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| 14322103276 | Metaphor | A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things. An implied comparison. | 0 | |
| 14322110725 | Simile | A stated comparison between two things that are usually unlike, but that have something in common. Expresses comparison using like or as. | 1 | |
| 14322124935 | Allusion | A reference to a historical or literary person, place, or event with which the reader is assumed to be familiar. | 2 | |
| 14322133139 | Hyperbole | Overstatement or exaggeration for effect. | 3 | |
| 14322136687 | Onomatopoeia | Creating or using words that imitate sounds. | 4 | |
| 14322140710 | Oxymoron | A kind of "paradox", it has two successive (means side by side) words which apparently contradict each other. | 5 | |
| 14322148924 | Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory but is actually quite true. | 6 | |
| 14322164786 | Personification | A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an object, an animal or an idea. | 7 | |
| 14322170823 | Symbol | An object stands for an abstract idea | 8 | |
| 14322196739 | Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds. | 9 | |
| 14322201322 | Consonance | Related to alliteration, it is the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or end of a series of words. | 10 | |
| 14322219884 | Assonance | The repetition of a vowel sound within words. Used to give musical quality. | 11 | |
| 14322229411 | Synaesthesia | The description of one kind of sense in terms of another. | 12 | |
| 14322235548 | Syntax | Grammatical rules governing words order. A major determinant of literary style. changes in syntax can be used to control pacing, create suspense, create poetry, etc. | 13 | |
| 14322256541 | Imagery | Language in a literary work that invokes sense impressions by literal or figurative reference. These may not be mental "pictures", but may appeal to senses other than sight. | 14 | |
| 14322274632 | Diction | Word choice used in a literary work. May be formal/colloquial, abstract/concrete, literal/figurative. Leads to tone/mood. | 15 | |
| 14322283505 | Tone | Vague critical term usually designating the mood or atmosphere of a work. Can also mean the author's attitude toward the reader (e.g. formal, intimate, pompous) or the subject matter (e.g. ironic, light, solemn, satiric, sentimental) | 16 | |
| 14322309791 | Metonymy | A figure of speech that replaces the name of one thing with the name of something else closely associated with it | 17 | |
| 14322318909 | Synechdoche | A special kind of metonymy in which something is referred to indirectly by naming some part of it. | 18 | |
| 14322326219 | Litotes | An affirmation made indirectly by denying its opposite, usually with an effect of understatement. | 19 | |
| 14322335332 | Euphemism | Substitution of mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered more harsh, blunt, or offensive. | 20 | |
| 14322343083 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase repeated (usually at the beginning in successive lines, clauses or sentences. | 21 | |
| 14322352415 | Apostrophe | Rhetoric where the speaker addresses a dead or absent person, or an abstraction or inanimate object. | 22 | |
| 14322360798 | Chiasmus | Figure of speech in which the order of terms in the first of two parallel clauses is reversed in the second. May be a repetition of the same words. A-B-B-A pattern. | 23 | |
| 14322381141 | Periodic Sentence | A long sentence in which the completion of the syntax and sense is delayed until the end, usually after a sequence of balanced subordinate clauses. Causes suspense as the reader's attention is propelled forward to the end. | 24 | |
| 14322391191 | Tautology | To repeat oneself without purpose. Useless repetition. | 25 | |
| 14322397687 | Aphorism | Statement of general principle condensing much wisdom into a few words. | 26 | |
| 14322402184 | Asyndeton | The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. | 27 | |
| 14322408965 | Polysyndeton | Using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted. | 28 |
