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| 8608736726 | allegory | The device of using and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | 0 | |
| 8608766432 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words. | 1 | |
| 8608782598 | allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. | 2 | |
| 8608803186 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage | 3 | |
| 8608861707 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them | 4 | |
| 8608875867 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | 5 | |
| 8608896506 | Antithesis | The opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite. | 6 | |
| 8608901961 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. | 7 | |
| 8608919685 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction. | 8 | |
| 8608942844 | Atmosphere | The emotional nod created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. | 9 | |
| 8608978276 | Caricature | A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical feature or other characteristics. | 10 | |
| 8609013193 | Clause | A grammatically unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 11 | |
| 8609024048 | Colloquial/Colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. | 12 | |
| 8609044575 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 13 | |
| 8640303661 | Connotation | The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning | 14 | |
| 8640327930 | Denotation | The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color | 15 | |
| 8640377551 | Diction | Related to style, diction refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectivness | 16 | |
| 8640426193 | Didactic | From the Greek, didactic literally means "teaching" | 17 | |
| 8640527842 | Euphemism | From the Greek for "good speech" | 18 | |
| 8640562875 | Extended Metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work | 19 | |
| 8640579454 | Figurative Language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid | 20 | |
| 8640594045 | Figure of Speech | A device used to produce figurative languguage | 21 | |
| 8640626254 | Generic Conventions | This term describes traditions for each genre | 22 | |
| 8640634500 | Genre | The major category into which a literary work fits | 23 | |
| 8640650773 | Homily | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice | 24 | |
| 8640698030 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement | 25 | |
| 8652869679 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions | 26 | |
| 8652927224 | Inference | To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented | 27 | |
| 8652959724 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language | 28 | |
| 8664277050 | Irony | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant, or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true | 29 | |
| 8664306742 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying it's opposite | 30 | |
| 8664342181 | Loose sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses | 31 | |
| 8664359636 | Metaphor | A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some simularity | 32 | |
| 8664417914 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it | 33 | |
| 8701682326 | Mood | The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work | 34 | |
| 8701695479 | Narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events | 35 | |
| 8675331572 | Mood | The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work | 36 | |
| 8675347179 | Narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events | 37 | |
| 8675356606 | Onomatopoeia | A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words | 38 | |
| 8675372985 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox | 39 | |
| 8675383235 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon inspection contains some degree of truth or validty | 40 | |
| 8675409799 | Parallelism | Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity | 41 | |
| 8675505182 | Anaphora | A sub-type of parallelism, when the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences | 42 | |
| 8675579005 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and or ridicule | 43 | |
| 8675607708 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly Scholarly, academic, or bookish | 44 | |
| 8675654585 | Periodic sentence | The opposite of a loose sentence, a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end | 45 | |
| 8701945687 | Personification | A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions | 46 | |
| 8702020483 | Point of view | in literature, the perspective in which a story is told | 47 | |
| 8702040627 | Prose | One of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all it's forms | 48 | |
| 8702079144 | Repetition | The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of languages, such as sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern | 49 | |
| 8729532340 | Rhetoric | Describes the principles of governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasivly | 50 | |
| 8729668394 | Rhetorical modes | Describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing | 51 | |
| 8729692301 | Sarcasm | Involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something | 52 | |
| 8729715807 | Satire | A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule | 53 | |
| 8729766885 | Semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another | 54 | |
| 8729827334 | Style | An evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices | 55 | |
| 8730026827 | Subject Complement | The word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the sentence by either renaming it or describing it | 56 | |
| 8740129248 | Subordinate Clause | Contains both a subject and a verb. Unlike the independent clause, subordinate clause cannot stand alone; it doesn't express a complete thought | 57 | |
| 8742455487 | Syllogism | A deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion | 58 | |
| 8742518118 | Symbol | Generally, anything that represents itself and stands for something else, something that is concrete that represents something more abstract | 59 | |
| 8742561685 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or, occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part | 60 | |
| 8742616728 | Synesthesia | When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another | 61 | |
| 8742641898 | Syntax | The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences | 62 | |
| 8742686400 | Theme | The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life | 63 | |
| 8742700352 | Thesis | In expository writing, the thesis statement is the sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position | 64 | |
| 8742722775 | Tone | Describes the author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both | 65 | |
| 8742738350 | Transition | A word or phrase that links different ideas | 66 | |
| 8742743431 | Understatement | The ironic minimizing of fact, understatement presents something as less significant than it is | 67 | |
| 8742762326 | Wit | Intellectually amusing language that suprises and delights | 68 |
