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| 8813075110 | DDSTOP (elements of style) | Diction, detail, syntax, tone, organization, point of view | 0 | |
| 8813075111 | Diction | Word choice | 1 | |
| 8813075112 | (Detail) Visual Imagery | Sight | 2 | |
| 8813075113 | (Detail) Auditory Imagery | Hearing | 3 | |
| 8813075114 | (Detail) Tactile Imagery | Touch | 4 | |
| 8813075115 | (Detail) Olfactory Imagery | Smell | 5 | |
| 8813075116 | (Detail) Gustatory Imagery | Taste | 6 | |
| 8813075117 | (Detail) Kinesthetic Imagery | Energy, Motion | 7 | |
| 8813075118 | Syntax | Sentence structure, word order | 8 | |
| 8813075119 | Tone | Overall attitude or mood | 9 | |
| 8813075120 | Organization | How the piece is structured in its paragraphs, chapters, parts, lengths, etc | 10 | |
| 8813075121 | (POV) First Person | "I", sense of immediacy, intimacy | 11 | |
| 8813075122 | (POV) Third Person Limited | "He, she", limited to one perspective; other characters seem more distant, there's more bias | 12 | |
| 8813075123 | (POV) Third Person Omniscient | More distanced, "panoramic", reader can see the "bigger picture", there's a sense of "human littleness" | 13 | |
| 8813075124 | DIFF PM (narrative techniques) | Dialogue, interior monologue, flashback, foreshadowing, pace, manipulation of time | 14 | |
| 8813075125 | Dialogue | Characters speaking to each other | 15 | |
| 8813075126 | Interior Monologue | Prose version of a soliloquy | 16 | |
| 8813075127 | Flashback | Referencing past events | 17 | |
| 8813075128 | Foreshadowing | Hinting at the future | 18 | |
| 8813075129 | Pace | Speed at which the narrative unfolds | 19 | |
| 8813075130 | Manipulation of Time | Chronological order, linear, or non-chronological, non-linear | 20 | |
| 8813075131 | HI PURR (Rhetorical Devices) | Hyperbole (Overstatement), Irony, Paradox, Understatement, Rhetorical Questions, Repetition | 21 | |
| 8813075132 | Hyperbole (Overstatement) | Exaggeration | 22 | |
| 8813075133 | Irony | An awareness-by author, character, or reader- of a contrast or a difference between the way things seem and the way they really are | 23 | |
| 8813075134 | Paradox | An apparent contradiction that asserts a truth | 24 | |
| 8813075135 | Understatement | Underplay, making it less significant | 25 | |
| 8813075136 | Rhetorical Questions | Not suppose to be answered, or too obvious to have an answer | 26 | |
| 8813075137 | Repetition | Repeating parts of speech or structure | 27 | |
| 8813075138 | Anaphora | Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of the sentence | 28 | |
| 8813075139 | Asyndeton | No conjunction, by there should be "we came, we saw, we conquered" | 29 | |
| 8813075140 | Polysyndeton | Adds conjunctions "we ate and we drank and we play and..." | 30 | |
| 8813075141 | MASS SPAM (figurative language) | Metaphor, Allusion, Synecdoche, Synesthesia, Simile, Personification, Apostrophe, Metonymy | 31 | |
| 8813075142 | Metaphor | Direct comparison between two dissimilar objects | 32 | |
| 8813075146 | Simile | Comparing two different objects or states using "like" or "as" | 33 | |
| 8813075147 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an inanimate or abstract object is given human qualities or actions | 34 | |
| 8813075148 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which a thing, place, abstract quality, idea, dead or absent person, is addressed as if present and capable of understanding | 35 | |
| 8813075143 | Allusion | An implicit reference to a literary, historical, cultural, mythical, or Biblical person, place, or event | 36 | |
| 8813075149 | Metonymy | One word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (such as "the White House" for "the president") | 37 | |
| 8813075144 | Synecdoche | A kind of metaphor in which a part of something is used to signify the whole ("nice wheels" for "nice car") | 38 | |
| 8813075145 | Synaesthesia | A blending or confusion of different kinds of sense impressions (such as "yellow cocktail music") | 39 | |
| 8813075150 | In Medias Res | "In the midst of things", starting in the middle of a narrative | 40 | |
| 8813075151 | Motif | A recurring element which reinforces a theme | 41 | |
| 8813075152 | Parable | A story that teaches a moral or lesson | 42 | |
| 8813075153 | Allegory | A narrative that works on a literal and metaphorical level (allegory of the cave) | 43 | |
| 8813075154 | Epistolary Novel | A novel written in the form of a series of letters | 44 | |
| 8813075155 | Picaresque | A genre of fiction about adventures of escapades of a roughish character, usually in a humorous and satiric way | 45 | |
| 8813075156 | Pastoral | Describes a nostalgia for rural life-pastures, cows, and sows | 46 | |
| 8813075157 | Connotation vs. Denotation | Suggestion or implication evoked by a word or phrase vs. what the word or phrase actually means | 47 | |
| 8813075158 | Expository | Narrative prose intended to inform, explain, describe, or define the author's subject | 48 | |
| 8813075159 | Euphemism | A mild/indirect word substituted for one considered too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing | 49 | |
| 8813075160 | Ellipsis | An omission from speech or writing of one or more words that are not necessary for a phrase to be understood (...) | 50 | |
| 8813075161 | Sardonic | Mocking, cynical, sarcastic | 51 | |
| 8813075163 | Parody | A work that imitates the style of another | 52 | |
| 8864202663 | Juxtaposition | Act of placing side-by-side for comparison/contrast | 53 | |
| 8813075165 | Oxymoron | A combination of contradictory or incongruous words (as cruel kindness or jumbo shrimp) | 54 | |
| 8813075166 | Paean | A song of joy, praise, or victory | 55 | |
| 8864218715 | Symbol | Recurring element which reinforces the theme of a work | 56 | |
| 8864222747 | Didactic | Written to inform or instruct the reader, especially in moral or political lessons | 57 | |
| 8813075164 | Foil | A character whose qualities serve to emphasize those of a protagonist by providing a strong contrast with him/her | 58 | |
| 8813075162 | Satire | Use of irony, exaggeration, parody, and or incongruity to expose, denounce/deride human sociopolitical purposes | 59 |
