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| 4752850737 | Allegory | Reskinning of a story | 0 | |
| 4752850738 | Allusion | Reference to something of history, literature, mythology | 1 | |
| 4752850739 | Analogy | Comparison of two things similar in one way | 2 | |
| 4752850740 | Anecdote | Short story of an event | 3 | |
| 4752850741 | Antithesis | Statement where two opposing things are juxtaposed in parallel structure EX. "You are easy on the eyes but hard on the heart" | 4 | |
| 4752850742 | Aphorism | Concise statement that expresses a general truth (philosophical statement) | 5 | |
| 4752850743 | Assonance | Repetition of similar VOWEL sounds | 6 | |
| 4752850744 | Climax/Auxesis | Arrangement of words that give importance | 7 | |
| 4756531331 | Conceit | A fancy extended metaphor | 8 | |
| 4756531332 | Connotation | Implied meaning | 9 | |
| 4756531333 | Declarative sentence | Sentence in form of a statement | 10 | |
| 4756531334 | Denotation | Literal dictionary meaning | 11 | |
| 4756531335 | Diction | Word CHOICE | 12 | |
| 4756531336 | Ellipsis | Purposely leaving out something that is implied | 13 | |
| 4756618977 | Ethos | Credibility of speaker | 14 | |
| 4756618978 | Exclamatory sentence | Sentence that expresses strong feeling | 15 | |
| 4756618979 | Figurative language | Language employing one or more figures of speech | 16 | |
| 4756618980 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration | 17 | |
| 4756618981 | Idiom | Can't be understood from literal meaning "cut to the chase" | 18 | |
| 4756618982 | Imagery | Use of figurative language to appeal to senses with vivid images | 19 | |
| 4756618983 | Implication | A suggestion an author implies | 20 | |
| 4756618984 | Inference | Educated conclusion | 21 | |
| 4756618985 | Imperative sentence | A sentence that gives advice or instructions | 22 | |
| 4756618986 | Interrogative sentence | A sentence that asks a question | 23 | |
| 4756618987 | Irony | Words that create opposite meaning (situational/verbal/dramatic) | 24 | |
| 4756654779 | Jargon | Specialized vocab of a group | 25 | |
| 4756654780 | Juxtaposition | Placing two elements side by side to compare | 26 | |
| 4756654781 | Logos | Appeal to logic | 27 | |
| 4756654782 | Metaphor | Direct comparison of two different things | 28 | |
| 4756654783 | Mood | Emotional atmosphere of a work | 29 | |
| 4756654784 | Motif | Theme elements or dramatic situation that is recurring | 30 | |
| 4756654785 | Oxymoron | The joining of two terms which are ordinarily contradictory | 31 | |
| 4756654786 | Paradox | An apparently contradictory statement that actually contains truth | 32 | |
| 4756654787 | Parallelism | Use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms (Parallel structure) | 33 | |
| 4756654788 | Parody | Humorous imitation of a serious work | 34 | |
| 4756654789 | Pathos | Appeal to emotions | 35 | |
| 4756654790 | Personification | Forks dancinf | 36 | |
| 4756654791 | Rhetoric | Art of presenting ideas in a clear persuasive manner | 37 | |
| 4756654792 | Rhetorical devices | Literary techniques used to heighten the effectiveness of expression | 38 | |
| 4756654793 | Rhetorical question | Not requiring an answer | 39 | |
| 4756654794 | Schemes | Syntactical constructions | 40 | |
| 4756654795 | Anaphora | Repetition of same word or phrase at BEGINNING of phrase | 41 | |
| 4756654796 | Epistrophe | Repetition of a word at END of clauses or sentences | 42 | |
| 4756654797 | Antimetabole | Phrase repeated EXACTLY in reverse order over two phrases EX. "Eat to live not live to eat" | 43 | |
| 4756654798 | Chiasmus | Phrase RELATED in REVERSE order in a sentence "Forget what you want to remember and remember what you want to forget" | 44 | |
| 4756654799 | Epanalepsis | Same words at beginning and end EX. "music I heard with you was more than music" | 45 | |
| 4756654800 | Anadiplosis | Clause ends with word and next one picked up with same word EX. When I give, I give myself | 46 | |
| 4756669516 | Simile | Comparison using like or as | 47 | |
| 4756669517 | Stream of consciousness | continuous flow of unedited conscious experience of a character | 48 | |
