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| 14718375262 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 0 | |
| 14718377241 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 1 | |
| 14718379241 | Anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | 2 | |
| 14718385493 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines | 3 | |
| 14718388595 | Anastrophe | Inversion of the natural or usual word order | 4 | |
| 14718393241 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order | 5 | |
| 14718396160 | Antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 6 | |
| 14718398288 | Aphorism | a concise statement of a truth or principle | 7 | |
| 14718401706 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 8 | |
| 14718407291 | Apposition | a relationship between two or more words or phrases in which the two units are grammatically parallel and have the same referent | 9 | |
| 14718418486 | Assonance | takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds. | 10 | |
| 14718420005 | Asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words | 11 | |
| 14718424184 | circumlocution | an indirect way of expressing something | 12 | |
| 14718428551 | Climax | Most exciting moment of the story; turning point | 13 | |
| 14718432458 | Consonance | agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions. | 14 | |
| 14718438769 | Denotation and Connotation | the dictionary definition of a word/the associated feelings a word may call to mind | 15 | |
| 14718441290 | Diction | word choice | 16 | |
| 14718447295 | Ellipsis | in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods | 17 | |
| 14718452473 | Epanalepsis | repeats the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end | 18 | |
| 14718456469 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 19 | |
| 14718459078 | Euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. | 20 | |
| 14718461992 | extended metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 21 | |
| 14718465678 | Figures of speech/figurative language | word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level | 22 | |
| 14718472880 | Foreshadowing | A warning or indication of a future event | 23 | |
| 14718474729 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 24 | |
| 14718476112 | Imagry | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. | 25 | |
| 14718477660 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 26 | |
| 14718482183 | situational irony | An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected | 27 | |
| 14718483746 | dramatic irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 28 | |
| 14718495725 | malapropism | a word humorously misused | 29 | |
| 14718497746 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 30 | |
| 14718500568 | Mood | the atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary work | 31 | |
| 14718506838 | Motivation | a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior | 32 | |
| 14718509426 | Narration | telling a story | 33 | |
| 14718518703 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 34 | |
| 14718520483 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 35 | |
| 14718522607 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 36 | |
| 14718527482 | Parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 37 | |
| 14718533171 | Periphrasis | substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name or of a proper name for a quality associated with the name | 38 | |
| 14718538290 | Personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea | 39 | |
| 14718540284 | Plot | Sequence of events in a story | 40 | |
| 14718540285 | point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 41 | |
| 14718542711 | Polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions | 42 | |
| 14718547505 | Prosody | the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry | 43 | |
| 14718549693 | Protagonist | the main character in a literary work | 44 | |
| 14718551276 | Pun | A play on words | 45 | |
| 14718553697 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 46 | |
| 14718555332 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 47 | |
| 14718557529 | Rhyme | correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry. | 48 | |
| 14718560486 | Sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt | 49 | |
| 14718562092 | 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. | 50 | |
| 14718564020 | Setting | The time and place of a story | 51 | |
| 14718566924 | Shift or Turn | a change or movement in a piece resulting from an epiphany, realization, or insight gained by the speaker, a character, or the reader | 52 | |
| 14718569345 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 53 | |
| 14718572498 | sound devices | Elements of literature that emphasize sound (e.g., assonance, consonance, alliteration, rhyme, onomatopoeia). | 54 | |
| 14718574767 | structure | the arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work | 55 | |
| 14718577473 | Style | the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work | 56 | |
| 14718579090 | Suspense | A feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next in a story; key element in fiction and drama; "hook" writer uses to keep audience interested | 57 | |
| 14718581365 | Symbol | something that stands for something else | 58 | |
| 14718586524 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 59 | |
| 14718591988 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 60 | |
| 14718593540 | Theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 61 | |
| 14718595032 | Tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels. | 62 | |
| 14718596871 | Understatement | the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended. | 63 |
