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| 7065109729 | allegory | a work that functions on a symbolic level | 0 | |
| 7065113490 | allusion | a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing | 1 | |
| 7065125275 | diction | word choice intended to convey a certain effect | 2 | |
| 7065127384 | dialect | a nonstandard subgroup of a language with its own vocabulary and grammatical features | 3 | |
| 7065128713 | didactic | describes writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach | 4 | |
| 7065131564 | epigraph | a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme | 5 | |
| 7065133633 | epitaph | an inscription on a tombstone or burial place | 6 | |
| 7065137018 | epithet | a term used to point out a characteristic of a person | 7 | |
| 7065139462 | eulogy | a formal speech praising a person who has died | 8 | |
| 7065142391 | exposition | part of a story which describes the background and setting and introduces the main character | 9 | |
| 7065145812 | genre | terms use to classify literary and informational works | 10 | |
| 7065147918 | hyperbole | deliberate, extravagant exaggeration | 11 | |
| 7065151736 | imagery | descriptive words used to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas by appealing to the senses | 12 | |
| 7065154803 | verbal irony | when a speaker or narrator says one thing while meaning the opposite | 13 | |
| 7065157028 | situational irony | when a situation turns out differently from what one would normally expect | 14 | |
| 7065158315 | dramatic irony | when the audience has understanding or knowledge that the speaker does not | 15 | |
| 7065159652 | motif | the repetition or variations of an image or ideas in a work used to develop theme or characters | 16 | |
| 7065161152 | paradox | when elements of a statement contradict each other yet reveal a hidden truth | 17 | |
| 7065162974 | paraphrase | the restatement of a text in different words | 18 | |
| 7065167722 | pedantic | describes writing that borders on lecturing - overly scholastic | 19 | |
| 7065192977 | theme | the central message of literary work | 20 | |
| 7065187668 | synthesis | when the writer or speaker uses multiple sources to argue a point of view on a given issue | 21 | |
| 7065188879 | symbol | any object, person, place, or action that has both a meaning in itself and represents something larger than itself | 22 | |
| 7065186851 | subjective | describes a personal perspective on a topic | 23 | |
| 7065181047 | satire | a mode of writing based on ridicule that criticizes the foibles and follies of society without offering a solution | 24 | |
| 7065176452 | rhetoric | the language of a written work and its style - using words in an intentional and artful way to persuade people (Ethos, Pathos, Logos) | 25 | |
| 7065180284 | sarcasm | the use of verbal irony in which the speaker appears to be praising something but is actually insulting it | 26 | |
| 7065185679 | understatement | irony that deliberately represents something as being much less than it really is | 27 | |
| 7065174029 | pun | a play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but have sharply diverse meanings | 28 | |
| 7065173377 | primary source | the original source of resource information | 29 | |
| 7065170872 | persona | the role or façade that a character assumes | 30 | |
| 7065207964 | inverted | a sentence that is constructed so that the predicate comes before the subject ex: "In California grow the oranges." | 31 | |
| 7065122034 | analogy | a comparison of two pairs that have the same relationship | 32 | |
| 7065206171 | balanced | a sentence in which the clauses balance each other because of their likeness of structure ex: "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters." | 33 | |
| 7065205045 | periodic | a sentence that makes sense fully only when the end of the sentence is reached ex: "That morning after a turbulent flight and some exciting experiences, we reached Edmonton." | 34 | |
| 7065204300 | cumulative | a sentence that makes complete sense if brought to a close before the actual ending ex: "We reached Edmonton that morning after a turbulent flight and some exciting experiences, tired but exhilarated, full of stories to tell our friends and neighbors." | 35 | |
| 7065202694 | compound-complex | a sentence that contains two or more independent clauses and one or more subordinate clauses ex: "The singer bowed while the audience applauded, but she sang no encores." | 36 | |
| 7065190856 | tone | the writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience | 37 | |
| 7065201312 | compound | a sentence that contains two independent causes joined by a coordinating junction or semicolon ex: "The singer bowed to the audience, but she sang no encores." | 38 | |
| 7065201943 | complex | a sentence that contains and independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses ex: "Because the singer was tired, she went straight to bed after the concert." | 39 | |
| 7065198795 | tragedy | a work in which the protagonist, a person of high degree, is engaged in a significant struggle which ends in ruin or destruction | 40 |