| 4756669518 | Structure | The arrangement or framework of a sentence | 49 | |
| 4756669519 | Style | Choice the writer makes | 50 | |
| 4756669520 | Syntax | The manner in which are arranged into sentences | 51 | |
| 4756669521 | Theme | The message | 52 | |
| 4756669522 | Thesis/claim | The argument | 53 | |
| 4756669523 | Tone | Attitude of writwr | 54 | |
| 4756669524 | Trope | Artful deviation from ordinary meaning of a word | 55 | |
| 5496613444 | Ambiguity | Word, phrase statement with multiple meanings | 56 | |
| 5496613445 | Double entendre | Two meanings | 57 | |
| 5496613446 | Abstract | Reference to idea that doesn't physically exist (freedoms) | 58 | |
| 5496613447 | Concrete | Tangible thing | 59 | |
| 5496613448 | Dogression | Sudden interruption of story | 60 | |
| 5496613449 | Periphrases | Circumlocutions but descriptive enough to get meaning | 61 | |
| 5496613450 | Circumlocution | Talking about stuff too much, blurring the meaning | 62 | |
| 5496613451 | Allegory | Characters representing abstractions | 63 | |
| 5496613452 | Satire | Use of humor, irony, sarcasm to ridicule | 64 | |
| 5496613453 | Incongruoty | To present things out of place | 65 | |
| 5496613454 | Lampoon | Work that ridicules character of person or behavior | 66 | |
| 5496613455 | Farce | Characters become involved in crazy situation with totally static characters | 67 | |
| 5496613456 | Burlesque | Makes fun of something in exaggerated material | 68 | |
| 5496613457 | Picaresqu | Dishonest but likable character who travels around and has lots of experiences | 69 | |
| 5496613458 | Asyndeton | Not using conjunctions | 70 | |
| 5496613459 | Polysyndeton | Repetition of conjunctions in sentence | 71 | |
| 5496613460 | Active voice | Typical word order of sentence | 72 | |
| 5496613461 | Passive voice | Noun is being acted upon "her heart was swayed" | 73 | |
| 5496613462 | Persona | Character an author assumes when writing | 74 | |
| 5496613463 | Pseudonym | Face name used by author | 75 | |
| 5496613464 | Voice | Distinctive writing style that expresses authors feelings | 76 | |
| 5496613465 | Objective | POV without bias | 77 | |
| 5496613466 | Subjective | POV with bias | 78 | |
| 5496613467 | Inversion | Reverse of normal order of word in sentence | 79 | |
| 5496613468 | Anastrophe | Yoda talks | 80 | |
| 5496613469 | Natural order | Way the words glow | 81 | |
| 5496613470 | Apposition | Appositive (Mrs Carle, the teacher, is....) | 82 | |
| 5496613471 | Slabg | Words and phrases that are informal or regional | 83 | |
| 5496613472 | Dialect | Regional branch of language | 84 | |
| 5496613473 | Colloquialism | Informal phrases understood by everyone | 85 | |
| 5496613474 | Cliche | Overused or soon phrase, stereotypes | 86 | |
| 5496613475 | Euphemism | Mild or indirect word used to express something serious or negative | 87 | |
| 5496613476 | Understatement | Makes something seem less than it really is | 88 | |
| 5496613477 | Litotes | Double negative (not bad) | 89 | |
| 5496613478 | Metonymy | Replacement of word with something closely associated with it | 90 | |
| 5496613479 | Subecdoche | Part represents a whole | 91 | |
| 5496613480 | Epithet | Adjective with name (Catherine the Great, Star Crossed Lovers) | 92 | |
| 5496613481 | Synesthesia | Ideas, characters, places that highlight more than one sense (I smell trouble) | 93 | |
| 5496613482 | Onomotopeia | BANG | 94 | |
| 5496613483 | Alliteration | He has Happy hands | 95 | |
| 5496613484 | Consonance | Repetition of similar consonant spunds | 96 | |
| 5496613485 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel spunds | 97 | |
| 5496613486 | Euphony | Agreeable sounds in a sentence | 98 | |
| 5496613487 | Cacophony | Word with sharp hostile sounds | 99 | |
| 5496613488 | Deductive reasoning | THIS>THIS>THIS | 100 | |
| 5496613489 | Inductive reasoning | THIS>THIS | 101 | |
| 5496613490 | Anticlimax | Disappointing situation that is unexpected | 102 | |
| 5496613491 | Dues Ex Machina | Impossible concept or character comes in and saves the day | 103 | |
| 5496613492 | Sententia | Aphorism to make point | 104 | |
| 5496613493 | Conduplicatio | Repetition where key word are said throughout paragraphs in work | 105 |
