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| 5847899290 | Allusion | a reference to something in previous literature, history, or culture that adds to r emphasizes theme in the work | 0 | |
| 5847899291 | allegory | a narrative or description with a secondary meaning underlying the literal meaning. | 1 | |
| 5847899292 | allegory | Orwell's Animal Farm where the animals stage a revolution is often seen to represent Karl Marx | 2 | |
| 5847899293 | anecdote | a clever little story; a short account of an interesting situation | 3 | |
| 5847899294 | anti- hero | a protagonist whose actions are the opposite of what is expected Often confused, victimized, powerless or pathetic | 4 | |
| 5847899295 | anti-hero | although the protagonist... he was a liar and crook and pretender and, eventually, accomplice to manslaughter. | 5 | |
| 5847899296 | archetype | a symbol that recurs often enough in literature overtime to be easily recognizable, such as water as a purifying element or the sun as knowledge, can also include character types: prodigal son... | 6 | |
| 5847899297 | archetype | the mother figure who guides and directs a child | 7 | |
| 5847899298 | epiphany | a moment of insight, spiritual or personal; a characters sudden revelation about life | 8 | |
| 5847899299 | eulogy | the speech given at the memorial or funeral service in remembrance of one who died | 9 | |
| 5847899300 | extended metaphor | a detailed or complex metaphor that is evident throughout a work | 10 | |
| 5847899301 | Foil | A character in a work whose behavior and values contrast those of another character in order to hi-light the other character's distinct personality. | 11 | |
| 5847899302 | imagery | language that appeals to the senses; are emotionally evocative | 12 | |
| 5847899303 | invocation: | a prayer or a statement that calls for help from a god or goddess | 13 | |
| 5847899304 | irony | a discrepancy between appearance and reality. 3 types: verbal, dramatic, and situational | 14 | |
| 5847899305 | mood | the dominate tone in a piece of literature | 15 | |
| 5847899306 | motif | a reoccurring element, and image or idea in a work of literature, whose repetition emphasizes some aspect of the work (theme, plot) | 16 | |
| 5847899307 | parable | a short tale that teaches through example. Usually teaches a religious or moral lesson. | 17 | |
| 5847899308 | paradox | a situation or statement containg contradictory elements which nonetheless seem plausible or true |  | 18 |
| 5847899309 | parody | a work of satire where the author imitates the language and form of another work to ridicule the work |  | 19 |
| 5847899310 | symbol | a person, place or thing that represents something else | 20 | |
| 5847899311 | syntax | in general the order of words in a sentence that results in various sentence types used for a variety of rhetorical effects | 21 | |
| 5847899312 | tone | the speaker or narrator's attitude towards something | 22 | |
| 5847899313 | diction | choice of words that get the correct message across | 23 | |
| 5847899314 | apostrophe | When a writer addresses an imaginary character |  | 24 |
| 5847899315 | euphemism | polite, indirect expressions which replace phrases of harsh or impolite expressions |  | 25 |
| 5847899316 | litotes | an understatement that often employs a double negative |  | 26 |
| 5847899317 | synedoche | Part of something represents the whole |  | 27 |
| 5847899318 | invective | speech or writing that attacks, insults, or denounces a person, topic, or institution. It involves the use of abusive and negative use of language | 28 | |
| 5847899319 | metonymy | a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated |  | 29 |
| 5847899320 | colloquial | The definition of colloquial refers to words or expressions used in ordinary language by common people. | 30 | |
| 5847899321 | inversion | Inversion, also known as anastrophe, is a literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter. | 31 | |
| 5847899322 | juxtaposition | a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts. | 32 |
