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| 235582082 | Allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions/ideas. | |
| 235582083 | Parody | A work that imitates either the style or subject matter for purposes of ridicule or praise. | |
| 235582084 | Satire | A work that targets human vices/follies or social institutions for ridicule or reform--two types: Horatian (mild, gentle); Juvenalian (harsh,contemptuous). | |
| 235582085 | Parallelism/Parallel structure | Using the same pattern of words, phrases or clauses in a sentence | |
| 235582086 | Analogy | The extended comparison of two things that are not alike. Like extended metaphor/simile, but used to make an argument. | |
| 235582087 | Aphorism | A concisely phrased or pithy statement of truth or opinion. A saying. | |
| 235582088 | Metonomy | A term that is substituted for another with which it is closely related ("sweat"=hard labor). | |
| 235582089 | Synecdoche | Related to metonomy--an actual part is substituted for the whole. | |
| 235582090 | Rhetorical shift | a significant alteration of diction, syntax or point of view in a work. | |
| 235582091 | Elegy | A thoughtful poem lamenting someone's death. | |
| 235582092 | Antithesis | The contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses. | |
| 235582093 | Syllogism/syllogistic reasoning | A deductive reasoning system that presents 2 premises (major/minor) that leads to a valid conclusion. | |
| 235582094 | Euphemism | The "safer" or "nicer" word for a thing readers might find objectionable. | |
| 235582095 | Apostrophe | The addressing of an inanimate object or an idea as if it were human. |
