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| 8870692132 | Aesthetic | French movement calling for 'art for art's sake', or that art needs no purpose other than to be beautiful and contemplated as an end. | 0 | |
| 8870692133 | Allegory | A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one. Example: Animal Farm by George Orwell: "All animals are equal but a few are more equal than others."; This quote is an allegory to represent Russian classes in the Soviet Union. | 1 | |
| 8870692134 | Anadiplosis | A type of repetition in which the last words of a sentence are used to begin the next sentence. Example: | 2 | |
| 8870692135 | Anaphora | The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis. | 3 | |
| 8870692136 | Apostrophe | A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, usually absent. | 4 | |
| 8870692137 | Asyndeton | A stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of words or phrases. | 5 | |
| 8870692138 | Begging the question | A logical fallacy in which a premise of an argument contains a direct or indirect assumption that the conclusion is true. | 6 | |
| 8870692139 | Carpe diem | A motif in lyric poetry stressing that life is short and time is fleeting. | 7 | |
| 8870692140 | Catharsis | A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy). | 8 | |
| 8870692141 | Chiasmus | A literal inversion of the relationship between the elements of phrases. | 9 | |
| 8870692142 | Connotation | A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. | 10 | |
| 8870692143 | Consonance | The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance. | 11 | |
| 8870692144 | Denotation | The primary, literal, or explicit meaning of a word, phrase, or symbol, as opposed to connotation. | 12 | |
| 8870692145 | Dystopia | Works of fiction that represent a vision of a future that is a corrupted version of a utopian society, with a poor standard of living. | 13 | |
| 8870692146 | Elegy | A poem written in alternating hexameter and pentameter lines oftentimes written about change and loss. | 14 | |
| 8870692147 | Epigraph | A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text. | 15 | |
| 8870692148 | Epiphany | A sudden flare into revelation of an ordinary object or scene common in poetry and prose fiction. | 16 | |
| 8870692149 | Ethos | A person's overall disposition and character. | 17 | |
| 8870692150 | Euphemism | A word or phrase to replace another with one that is considered less offensive, blunt or vulgar than the word or phrase which it replaces. | 18 | |
| 8870692151 | Expletive | A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position. | 19 | |
| 8870692152 | Explication | The interpretation or analysis of a text. | 20 | |
| 8870692153 | Farce | A type of comedy with stereotyped characters in ridiculous situations meant to simply make the audience laugh heartily. | 21 | |
| 8870692154 | Invective | The denunciation of a person by the use of derogatory epithets. | 22 | |
| 8870692155 | Metacognition | The act of thinking about thinking. | 23 | |
| 8870692156 | Metonymy | The act of substituting a term for another which is closely associated because of a recurrent relationship in common experience. | 24 | |
| 8870692157 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 25 | |
| 8870692158 | Parody | A work which imitates another's style and manner in a ridiculous manner. | 26 | |
| 8870692159 | Propaganda | A type of literature meant to make the reader assume a specific attitude towards a specific political, social, or religious issue of the time. | 27 | |
| 8870692160 | Satire | The literary art of diminishing or derogating a subject by making it ridiculous and evoking towards it attitudes of amusement, contempt, scorn, or indignation. | 28 | |
| 8870692161 | Syllogism | A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them. | 29 | |
| 8870692162 | Synechdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent a whole. | 30 | |
| 8870692163 | Syntax | The study of the way that sequences of words are ordered into phrases, clauses, and sentences. | 31 | |
| 8870692164 | Utopia | A genre of fictional writings that represent an ideal but nonexistent political and social way of life. | 32 | |
| 8870692165 | Voice | The distinctive style or manner of expression of the writer. | 33 | |
| 8870692166 | Zeugma | An expression in which a single word is used twice in different meanings. | 34 | |
| 8870692167 | Double Entendre | A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is literal, the other ironic. | 35 | |
| 8870692168 | Antithesis | A contrast or opposition in the meanings of contiguous phrases or clauses that manifest parallelism. | 36 | |
| 8870692169 | Aphorism | A pithy and pointed statement of a serious maxim, opinion, or general truth. | 37 | |
| 8870692170 | Synaesthesia | The use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another. | 38 | |
| 8870692171 | Irony | The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning. | 39 | |
