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| 7472986860 | Figurative Language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid | 0 | |
| 7472986861 | Figure of speech | A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things. Includes apostrophe, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, oxymoron, paradox, personification, simile, synecdoche, and understatement. | 1 | |
| 7472986862 | Generic conventions | This term describes traditions for each genre. These conventions help to define each genre. example: they differentiate an essay and journalistic writing. or autobiography and a political writing. | 2 | |
| 7472986863 | Genre | The major category into which a literary work fits | 3 | |
| 7472986864 | Homily | It can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. Literally means "sermon" | 4 | |
| 7472986865 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. Literal Greek "overshoot". often comic effect, serious effect is also possible. and often produces irony. | 5 | |
| 7472986866 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. On a physical level terms related to five senses. | 6 | |
| 7472986867 | Inference / Infer | To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented. Most direct, most reasonable. | 7 | |
| 7472986868 | Incentive | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language | 8 | |
| 7472986869 | 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. Irony is often used. | 9 | |
| 7472997107 | Diction | Diction refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. (Related to style - formal, informal, ornate or plain) | 10 | |
| 7473010681 | Didactic | From the Greek meaning "Teaching". These words have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles. | 11 | |
| 7473022536 | Euphemism | From the Greek "good speech", they are more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept. May be used to adhere to standards or social or political correctness or to add humor or ironic understatement. Saying "Earthly remains" rather than "corpse" | 12 | |
| 7473037902 | Extended Metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 13 | |
| 7473121756 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite. | 14 |
