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| 4400597931 | Active Voice | The subject of the sentence performs the action. This is a more direct and preferred style of writing in most cases. The opposite is passive voice | 0 | |
| 4400616274 | Allusion | An indirect reference to something usually with which the reader is supposed to be familiar with. | 1 | |
| 4400626750 | Alter-ego | A character that is used by the author to speak the authors'own thoughts | 2 | |
| 4400644418 | Ancedote | a brief recounting of a relevant episode. Anecdotes are often inserted into fictional or non fictional texts as a way of developing a point or injecting humor | 3 | |
| 4400671833 | Antecedent | The word phrase or clause refereed to by a pronouns | 4 | |
| 4400687721 | Classicism | Art or literature characterized by a realistic view of people and the world; sticks to traditional themes and structures( see romanticism) | 5 | |
| 4400721491 | Comic relief | when a humorous scene is inserted into a serious story, in order to lighten the mood somewhat. | 6 | |
| 4400729555 | Colloquial | Ordinary or familiar type of conversation | 7 | |
| 4400727437 | Diction | word choice | 8 | |
| 4400748914 | Connotation | Rather than the dictionary definition, the associations suggested by a word. | 9 | |
| 4400754724 | Denotation | The literal,explicit meaning of a word, without its connotations | 10 | |
| 4400772651 | Jargon | The diction used by a a group which practices a similar profession or activity. Lawyers speak using particular jargon, as do soccer players | 11 | |
| 4400783880 | Vernacular | Language or dialect of a particular country. language or dialect of a regional clan or group plain everyday speech | 12 | |
| 4400796241 | Didactic | A term used to describe, nonfiction or poetry that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking. | 13 | |
| 4400807164 | Adage | folk sayings with a lesson | 14 | |
| 4400811164 | Allegory | A story, fictional or non fictional in which characters things and events represent qualities or concepts. The interaction of these characters, things and events is meant to reveal an abstraction or a truth. | 15 | |
| 4400828450 | Aphorism | A terse statement which expresses a general truth or moral principle. An aphorism can be a memorable summation of the authors point. | 16 | |
| 4400841304 | Ellipsis | The deliberate omission of a word or phrase from prose done for effect by the author | 17 | |
| 4400850852 | Euphemism | A more agreeable or less offensive substitute generally unpleasant words concepts | 18 | |
| 4400866128 | Metonymy | Replacing an actual word or idea, with a related word or concept. | 19 | |
| 4400871896 | Synecdoche | A kind of metonymy when a whole is represented by naming one of its parts or vice versa. | 20 | |
| 4400881002 | Synesthesia | a description involving a crossing of the senses. I was deafened by his brightly colored clothing | 21 | |
| 4400890751 | Invective | A long emotionally violent, attack using strong abusive language | 22 | |
| 4400896163 | Juxtaposition | Placing things side by side for the purpose of comparison | 23 | |
| 4400902795 | Motif | Recurring idea in a piece of literature Ex To Kill a Mockingbird- You never really know a person | 24 | |
| 4400912934 | Oxymoron | When contradictory terms are grouped together and suggest | 25 |
