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| 5643207504 | Allusion | A reference to a historical or literary figure, place, event, or a work of art | 0 | |
| 5643215610 | Ambiguity | Allows for two or more simultaneous interpretations or a word, phrase, actions, or situation; all of which can be supported by the context of a work | 1 | |
| 5643222057 | Analogy | A broad comparison between two basically different things that have some points in common | 2 | |
| 5643227208 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman or that cannot speak back | 3 | |
| 5643233843 | Simile | A direct comparison between two basically different things. A simile is introduced by the words "like" or "as" | 4 | |
| 5643252231 | Metaphor | An implied comparison between two things basically different things. It is not introduced with the words "like" or "as" | 5 | |
| 5643265015 | Conceit | An elaborate comparison of two seemingly dislike things. Usually ingenious and clever. | 6 | |
| 5643274512 | Personification | Human characteristics are given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas | 7 | |
| 5643291108 | Anthropomorphism | Form of personification that gives human characteristics to non-humans, primarily the gods or animals | 8 | |
| 5643298152 | Hyperbole | A great exaggeration to emphasize strong feeling | 9 | |
| 5643301831 | Understatement (Litotes) | The opposite of hyperbole. Deliberately represents something as being much less than it really is | 10 | |
| 5643310883 | Irony | An expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect | 11 | |
| 5643335890 | Synecdoche | A part that stands for the whole or vice versa | 12 | |
| 5643376002 | Metonymy | A term naming an object is substituted for another words with which it is closely associated with | 13 | |
| 5643382425 | Paradox | The use of concepts/ideas that are contradictory to one another, yet, when place together, it has significant value | 14 | |
| 5643390988 | Synesthesia | A term is applied in literature to the description of one kind of sensation in terms of another | 15 |
