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| 10599518970 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | 0 | |
| 10599518971 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 1 | |
| 10599518972 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 2 | |
| 10599518973 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 3 | |
| 10599518974 | Anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | 4 | |
| 10599518975 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. | 5 | |
| 10599518976 | 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. | 6 | |
| 10599518977 | anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 7 | |
| 10599518978 | antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 8 | |
| 10599518979 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. | 9 | |
| 10599518980 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 10 | |
| 10599518981 | atmosphere | The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. | 11 | |
| 10599518982 | clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 12 | |
| 10599518983 | Colloquialism (Colloquial) | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing. | 13 | |
| 10599518984 | Coherence | A principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible. | 14 | |
| 10599518985 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 15 | |
| 10599518986 | Connotation | The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. | 16 | |
| 10599518987 | Denotation | The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color. | 17 | |
| 10599518988 | Diction | Related to style, diction refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. | 18 | |
| 10599518989 | didactic | intended to instruct | 19 | |
| 10599518990 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 20 | |
| 10599518991 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 21 | |
| 10599518992 | Exposition | a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory. | 22 | |
| 10599518993 | extended metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 23 | |
| 10599518994 | figurative language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. | 24 | |
| 10599518995 | figure of speech | a device used to produce figurative language | 25 | |
| 10599518996 | generic conventions | This term describes traditions for each genre. These conventions help to define each genre; for example, they differentiate an essay and journalistic writing or an autobiography and political writing. On the AP language exam, try to distinguish the unique features of a writer's work from those dictated by convention. | 26 | |
| 10599518997 | Genre | a major category or type of literature | 27 | |
| 10599518998 | homily | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | 28 | |
| 10599518999 | Hyperbole | exaggeration | 29 | |
| 10599519000 | Imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. | 30 | |
| 10599519001 | inference/infer | to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented | 31 | |
| 10599519002 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 32 | |
| 10599519003 | irony/ironic | the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant | 33 | |
| 10599519004 | loose sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses | 34 | |
| 10599519005 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 35 | |
| 10599519006 | Metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant | 36 | |
| 10599519007 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 37 | |
| 10599519008 | Narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. | 38 | |
| 10599519009 | Onomatopoeia | the use of words that imitate sounds | 39 | |
| 10599519010 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 40 | |
| 10599519011 | Paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | 41 | |
| 10599519012 | Parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 42 | |
| 10599519013 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 43 | |
| 10599519014 | pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 44 | |
| 10599519015 | periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. | 45 | |
| 10599519016 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 46 | |
| 10599519017 | point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 47 | |
| 10599519018 | predicate adjective | An adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject | 48 | |
| 10599519019 | predicate nominative | a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject | 49 | |
| 10599519020 | Prose | Any writing that is not poetry | 50 | |
| 10599519021 | Repitition | The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern. | 51 | |
| 10599519022 | Rhetor | The speaker who uses elements of rhetoric effectively in oral or written test. | 52 | |
| 10599519023 | Rhetoric | the art of using language effectively and persuasively | 53 | |
| 10599519024 | rhetorical modes | This flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing. (Exposition, argumentation, description, narration | 54 | |
| 10599519025 | Sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt | 55 | |
| 10599519026 | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | 56 | |
| 10599519027 | Semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another. | 57 | |
| 10599519028 | Style | A basic and distinctive mode of expression. | 58 | |
| 10599519029 | subject complement | the word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it | 59 | |
| 10599519030 | subordinate clause | A clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb | 60 | |
| 10599519031 | Syllogism | a logical structure that uses the major premise and minor premise to reach a necessary conclusion | 61 | |
| 10599519032 | symbol/symbolism | Generally, anything that represents itself and stands for something else. | 62 | |
| 10599519033 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 63 | |
| 10599519034 | Theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 64 | |
| 10599519035 | Thesis | the primary position taken by a writer or speaker | 65 | |
| 10599519036 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 66 | |
| 10599519037 | transition | a word or phrase that links different ideas | 67 | |
| 10599519038 | Trope | Artful diction; the use of language in a nonliteral way; also called a figure of speech. | 68 | |
| 10599519039 | Understatement | A statement that says less than what is meant | 69 | |
| 10599519040 | Undertone | An attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of the piece. | 70 | |
| 10599519041 | unreliable narrator | an untrustworthy or naive commentator on events and characters in a story | 71 | |
| 10599519042 | Wit | intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights | 72 | |
| 10599519043 | Zeugma | use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings | 73 |
