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| 13726692634 | Acting Voice | The subject of the sentence performs the action. | 0 | |
| 13726701540 | Allusion | An indirect reference to something (usually a literary text, although it can be other things commonly known, such as plays, songs, historical events) with which the reader is supposed to be familiar. | 1 | |
| 13726712405 | Alter-ego | A character that is used by the author to speak the author's own thoughts; when an author speaks directly to the audience through a character. | 2 | |
| 13726734674 | Anecdote | A brief recounting of a relevant episode. | 3 | |
| 13726748970 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 4 | |
| 13726752999 | Classicism | Art or literature characterized by a realistic view of people and the world; sticks to traditional themes and structures | 5 | |
| 13726761101 | Comic Relief | When a humorous scene is inserted into a serious story, in order to lighten the mood somewhat. | 6 | |
| 13726765751 | Diction | Word choice, particularly as an element of style. | 7 | |
| 13726769071 | Colloquial | Ordinary or familiar type of conversation | 8 | |
| 13726771590 | Connotation | Rather than the dictionary definition (denotation), the associations suggested by a word | 9 | |
| 13726776839 | Denotation | The literal, explicit meaning of a word, without its connotations | 10 | |
| 13726781749 | Jargon | The diction used by a group which practices a similar profession or activity | 11 | |
| 13726785953 | Vernacular | Language or dialect of a particular country, language or dialect of a regional clan or group, or plain everyday speech | 12 | |
| 13726793702 | Didactic | A term used to describe fiction, nonfiction, or poetry that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behaviour or thinking | 13 | |
| 13726801230 | Adage | A fold saying with a lesson | 14 | |
| 13726804929 | Allegory | A story, fictional or non fictional, in which characters, things, and events are meant to reveal an abstraction or a truth | 15 | |
| 13726812173 | Aphorism | A terse statement which expresses a general truth or moral principle | 16 | |
| 13726816861 | Ellipsis | The deliberate omission of a word or phrase from prose done for effect by the author | 17 | |
| 13726851802 | Euphemism | A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts | 18 | |
| 13726856726 | Figurative language | The opposite of "literal language", writing that is not meant to be taken literally | 19 | |
| 13726865193 | Analogy | a comparison of one pair of variables to a parallel set of variables | 20 | |
| 13726871122 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration | 21 | |
| 13726873795 | Idiom | A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literaly | 22 | |
| 13726877819 | Metaphor | Making an implied comparison, not using "like" "as" or other such words | 23 | |
| 13726883638 | Metonymy | Replacing an actual word or idea with a related word or concept | 24 | |
| 13726893456 | Synecdoche | A kind of metonymy when a whole is represented by naming one of its parts, or vice versa | 25 | |
| 13726899729 | Simile | Using words such as "like" or "as" to make a direct comparison between two very different things | 26 | |
| 13726907388 | Synesthesia | A description involving a "crossing of the senses" | 27 | |
| 13726956486 | Personification | Giving human-like qualities to something that is not human | 28 | |
| 13726956487 | Foreshadowing | When an author gives hints about what will occur later in a story. | 29 | |
| 13726969301 | Genre | The major category into which a literary work fits | 30 | |
| 13726969302 | Gothis | Writing characterized by gloom, mystery, fear, and/or death | 31 | |
| 13726971808 | Imagery | Word or words that create a picture in the reader's mind | 32 | |
| 13726975708 | Invective | A long, emotionally violent attack attack using strong, abusive language | 33 | |
| 13726968409 | Genre | The major category into which a literary work fits. | 34 | |
| 13776535519 | Gothic | Writing characterized by gloom, mystery, fear, and/or death. Also refers to an architectural style of the middle ages, often seen in cathedrals of this period. | 35 | |
| 13797667084 | Imagery | Word or words that create a picture in a reader's mind. Usually this involves the five senses. | 36 |
