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| 2896901029 | Anecdote | a short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorooous effect or to make a point. | 0 | |
| 2896901030 | Extended Metaphor | a sustained comparison, often referred to as a conceit.The extended metaphor is developed throughout a piece of writing | 1 | |
| 2896901031 | Figurative Language | Language that contains figures of speech, such as similes and metaphors, in order to create associations that are imaginative rather than literal | 2 | |
| 2896901032 | Figures Of Speech | expressions, such as similes, metaphors, and personifications that make imaginative, rather than literal, comparisons or associations | 3 | |
| 2896901033 | Foreshadowing | the use of a hint or clue to suggest a larger event that occurs late in the work | 4 | |
| 2896901034 | Image | a word or words, either figurative or literal, used to describe a sensory experience or an object perceived by the sense. Art image is always a concrete representation. | 5 | |
| 2896901035 | Imagery | words or phrases that use a collection of images to appeal to one or more of the five senses in order to create a mental picture | 6 | |
| 2896901036 | Metaphor | a figure of speech that uses the name of an object, person, or idea to represent something with which it is associated, such as using "the crown" to refer to a monarch; also, "the pen is mightier than the sword" | 7 | |
| 2896901037 | Narration | the telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama; one of the four modes of discourse | 8 | |
| 2896901038 | Personification | the attribution of human qualities to a nonhuman or an inanimate object | 9 | |
| 2896901039 | Protagonist | the main character of a literary work | 10 | |
| 2896901040 | Rhetorical Question | one that does not expect an explicit answer. it is used to pose an idea to be considered by the speaker or audience | 11 | |
| 2896901041 | Setting | Time and place of a literary work | 12 | |
| 2896901042 | Simile | a figurative that uses like, as, or as if to make a direct comparison between two essentially different objects, actions, or qualities; for example, "the sky looked like an artist canvas" | 13 | |
| 2896901043 | Speaker | the voice of a work; an author may speak as himself or herself or as a fictitious persona | 14 | |
| 2896901044 | Stereotype | a character that represents a trait that is usually attributed to a particular social or racial group and who lacks individuality; a conventional patter, expression or idea | 15 | |
| 2896901045 | Theme | the central idea or "message" or a literary work | 16 | |
| 2896901046 | Thesis | the main idea of a piece of writing. it presents the authors assertion or claim. the effectiveness of a presentation is often based on how well the writer presents, develops, and supports the thesis | 17 | |
| 2896901047 | Transition | a word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph | 18 | |
| 2896901048 | Symbolism | the use of symbols or anything that is meant to be taken both literally and as representative of a higher and more complex significance | 19 |
