually applied to consonants usually in closely proximate stressed syllables | 1 | |
| 6785915250 | allusion | a literary historical religious or mythological reference in a work of literature | 2 | |
| 6785916934 | anaphora | the regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses | 3 | |
| 6785919447 | antithesis | the juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas | 4 | |
| 6785921478 | aphorism | a concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief i.e. spare the rod and spoil the child | 5 | |
| 6785923362 | apostrophe | an address or invocation to something inanimate | 6 | |
| 6785930663 | appeals to logic, emotion, authority | speaker claims to be an authority in a field, attempts to play on emotions, or appeals to reason. Also called logos, pathos, ethos | 7 | |
| 6785934880 | assonance | repetition of similar vowel sounds in successive or proximate words | 8 | |
| 6785937293 | asyndeton | conjunctions are omitted in a series, producing a more rapid prose | 9 | |
| 6785939076 | attitude | sense expressed by the tone, voice, or mood of a passage; the author's feeling to the events, characters, or ideas in the book | 10 | |
| 6785944116 | begging the question | the arguer sidesteps the question or the conflict | 11 | |
| 6785945842 | canon | that which has been accepted as authentic | 12 | |
| 6785946619 | chiasmus | a figure of speech and generally a syntactical structure wherein the order of the terms in the first half of a parallel clause is reversed in the second. Ex. he thinks I am but a fool. A fool, perhaps I am. | 13 | |
| 6785952029 | colloquial | term identifying the diction of common, ordinary folks, especially in a specific region or area | 14 | |
| 6785958207 | comparison and contrast | a mode of discourse in which two or more things are compared, contrasted, or both. | 15 | |
| 6785959665 | conceit | a comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature, in particular an extended metaphor within a poem | 16 | |
| 6785962640 | connotation | the implied, suggested, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase | 17 | |
| 6785963489 | consonance | the repetition of two or more consonants with a change in the intervening vowels, such as pitter-patter or splish-splash | 18 | |
| 6785965533 | convention | an accepted manner, model, or tradition | 19 | |
| 6785966575 | critique | an assessment or analysis of something, such as a passage of writing, for the purpose of determining what it is, its limitations, and its conformity to the standard | 20 | |
| 6785970182 | deduction | argument in which specific statements are made from general principles | 21 | |
| 6785972488 | dialect | the language and speech of a specific area, region, or group | 22 | |
| 6785973638 | diction | the specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose, or effect | 23 | |
| 6785977525 | didactic | writing that has an instructive purpose or a lesson, usually associated with pompous presentation | 24 | |
| 6785980601 | elegy | a poem or prose work that laments or meditates upon the death of a person or persons | 25 | |
| 6785982636 | epistrophe | in rhetoric the repetition of a phrase at the end of successive sentences | 26 | |
| 6785984612 | epitaph | writing in praise of a dead person | 27 | |
| 6785985363 | ethos | appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker | 28 | |
| 6785987687 | eulogy | a speech or written passage in praise of a person; an oration in honor of a deceased person NOTE: Elegy laments, eulogy praises | 29 | |
| 6785991312 | euphemism | An indirect, kinder, or less harsh or hurtful way of expressing unpleasant information | 30 | |
| 6785997545 | exposition | writing that explains its own meaning or purpose | 31 | |
| 6785999915 | extended metaphor | a series of comparisons within a piece of writing, also known as conceit | 32 | |
| 6786003777 | figurative language | levels of meaning expressed through figures of speech | 33 | |
| 6786005024 | flashback or retrospection | an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronology of the narration | 34 | |
| 6786006630 | genre | a type or class of literature | 35 | |
| 6786007510 | homily | a sermon, but more contemporary uses include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual life | 36 | |
| 6786010702 | hyperbole | overstatement characterized by by exaggerated language | 37 | |
| 6786012154 | imagery | any sensory detail or evocation in a work; the use of figurative language to evoke a feeling, call to mind an idea, or to describe an object | 38 | |
