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| 2566746378 | Allegory | A narrative that demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance. Often a universal symbol | 0 | |
| 2566746379 | Alliteration | Repetition of a similar initial sound, usually consonants. | 1 | |
| 2566746380 | Allusion | A literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference. | 2 | |
| 2572412494 | Anadiplosis | Repetition of the last word of a preceding clause | 3 | |
| 2566746381 | Anaphora | Regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses | 4 | |
| 2566746382 | Antithesis | Juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in parallel structure | 5 | |
| 2566746383 | Aphorism | Concise statement that illustrates a common held belief | 6 | |
| 2566746384 | Apostrophe | Act of addressing some inanimate abstraction or person that is not physically present | 7 | |
| 2566746385 | Assonance | Repetition of similar vowel sounds | 8 | |
| 2566746386 | Asyndeton | Conjunctions are omitted in a series | 9 | |
| 2566746387 | Canon | That which has been accepted as authentic | 10 | |
| 2566746388 | Chiasmus | Order of terms in the first half of a parallel clause are reversed in the second half | 11 | |
| 2566746389 | Claim | An assertion | 12 | |
| 2566746390 | Colloquial | Diction of common, ordinary folks | 13 | |
| 2566746391 | Conceit | Comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature | 14 | |
| 2566746392 | Connotation | Implied or suggested meaning of a word | 15 | |
| 2566746393 | Deductive Reasoning | Movement from General to specific | 16 | |
| 2566746394 | Dialect | Language of a specific area or region | 17 | |
| 2566746395 | Diction | Specific word choice | 18 | |
| 2566746396 | Didactic | Has an instructive purpose or lesson | 19 | |
| 2566746397 | Elegy | Poem meditates upon a death | 20 | |
| 2566746398 | Epistrophe | Repetition of a phrase at the end of successive phrases | 21 | |
| 2566746399 | Epitaph | Writing in praise of a dead person | 22 | |
| 2566746400 | Ethos | Credibility and character of the writer | 23 | |
| 2566746401 | Eulogy | Speech in praise of a person | 24 | |
| 2566746402 | Euphemism | Indirect or less harsh way of expressing unpleasant information | 25 | |
| 2566746403 | Exposition | Writing that explains its own meaning or purpose | 26 | |
| 2566746404 | Extended metaphor | Series of comparisons within a piece of writing | 27 | |
| 2568651701 | Flashback | An earlier event is inserted into the the normal narration | 28 | |
| 2568651702 | Genre | A type of literature | 29 | |
| 2568651703 | Hyperbole | Overstatement characterized by exaggerated language | 30 | |
| 2568651704 | Imagery | Use of figurative language to evoke a feeling, to call to mind an idea, or to describe an object | 31 | |
| 2568651705 | Imperative Sentence | Gives instruction, advice, or commands | 32 | |
| 2568651706 | Inductive Reasoning | Movement from specific to general | 33 | |
| 2568651707 | Inference | A conclusion arrived at by considering facts, observations, or data | 34 | |
| 2568651708 | Irony | Contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant | 35 | |
| 2568651709 | Jargon | Specialized language of a trade, profession, or group | 36 | |
| 2572392974 | Juxtaposition | Normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases placed next to each other | 37 | |
| 2568651710 | Litote | Emphasizes its subject by understatement | 38 | |
| 2568651711 | Loose Sentence | Long sentence that starts with its main clause, which is followed by several dependent clauses | 39 | |
| 2568651712 | Metaphor | Comparison of one thing with another without the use of a verbal signal | 40 | |
| 2568651713 | Metonymy | A commonly associated feature is used to name something | 41 | |
| 2568651714 | Mood | A feeling resulting from the tone | 42 | |
| 2568651715 | Narrative | Tells a story of some sort | 43 | |
| 2568651716 | Onomatopoeia | A word approximating the sound of what it describes | 44 | |
| 2568651717 | Oxymoron | Combines two contradictory elements | 45 | |
| 2568651718 | Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory but is true | 46 | |
| 2568651719 | Pathos | Element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow (emotion) | 47 | |
| 2568651720 | Periodic sentence | Long sentence in which the main clause is not completed until the end | 48 | |
| 2568651721 | Personification | Treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person | 49 | |
| 2572404105 | Polysyndeton | Conjunctions are used repeatedly in quick succession, often with no commas | 50 | |
| 2568651722 | Prose | Ordinary form of written language without metrical structure | 51 | |
| 2568651723 | Sarcasm | Apparent praise is actual critical | 52 | |
| 2568651724 | Satire | Literary work that holds up human failings to ridicule and censure | 53 | |
| 2568651725 | Simile | A direct comparison of one thing to another | 54 | |
| 2568651726 | Symbolism | Use of a person, place, thing, event, or pattern that represents something else | 55 | |
| 2568651727 | Synecdoche | A part signifies the whole | 56 | |
| 2568651728 | Theme | Central idea or focus of a work | 57 | |
| 2568651729 | Tone | The attitude the writer takes toward a subject | 58 |