| 8870692172 | Mixed Metaphor | A combination of two or more incompatible metaphors, which produces a ridiculous effect. | 40 | |
| 8870692173 | Sibilant | A hissing sound. | 41 | |
| 8870692174 | Hyperbole | An exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally. | 42 | |
| 8870692175 | Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. | 43 | |
| 8870692176 | Unscrupulous | Contemptuous of what is right and honorable. | 44 | |
| 8870692177 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 45 | |
| 8870692178 | Introspective | Looking inward. | 46 | |
| 8870692179 | Idiom | A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. | 47 | |
| 8870692180 | Ellipsis | The omission of a grammatically required word or phrase that can be inferred. | 48 | |
| 8870692181 | Personification | The attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea. | 49 | |
| 8870692182 | Understatement | A deliberate underrepresentation, the opposite of a hyperbole. | 50 | |
| 8870692183 | Ode | A long, formal, elaborate lyric poem with a serious theme. | 51 | |
| 8870692184 | Inference | A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. | 52 | |
| 8870692185 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader. | 53 | |
| 8870692186 | Tone | The writer's attitude toward his readers and his subject. | 54 | |
| 8870692187 | Lecherous | Lustful, synonym of lascivious | 55 | |
| 8870692188 | Vehement | Showing strong feeling. | 56 | |
| 8870692189 | Doggerel | Comic verse composed in irregular rhythm. | 57 | |
| 8870692190 | Furtive | Secretive | 58 | |
| 8870692191 | Adamantine | Utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion. | 59 | |
| 8870692192 | Decorum | Conformity to accepted standards of conduct. | 60 | |
| 8870692193 | Ambivalence | The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes. | 61 | |
| 8870692194 | Idiosyncratic | Peculiar | 62 | |
| 8870692195 | Erudite | Scholarly | 63 | |
| 8870692196 | Paradox | A statement that contradicts itself but is true. | 64 | |
| 8870692197 | Copious | Abundant | 65 | |
| 8870692198 | Disingenuous | Insincere | 66 | |
| 8870692199 | Querulous | Full of complaints | 67 | |
| 8870692200 | Cumulative sentence | A sentence that completes its main clause/thought at the beginning and then adds to it. | 68 | |
| 8870692201 | Doleful | Sad | 69 | |
| 8870692202 | Parallelism | Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses. | 70 | |
| 8870692203 | Emulation | Effort to equal or surpass another by imitation. | 71 | |
| 8870692204 | Shrewd | Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence. | 72 | |
| 8870692205 | Lewd | Vulgar | 73 | |
| 8870692206 | Lascivious | Lustful, synonym of lecherous | 74 | |
| 8870692207 | Reproach | Blame | 75 | |
| 8870692208 | Nonchalant | Showing little or no concern | 76 | |
| 8870692209 | Polysyndeton | The use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural. | 77 | |
| 8870692210 | Ad hominem | A logical fallacy where an argument is directed to or appealing to feelings or prejudices instead of to intellect or reason. | 78 | |
| 8870692211 | Anthropomorphism | Attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object | 79 | |
| 8870692212 | Conjecture | A guess, one that is often based on inadequate or faulty evidence | 80 | |
| 8870692213 | Parenthetical Remark | Writing that uses or contains additional comments or notes added as parentheses | 81 | |
| 8870692214 | Anaphone | a sound or melody that represents something, such as motion or romance. | 82 | |
| 8870692215 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 83 | |
| 8870692216 | apophasis | mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned | 84 | |
| 8870692217 | Aporia | Talking about not being able to talk about something | 85 | |
| 8870692218 | Litote | A figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement | 86 | |
| 8870692219 | Parenthesis | An insertion of material that interrupts the typical flow of a sentence. | 87 | |
| 8870692220 | periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. | 88 | |
| 8870692221 | Semantics | Meaning of words and sentences | 89 | |
| 8870692222 | Enthymeme | Logical reasoning with one premise left unstated but implied | 90 | |
| 8870692223 | Diacope | Repetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase | 91 | |
| 8870692224 | Antimetabole | The repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast. | 92 | |
| 8870692225 | Antiphrasis | the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) | 93 | |
| 8870692226 | Epizeuxis | repetition of the same word for emphasis | 94 | |
| 8870692227 | Enumeration | a list of words, phrases or clauses, sometimes numbered or bulleted | 95 | |
| 8870692228 | Antanagoge | Making negative things seem not as bad so the reader doesn't feel as strongly about them. | 96 | |
| 8870692229 | Exemplar | An example or model, especially an ideal one | 97 | |
| 8870692230 | Dirimens Copulatio | Providing an opposing fact to balance an otherwise one-sided or unqualified argument | 98 |
