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| 6727004066 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one | 0 | |
| 6727011639 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words | 1 | |
| 6727019015 | Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference | 2 | |
| 6727031947 | Ambiguity | uncertainty or inexactness in language | 3 | |
| 6727036352 | Analogy | a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification | 4 | |
| 6727048373 | Anaphora | one of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences | 5 | |
| 6727145508 | Antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | 6 | |
| 6727154218 | Antimetabole | a literary and rhetorical device in which a phrase or sentence is repeated, but in reverse order | 7 | |
| 6727172859 | Antithesis | a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else | 8 | |
| 6727175734 | Aphorism | a terse statement of known authorship that expresses a general truth or moral principle | 9 | |
| 6727184458 | Apostrophe (figure of speech) | a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified, abstraction, such as liberty or love. An address to someone or something that cannot answer. The effect is to display intense emotion, which can no longer be held back. | 10 | |
| 6727217613 | Appositive | noun, noun phrase, or noun clause which follows a noun or pronoun and renames the noun or pronoun | 11 | |
| 6727224643 | Archaic Diction | the use of words common to an earlier time period | 12 | |
| 6727230392 | Asyndeton | leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses | 13 | |
| 6727236041 | Polysyndeton | the deliberate use of a series of conjunctions | 14 | |
| 6727238459 | Atmosphere | the emotional feeling or mood of a place, scene, or event | 15 | |
| 6727485310 | Caricature | a description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect | 16 | |
| 6727489004 | Clause | a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and verb | 17 | |
| 6727493423 | Chiasmus | a figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but revere the order of analogous words ex: "Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds" | 18 | |
| 6727561404 | Colloquial | the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing | 19 | |
| 6727575116 | Conceit | a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. Displays intellectual cleverness. | 20 | |
| 6727592993 | Connotation | the non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. may involve ideas, emotions, or attitudes. | 21 | |
| 6727856560 | Denotation | the strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color | 22 | |
| 6727864030 | Diction | the author's choice of words that creates a tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning | 23 | |
| 6727870173 | Didactic | writing whose purpose is to teach, usually formal and focuses on moral or ethical concerns | 24 | |
| 6727973061 | Euphemism | a more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable (passing away vs. dying) | 25 | |
| 6727982011 | Exigence | an issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak | 26 |
