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| 5903449121 | adage | a proverb or wise saying commonly used (ex: Things are not always as they seem.) | 0 | |
| 5903449134 | archetype | a detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response | 1 | |
| 5903449140 | circumlocution | an indirect or wordy way of expressing an idea which leaves the reader perplexed; exaggeratedly long and complex sentences in order to convey a meaning that could have otherwise been conveyed through a shorter, much simpler sentence | 2 | |
| 5903449142 | colloquial | characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing | 3 | |
| 5903449144 | conceit | a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects; unusual and unlikely comparisons between two things | 4 | |
| 5903449150 | denouement | an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot | 5 | |
| 5903449153 | elegy | a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead. | 6 | |
| 5903449155 | epic | a long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society | 7 | |
| 5903449174 | myth | a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events | 8 | |
| 5903449175 | narrative | a fiction, nonfiction, poetic, or dramatic story, actual or fictional, expressed orally or in text | 9 | |
| 5903449177 | occasion | the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written | 10 | |
| 5903449182 | parable | a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson | 11 | |
| 5903449185 | parody | a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing | 12 | |
| 5903449186 | pastoral | a work of literature dealing with rural life | 13 | |
| 5903449192 | polemic | a controversial argument, esp. attacking a particular opinion | 14 | |
| 5903449194 | prose | written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure | 15 | |
| 5903449196 | refutation | the part of an argument wherein a speaker or writer anticipates and counters opposing points of view | 16 | |
| 5903449204 | soliloquy | a dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener | 17 | |
| 5903449213 | zeugma | artfully using a single verb to refer to two different objects in an ungrammatical but striking way, or artfully using an adjective to refer to two separate nouns, even though the adjective would logically only be appropriate for one of the two. Ex:"If we don't hang together, we shall hang separately!" | 18 |
