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| 3327793834 | Allegory | A piece of writing where all the characters, symbols, and settings have a secondary, representative meaning in real life. | 0 | |
| 3327793835 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same first letter or sound in successive words. | 1 | |
| 3327793836 | Anaphora | The regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of phrases or clauses | 2 | |
| 3327793837 | Antithesis | The juxtaposition of harshly contrasting ideas | 3 | |
| 3327793838 | Aphorism | A concise statement designed to make a point (like a moral or saying) | 4 | |
| 3327793839 | Apostrophe | The act of addressing something inanimate or abstract that is not physically present | 5 | |
| 3327793840 | Appeal | Rhetorical arguments that use ethos (appeal to authority), pathos (appeal to emotion), and/or logos (appeal to logic) | 6 | |
| 3327793841 | Assonance | A repetition of vowel sounds | 7 | |
| 3327793842 | Asyndeton | A syntactical structure where conjunctions are omitted in a series | 8 | |
| 3327793843 | Attitude | A feeling expressed through the tone or point of view in a piece | 9 | |
| 3327793846 | Chaismus | A grammatical structure in which the order of terms from the first half of a sentence are reversed in the second half of the sentence | 10 | |
| 3327793847 | Claim | The argument or assertion of fact being argued. | 11 | |
| 3327793848 | Colloquial | Something identified with common or ordinary people or speech | 12 | |
| 3327793850 | Conceit | A comparison of two unlikely things | 13 | |
| 3327793851 | Connotation | The emotional meaning associated with a word | 14 | |
| 3327793852 | Consonance | The repetition of consonant sounds | 15 | |
| 3327793853 | Convention | An accepted manner, model, or tradition | 16 | |
| 3327793856 | Dialect | The idiosyncrasies of a particular ethnic, regional, or age group. | 17 | |
| 3327793857 | Diction | The choice of words the author uses to get the point accros | 18 | |
| 3327793858 | Didactic | A piece of writing intended to teach a lesson or moral | 19 | |
| 3327793859 | Elegy | A poem or prose that laments the loss of a person | 20 | |
| 3327793860 | Epistrophe | The repetition of a phrase at the end of successive sentences (ex: "and Brutus is an honorable man") | 21 | |
| 3327793861 | Epitaph | A writing in praise of a dead person (often inscribed on a headstone) | 22 | |
| 3327793862 | Ethos | The authority with which an argument is presented. | 23 | |
| 3327793863 | Eulogy | A speech or passage written in praise of a person, usually after their death | 24 | |
| 3327793864 | Euphemism | When an indirect or kinder word is used to explain or describe something considered to be socially unpleasant | 25 | |
| 3327793866 | Extended metaphor | When a metaphor is created through a long series of comparisons rather than just in one sentence. | 26 | |
| 3327793867 | Figurative language | When the descriptions or words the author chose have a deeper, symbolic meaning | 27 | |
| 3327793868 | Flashback | When an earlier event is shown out of chronological order | 28 | |
| 3327793870 | Homily | A sermon or lecture | 29 | |
| 3327811770 | Iambic Pentameter | A rhythm of poetic lines which consists of 5 iambs (unstressed syllable followed by stressed syllable) | 30 | |
| 3327793871 | Imagery | Figurative language whereby the author describes things that appeal to the 5 senses | 31 | |
| 3327793875 | Irony (verbal) | When what is stated is the opposite of what is intended to be inferred | 32 | |
| 3327793876 | Irony (situational) | When the events of a situation defy the audience's expectations (Ex: a fireman's house burning down) | 33 | |
| 3327793877 | Irony (dramatic) | When the audience knows something that the characters do not | 34 | |
| 3327793878 | Isocolon | A grammatical structure where the clauses are both parallel as well as equal in length | 35 | |
| 3327793879 | Jargon | Specialized or technical language of a particular occupation, trade, or group of people | 36 | |
| 3327793880 | Juxtaposition | The specific choice of the author to put things beside each other | 37 | |
| 3327793881 | Litote | A figure of speech that emphasizes things through extreme understatement | 38 | |
| 3327793882 | Loose sentence | A long sentence constructed of an initial main clause and followed by multiple dependent clauses. | 39 | |
| 3327793883 | Metaphor | A comparison of two seemingly unrelated things | 40 | |
| 3327793884 | Metonymy | A figure of speech where a figure of object stands for something (ex: "The White House released a statement") | 41 | |
| 3327793885 | Mode of discourse | The way in which information is presented in written or spoken form. | 42 | |
| 3327793886 | Mood | The emotional response of the reader or audience | 43 | |
| 3327793887 | Narrative | The mode of discourse that presents some kind of story | 44 | |
| 3327793888 | Onomatopoeia | A figure of speech where a word is spelled the way it is intended to sound | 45 | |
| 3327793889 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech which puts two opposite words beside each other | 46 | |
| 3327793890 | Paradox | A statement which seems contradictory but is, in reality, true | 47 | |
| 3327793891 | Parallel structure | Using the same parts of speech in the same order repeatedly | 48 | |
| 3327793892 | Pathos | The element of rhetoric built on appealing to emotions | 49 | |
| 3327793893 | Periodic sentence | A sentence in which the main clause is not completed until the end. | 50 | |
| 3327793894 | Personification | Giving human-like characteristics to non-human things | 51 | |
| 3327793895 | Point of View | The relation in which the author presents the subject (1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person) | 52 | |
| 3327793896 | Prose | Written word that is not in verse form (no particular rhythm to the sentences) | 53 | |
| 3327793897 | Realism | An author's attempt to portray life as it truly is. | 54 | |
| 3327793900 | Rhetorical Question | A question asked by the author in which there is no expected answer | 55 | |
| 3327793901 | Sarcasm | A form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually critical | 56 | |
| 3327793902 | Satire | A literary style that holds up human feelings to ridicule through extreme situation. | 57 | |
| 3327793903 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 58 | |
| 3327793904 | Style | The manner in which the author combines words, phrases, events, figures of speech, etc. to construct a work. | 59 | |
| 3327793905 | Symbolism | When an object in a story represents a greater idea | 60 | |
| 3327793906 | Synechdoche | A figure of speech where one part of something stands for the whole thing (like 100 head of cattle) | 61 | |
| 3327793907 | Syntax | The structure of the sentences in a passage | 62 | |
| 3327793908 | Theme | The central idea or focus of the passage | 63 | |
| 3327793909 | Tone | The emotional attitude of the narrator or writer. | 64 | |
| 3327793910 | Voice | the acknowledged or unacknowledged source of words in the story; the speaker or narrator's view on the subject or message of the passage | 65 | |
| 3327793911 | Zeugma | A trope in which one word, usually a noun or the main verb, governs two other words not related in meaning. | 66 |
