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| 3093289688 | Allegory | the device of using character and or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to literal meaning | 0 | |
| 3093291350 | Allusion | a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known | 1 | |
| 3093313784 | Aphorism | a terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principal | 2 | |
| 3093315867 | Apostrophe | a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction such as liberty, or love | 3 | |
| 3093315868 | Alliteration | Repetition of sounds | 4 | |
| 3093317614 | Analogy | A comparison or similarity between two different objects, or the relationship between them | 5 | |
| 3093317615 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | 6 | |
| 3093318775 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings (intentional or unintentional) of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage | 7 | |
| 3093318786 | Colloquial | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing | 8 | |
| 3093320394 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or analogy | 9 | |
| 3093321528 | Connotation | The non-literal, associative meaning of a word;Implied, suggested meaning | 10 | |
| 3093321529 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb | 11 | |
| 3093322673 | Denotation | strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word | 12 | |
| 3093322674 | Diction | word choices | 13 | |
| 3093323806 | Didactic | primary am of teaching moral or ethical principles | 14 | |
| 3093323807 | Euphemism | More agreeable less offensive language | 15 | |
| 3093325133 | Extended Metaphor | a metaphor developed at great length | 16 | |
| 3093326932 | Figure of Speech | a device used to produce figurative language | 17 | |
| 3093329313 | Figurative Language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning usually meant to be imaginative and vivid | 18 | |
| 3093329314 | Genre | THe major category in which a literary work fits | 19 | |
| 3093330534 | Generic Conventions | describes traditions in each genre | 20 | |
| 3093331712 | Homily | any serious talk or speech involving moral or spiritual advice | 21 | |
| 3093331713 | Hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration or overstatement | 22 | |
| 3093333044 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to described, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions | 23 | |
| 3093337296 | Metonymy | name of an object is substituted with another closely associated with it | 24 | |
| 3093338273 | Oxymoron | author groups contradictory terms to suggest paradox | 25 | |
| 3093338274 | Parallelism | Grammatical or rhetorical framing of words to give structural similarity | 26 | |
| 3093339561 | Irony | the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant, or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true | 27 | |
| 3093339562 | Mood | meaning the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work | 28 | |
| 3093340615 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection it contains truth or validity | 29 | |
| 3093340616 | Onomatopoeia | natural sounds are imitated in sounds of words | 30 | |
| 3093344075 | Invective | emotionally violent, verbal enunciation or attack using strong,abusive language | 31 | |
| 3093344076 | Anaphora | a sub-type of parallelism, when exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of a sentences | 32 | |
| 3093346526 | Polysyndeton | use of several conjunctions | 33 | |
| 3093352299 | Asyndeton | lack of conjunctions | 34 | |
| 3093352300 | Sarcasm | bitter language meant to hurt or ridicule someone | 35 | |
| 3093352301 | Isocolon | succession of clauses of approximately length and corresponding structure | 36 | |
| 3093352302 | Point of View | perspective in which the story is told | 37 | |
| 3093352303 | Prose | Major divisions of genre, refers to fiction and nonfiction | 38 | |
| 3093354122 | Parody | a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with a specific comic effect | 39 | |
| 3093354123 | Rhetoric | principles governing the art of writing effectively,eloquently, and persuasively | 40 | |
| 3093355364 | Epistrophe | the opposite of anaphora, repetition at the end | 41 | |
| 3093355365 | Satire | targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions to reform or ridicule | 42 | |
| 3093356969 | Semantics | studies the meaning of words | 43 | |
| 3093359290 | Syllogism | logic that represents two premises that inevitably leads to a sound conclusion | 44 | |
| 3093359291 | Trope | artful variation from expected modes of expression and thoughts and ideas | 45 | |
| 3093360629 | Understatement | The ironic minimizing of the fact.... presents something as less significant than it is | 46 | |
| 3093363097 | Antithesis | opposition or contrast of ideas | 47 | |
| 3093364798 | Caricature | verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics | 48 | |
| 3093364799 | Litote | a form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 49 | |
| 3093366609 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which part of something is used to represent the whole or, occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part | 50 | |
| 3093368194 | Synesthesia | When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another | 51 | |
| 3093368195 | Wit | intellectually amusing language that surprises or delights | 52 | |
| 3093369622 | Pun | A play of words that have a comical effect | 53 | |
| 3093369623 | Bathos | Insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to invoke pity | 54 | |
| 3093371359 | Chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed | 55 | |
| 3093372939 | Epithet | A term used to point out a characteristic of a person | 56 | |
| 3093372940 | Zeugma | the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one if them or is appropriate to each but in different ways | 57 | |
| 3093669319 | Situational Irony | involves an incongruity between what is expected or intended and what actually occurs | 58 | |
| 3093670709 | Verbal Irony | intended meaning of a statement differs from the meaning that the words appear to express | 59 | |
| 3093676772 | Dramatic Irony | the audience knows more about present or future circumstances that a character in the story | 60 |