| 6786015412 | induction | general statements and conclusions are drawn from specific principles | 39 | |
| 6786018742 | inference | a conclusion or proposition arrived at by considering facts, observations, or other data | 40 | |
| 6786020295 | irony | Verbal: what is said is opposite of what is meant Situational: Events are opposite of what is expected Dramatic: facts are known to the audience but not to characters | 41 | |
| 6786024142 | isocolon | parallel structure in which the parallel elements are parallel in structure and length. Ex. "many are called, but few are chosen" | 42 | |
| 6786027559 | jargon | specialized language of a trade, profession, or similar group | 43 | |
| 6786029121 | juxtaposition | location of one thing adjacent to another to reveal and effect or attitude | 44 | |
| 6786045478 | litote | a figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement | 45 | |
| 6786048356 | loose sentence | a long sentence that starts with its main clause, which is followed by several dependent clauses and modifying phrases | 46 | |
| 6786051104 | metaphor | one thing pictured as if it were something else, suggesting an analogy or likeness. Does not use a verbal signal. | 47 | |
| 6786054901 | metonymy | a figure of speech in which an attribute or commonly associated feature is used to name or designate something Ex. "Buckingham Palace announced today..." | 48 | |
| 6786058352 | mode of discourse | the way in which information is presented in written or spoken form | 49 | |
| 6786059597 | mood | a feeling or ambience resulting from the tone of a piece as well as the writer/narrator's attitude and point of view | 50 | |
| 6786063571 | narrative | mode of discourse that tells a story of some sort, based on sequences of connected events | 51 | |
| 6786065515 | onomatopoeia | a word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes | 52 | |
| 6786067322 | oxymoron | figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements, as in "wise fool" | 53 | |
| 6786069467 | paradox | statement that seems contradictory but is probably true "fight for peace" | 54 | |
| 6786071897 | parallel structure | the use of similar forms in writing for nouns, verbs, phrases, or thoughts | 55 | |
| 6786073846 | pathos | the element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow | 56 | |
| 6786075564 | periodic sentence | a long sentence in which the main clause is not completed until the end | 57 | |
| 6786079489 | personification | treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person by endowing it with human features or qualities | 58 | |
| 6786081474 | point of view | the relation in which a narrator/author stands to a subject of discourse | 59 | |
| 6786083432 | prose | the ordinary form of written language without metrical structure | 60 | |
| 6786084713 | realism | attempting to describe nature and life without idealization and with attention to detail | 61 | |
| 6786086371 | rebuttal/refutation | an argument technique wherein opposing arguments are anticipated and countered | 62 | |
| 6786089461 | rhetoric | the art of using words to persuade in writing or speaking | 63 | |
| 6786090706 | rhetorical question | a question that is asked simply for the sake of stylistic effect and is not expected to be answered | 64 | |
| 6786093655 | sarcasm | form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually critical | 65 | |
| 6786095057 | satire | a literary work that holds up human failings to ridicule and censure | 66 | |
| 6786097945 | simile | direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another, usually using the words like or as to draw the connection | 67 | |
| 6786099977 | style | the manner in which the writer combines and arranges words, shapes ideas, and utilizes syntax and structure. It is the distinctive manner of expression that represents that author's typical writing style | 68 | |
| 6786108660 | symbolism | use of a person, place, thing, or event that figuratively represents something else, usually more abstract | 69 | |
| 6786113572 | synecdoche | figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole, such as 50 masts representing 50 ships | 70 | |
| 6786117448 | syntax | the way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences, establishes tone and attitude | 71 | |
| 6786123609 | theme | the central or dominant idea or focus of a work | 72 | |
| 6786124484 | tone | the attitude that the narrator/writer takes toward a subject and theme | 73 | |
| 6786128529 | voice | the acknowledged or unacknowledged source of the words of the story | 74 | |
| 6786130567 | zeguma | 75 |
