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| 14855121942 | Alliteration | repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence. - Veni, vidi, vici | 0 | |
| 14855121943 | Allusion | A casual reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature, often without explicit identification. - Often used to establish tone. Typically historical in some form. | 1 | |
| 14855121944 | Ambiguity | Negative term applied to a vague or equivocal expression when precision would be more useful. - Any word, action, or symbol that could be used in divergent ways. | 2 | |
| 14855121945 | Antagonist | A character or force in conflict with the main character. | 3 | |
| 14855121946 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 4 | |
| 14855121947 | Apostrophe | A sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person or personified abstraction absent or present. - For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel. Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar | 5 | |
| 14855121948 | Assonance | repetition of the same sound in words close to each other - Thy kingdom come, thy will be done. | 6 | |
| 14855121949 | Attitude | perspective or tone of an author he adopts in a certain work. | 7 | |
| 14855121950 | Cacophonous | discordant; inharmonious; N. cacophony: unpleasant mixture of loud sounds | 8 | |
| 14855121951 | Cliché | a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. | 9 | |
| 14855121952 | Climax | Most exciting moment of the story; turning point | 10 | |
| 14855121953 | Colloquial | Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing. Informal language. | 11 | |
| 14855121954 | Conflict | A struggle between two opposing forces. | 12 | |
| 14855121955 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. Idea or feeling attached to a word. | 13 | |
| 14855121956 | Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | 14 | |
| 14855121957 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word; a literal meaning. | 15 | |
| 14855121958 | Dialogue | Conversation between two or more characters. | 16 | |
| 14855121959 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words. | 17 | |
| 14855121960 | Epigram | a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation; a witty comment | 18 | |
| 14855121961 | Epigraph | a quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme. | 19 | |
| 14855121962 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant. | 20 | |
| 14855121963 | Euphonious | pleasant-sounding, opposite of cacophonous; melodious | 21 | |
| 14855121964 | Exposition | A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances. | 22 | |
| 14855121965 | Figurative Language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. | 23 | |
| 14855121966 | Flashback | A scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time. | 24 | |
| 14855121967 | Foreshadowing | A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader. | 25 | |
| 14855121968 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 26 | |
| 14855121969 | Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. | 27 | |
| 14855121970 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. | 28 | |
| 14855121971 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 29 | |
| 14855121972 | Objective | Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased. | 30 | |
| 14855121973 | Onomatopoeia | the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named; imitates the sound it represents. | 31 | |
| 14855121974 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 32 | |
| 14855121975 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 33 | |
| 14855121976 | Paraphrase | express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity. | 34 | |
| 14855121977 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 35 | |
| 14855121978 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. | 36 | |
| 14855121979 | Perspective | point of view. | 37 | |
| 14855121980 | Point of View | the perspective from which the story is told (first, second, third) | 38 | |
| 14855121981 | Protagonist | the main character in a literary work | 39 | |
| 14855121982 | Purpose | One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing. | 40 | |
| 14855121983 | 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. | 41 | |
| 14855121984 | Setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. | 42 | |
| 14855121985 | Simile | comparing two things using like or as | 43 | |
| 14855121986 | Speaker | A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing | 44 | |
| 14855121987 | Subjective | Existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings | 45 | |
| 14855121988 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 46 | |
| 14855121989 | Theme | the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic; a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work. | 47 | |
| 14855121990 | Thesis | Focus statement of an essay; premise statement upon which the point of view or discussion in the essay is based. | 48 | |
| 14855121991 | Tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels. | 49 |
