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| 7503994994 | Malapropism | A confused use of words in which the appropriate word is replaced by one with a similar sound but inappropriate meaning. | 0 | |
| 7503994995 | Maxim | A saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth (adage, aphorism). | 1 | |
| 7503994996 | Melodrama | A literary form in which events are exaggerated to create an extreme emotional response. | 2 | |
| 7503994997 | Metaphor | Figure of speech, compares two unlike objects. | 3 | |
| 7503997895 | Metaphysical | Describes poetry that uses elaborate conceits, expresses complexities of love and life, and is highly intellectual. | 4 | |
| 7503997896 | Metonymy | Figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated. | 5 | |
| 7503997897 | Middle English | The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 AD. | 6 | |
| 7504000181 | Mock Epic | A parody of traditional epic form. | 7 | |
| 7504002486 | Mock Solemnity | Feigned or deliberately artificial seriousness, often for satirical purposes. | 8 | |
| 7504002487 | Mode | The general form, pattern, and manner of expression of a piece of discourse. | 9 | |
| 7504004666 | Montage | A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea. | 10 | |
| 7504004667 | Mood | The emotional tone or prevailing atmosphere in a work of literature or other discourse. | 11 | |
| 7504004668 | Moral | A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature. | 12 | |
| 7504004669 | Motif | A phrase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in an essay or other discourse. | 13 | |
| 7504004670 | Muse | One of the ancient Greek, goddesses presiding over the arts; the imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer. | 14 | |
| 7504004671 | Myth | An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society. | 15 | |
| 7504007863 | Narrative | A form of verse or prose (both fiction and nonfiction) that tells a story. | 16 | |
| 7504007864 | Naturalism | A term often used as a synonym for realism; also a view of experience that is characterized as bleak and pessimistic. | 17 | |
| 7504010929 | Non sequitur | A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before. | 18 | |
| 7504010930 | Objective | Of or relating to facts and reality, as opposed to private and personal feelings and attitudes. | 19 | |
| 7504010931 | Ode | A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject. | 20 | |
| 7504014629 | Omniscient narrator | A narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding, and insight of characters, setting, background, etc. | 21 | |
| 7504017487 | Onomatopoeia | The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning. | 22 | |
| 7504017488 | Oxymoron | A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect. | 23 | |
| 7504017489 | Parable | A story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived. | 24 | |
| 7504017490 | Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory but is nevertheless true. | 25 | |
| 7504021157 | Parallel structure | The structure required for expressing two or more grammatical elements of equal rank. | 26 | |
| 7504021158 | Parody | An imitation of a work meant to ridicule its style and subject. | 27 | |
| 7504021159 | Paraphrase | A version of a text put into simpler, everyday words. | 28 | |
| 7504021160 | Pastoral | A work of literature dealing with rural life. | 29 | |
| 7504024777 | Pathetic fallacy | Fault reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects. | 30 | |
| 7504032768 | Pathos | The element in literature that stimulate pity and sorrow. | 31 |
