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7588047707AbstractAbbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research.0
7588050877Ad hominemDirected to or appealing to feelings or prejudices instead of to intellect or reason.1
7588050878Adage, Aphorism, MaximA saying or proverb containing a generally accepted truth or sentiment.2
7588053792AllegoryA story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surface.3
7588056704AlliterationRepetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines in a poem.4
7588056705AllusionReference to a person, place, event, meant to create an effect or enhance meaning.5
7588056706AmbiguityA vagueness of meaning: conscious lack of clarity to evoke multiple meanings or interpretations.6
7588059595AnachronismPerson, scene, or event that falls to correspond with appropriate time era.7
7588059596AssonanceRepetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words in prose or poetry.8
7588059597BardA poet.9
7588059598BathosInsincere or overdone sentimentally.10
7588062915Belles-LettresA French term for the world of books, criticism, and literature in general.11
7588062916BombastInflated, pretentious language.12
7588066340BurlesqueA work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation.13
7588066341CacophonyGrating, inharmonious sounds.14
7588066342CononThe words considered important in a national literature or period.15
7588069347CaricatureA grotesque likeness of strikings qualities in persons and things.16
7588069348Carpe DiemSeize the day - a common theme.17
7588072892CircumlocutionLiterally "talking" around a subject.18
7588072893AnalogyComparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things.19
7588081225AnecdoteBrief narrative often used to illustrate an idea or make a point.20
7588081226AnnotationA brief explanation, summary, or evaluation of a text or work of literature.21
7588083537AntagonistCharacter or force in a work of literature that, by opposing the protagonist, produces tension or conflict.22
7588083538AntecedentA word to which a pronoun refers - Must agree in person and number.23
7588083539AntithesisRhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of grammatical arrangement or words, clauses, or sentences.24
7588088254ApollonianIn contrast to Dionysian, refers to most noble, godlike qualities of human nature and behavior.25
7588088255ApostropheA locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present.26
7588091270ArchCharacterized by clever or sly humor, often saucy, playful.27
7588093681ArchetypeAn abstract or ideal conception of a type; a model or form.28

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