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| 10429430916 | Expository | intended to explain or describe something. | 0 | |
| 10429433178 | Classification | the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics. | 1 | |
| 10429433913 | Cause and effect | A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another | 2 | |
| 10429435157 | Compare and contrast | Place together characters, situations, or ideas to show common and/or differing features in literary selections. | 3 | |
| 10429436354 | Definition | A statement that gives the meaning of a term. | 4 | |
| 10429437196 | Analysis | A detailed examination of the elements or structure of something. | 5 | |
| 10429439631 | Description | a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event | 6 | |
| 10429440288 | Narration | the telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama; one of the four modes of discourse | 7 | |
| 10429441340 | Persuasion | A kind of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people's actions. | 8 | |
| 10429450826 | Allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | 9 | |
| 10429456209 | Chronicle | a record of events in order of time; a history | 10 | |
| 10429457176 | Diary | A personal, daily account of an individual's experiences and feelings | 11 | |
| 10429457562 | Epic | A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society | 12 | |
| 10429458563 | Essay | a short nonfiction work about a particular subject | 13 | |
| 10429459513 | Fiction | a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact | 14 | |
| 10429459514 | Nonfiction | writing that tells about real people, places, and events | 15 | |
| 10429461240 | Gothic | of the middle ages; of or relating to a mysterious, grotesque, and desolate style of fiction | 16 | |
| 10429464069 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 17 | |
| 10429464665 | Prose | written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. | 18 | |
| 10429464666 | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | 19 | |
| 10429466478 | Sermon | a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible. | 20 | |
| 10429466973 | Stream of consciousness | a style of writing that portrays the inner (often chaotic) workings of a character's mind. | 21 | |
| 10429469004 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 22 | |
| 10429469005 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 23 | |
| 10429470142 | Cliche | a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. | 24 | |
| 10429472300 | Colloquial | Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing | 25 | |
| 10429473003 | Epithet | an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. | 26 | |
| 10429473683 | Euphemism | an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive | 27 | |
| 10429474169 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 28 | |
| 10429475205 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 29 | |
| 10429475583 | Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. | 30 | |
| 10429476636 | Verbal irony | irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning. | 31 | |
| 10429477250 | Situational irony | An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected | 32 | |
| 10429477933 | Dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. | 33 | |
| 10429479029 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 34 | |
| 10429479486 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 35 | |
| 10429482798 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 36 | |
| 10429483649 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 37 | |
| 10429484974 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 38 | |
| 10429484975 | Pun | a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. | 39 | |
| 10429485704 | Simile | A comparison of two unlike things using like or as | 40 | |
| 10429486639 | Synaesthesia | the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another | 41 | |
| 10429487280 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 42 | |
| 10429487784 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 43 | |
| 10429488820 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 44 | |
| 10429489243 | Onamatopoeia | the use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes | 45 | |
| 10429489678 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 46 | |
| 10429490179 | Connotation vs. Denotation | An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing vs. Literal definition of a word. | 47 | |
| 10429491807 | Pedantic vs. simple | Language that is academic sounding, characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules -vs—pure, easy, plain, basic language | 48 | |
| 10429493535 | Monosyballic | consisting of one syllable | 49 | |
| 10429493991 | Polysyballic | having many syllables | 50 | |
| 10429494822 | Euphonious vs. cacophonic | Pleasing or agreeable to the ear vs. discordant, unpleasant sounding, jarring. | 51 | |
| 10429495498 | Literal vs. Figurative | accurate language without embellishment vs. comparative language for a pictorial effect | 52 | |
| 10429496183 | Active vs. Passive | Subject of the sentence is performing or causing the action rather than a state of being vs. subject is the object of the action or the effect of the verb. | 53 | |
| 10429499325 | Overstated vs. understated | stating something more than it actually is in order to make the point more serious writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is | 54 | |
| 10429500248 | Colloquial vs. formal | Informal, conversational vs. formal, proper language. | 55 | |
| 10429501336 | Slang vs jargon | jargon:specific to a group slang: inappropriate | 56 | |
| 10429502615 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 57 | |
| 10429502616 | Ambiguity | An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way. | 58 | |
| 10429504884 | Anachronism | a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned. | 59 | |
| 10429504885 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 60 | |
| 10429507188 | Audience | One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed. | 61 | |
| 10429507189 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 62 | |
| 10429509948 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 63 | |
| 10429510320 | Malapropism | the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar | 64 | |
| 10429512939 | Rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 65 | |
| 10429512940 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 66 | |
| 10429514282 | Point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 67 | |
| 10429514974 | Style | the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work | 68 | |
| 10429515344 | Theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 69 | |
| 10429515345 | Thesis | a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved. | 70 | |
| 10429516495 | Persuasion | A kind of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people's actions. | 71 | |
| 10429516496 | Argument | a statement of the meaning or main point of a literary work | 72 | |
| 10429517097 | Appeals | ethos, logos, pathos | 73 | |
| 10429517877 | Ethos | Ethical appeal | 74 | |
| 10429518331 | Logos | an appeal based on logic or reason | 75 | |
| 10429518332 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion | 76 | |
| 10429519965 | Claim | An assertion, usually supported by evidence | 77 | |
| 10429520911 | Deductive reasoning | reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (The sun rises every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on Tuesday morning.) | 78 | |
| 10429521483 | Inductive reasoning | A type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations. | 79 | |
| 10429522342 | Evidence | the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid. | 80 | |
| 10429523390 | Warrant | to justify or deserve | 81 | |
| 10429524446 | Logical fallacy | An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid | 82 | |
| 10429525874 | Agitated | feeling or appearing troubled or nervous | 83 | |
| 10429525875 | Ambivalent | having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone | 84 | |
| 10429527433 | Apathetic | showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern | 85 | |
| 10429527434 | Bombastic | (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas | 86 | |
| 10429528040 | Candid | (adj.) frank, sincere; impartial; unposed | 87 | |
| 10429529023 | Clinical | extremely objective and realistic; dispassionately analytic; unemotionally critical | 88 | |
| 10429534313 | Colloquial | characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation | 89 | |
| 10429537145 | Condescending | possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing | 90 | |
| 10429537690 | Critical | expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments. | 91 | |
| 10429537691 | Cynical | doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives | 92 | |
| 10429538120 | Didatic | intended to instruct | 93 | |
| 10429538928 | Hyperbolic | enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness | 94 | |
| 10429540094 | Impartial | unbiased; neutral | 95 | |
| 10429540729 | Elegiac | mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful | 96 | |
| 10429541850 | Embittered | Made bitter or resentful | 97 | |
| 10429542448 | Empathetic | Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives | 98 | |
| 10429542920 | Flippant | not showing a serious or respectful attitude | 99 | |
| 10429543344 | Gothic | of the middle ages; of or relating to a mysterious, grotesque, and desolate style of fiction | 100 | |
| 10429544449 | Laudatory | expressing praise | 101 | |
| 10429544450 | Melancholy | depression of spirits | 102 | |
| 10429545014 | Nostalgic | having a longing for things past | 103 | |
| 10429545684 | Pedantic | Excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules | 104 | |
| 10429546449 | Reverent | feeling or showing deep and solemn respect | 105 | |
| 10429546930 | Sarcastic | Marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt | 106 | |
| 10429547535 | Sardonic | grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic | 107 | |
| 10429552360 | Somber | dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit | 108 |
