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| 8494389200 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 0 | |
| 8494389201 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 1 | |
| 8494389202 | Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. | 2 | |
| 8494389203 | Ambiguity | the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness. | 3 | |
| 8494389204 | Anaphora | Exact repetition of words or phrases ("I have a dream") | 4 | |
| 8494389205 | Antecedent | a word or pronoun in a line or sentence refers to an earlier word. | 5 | |
| 8494389207 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. | 6 | |
| 8494389206 | Antithesis | two contrasting ideas together. | 7 | |
| 8494389208 | Apostrophe | directly addresses someone or something that isn't present in the poem. | 8 | |
| 8494389209 | Cacophony | Unpleasant words or discordant sounds a situation where there is a mixture of harsh and inharmonious sounds. | 9 | |
| 8494389210 | Caricature | particular aspects of a subject are exaggerated, to create a silly or comic effect. | 10 | |
| 8494389211 | Catharsis | The process of relieving emotions in the audience | 11 | |
| 8494389212 | Clause | A unit of language that contains a subject and a verb | 12 | |
| 8494389213 | Colloquial | the use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing. | 13 | |
| 8494389214 | Connotation | the implied or emotional meaning | 14 | |
| 8494389215 | Diction | word choice, or the style of speaking that a writer, speaker, or character uses. | 15 | |
| 8494389216 | Digression | is a section of a composition or speech that marks a temporary shift of subject | 16 | |
| 8494389217 | Ethos | The development of credibility or similar ethics. When a writer or speaker seems trustworthy. | 17 | |
| 8494389218 | Euphemism | Using soft language to represent harsh or offensive things | 18 | |
| 8494389219 | Foil | character who contrasts with another character | 19 | |
| 8494389220 | Foreshadowing | Hints or clues that suggest events yet to occur | 20 | |
| 8494389221 | Genre | a category of literary composition. | 21 | |
| 8494389223 | Hyperbole | an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. | 22 | |
| 8494389224 | Imagery | description that appeals to our five senses. | 23 | |
| 8494389225 | Invective | denotes speech or writing that attacks, insults, or denounces a person, topic, or institution. It involves the use of abusive and negative language. | 24 | |
| 8494389226 | Irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning | 25 | |
| 8494389227 | Logos | The presentation of facts, statistics, credible testimony, cogent examples to support an argument. | 26 | |
| 8494389228 | Metaphor | Implied comparison of seemingly dissimilar things | 27 | |
| 8494389229 | Metonymy | a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated | 28 | |
| 8494389230 | Mood | The atmosphere or evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. | 29 | |
| 8494389231 | Motif | Motifs are used to establish a theme or a certain mood; they have a symbolic meaning. | 30 | |
| 8494389232 | Narrative | The telling of a story or events | 31 | |
| 8494389233 | Onomatopoeia | a poetic structure of words to convey how something sounds. | 32 | |
| 8494389234 | Oxymoron | when two contradictory words are together in one phrase. | 33 | |
| 8494389235 | Parable | a short story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson. | 34 | |
| 8494389236 | Paradox | A statement that is self-contradictory | 35 | |
| 8494389237 | Parody | imitation of a writer, artist, subject, or genre in such a way as to make fun of or comment on the original work | 36 | |
| 8494389238 | Pastoral | A rural or natural setting | 37 | |
| 8494389239 | Pathos | Argumentative techniques that generates emotions in readers to shape their responses and dispose them to accept a claim. | 38 | |
| 8494389240 | Personification | Applying human characteristics to things that are not human | 39 | |
| 8494389241 | Point-of-View | The perspective from which a story is told | 40 | |
| 8494389242 | Rhetoric | Argumentative language | 41 | |
| 8494389243 | Rhetorical question | A question that does not seek an answer | 42 | |
| 8494389244 | Satire | A work that parodies something else, usually comical | 43 | |
| 8494389245 | Setting | The background or location of a work (time and place) | 44 | |
| 8494389246 | Simile | Comparing unlike things using 'like,' 'as,' or 'than' | 45 | |
| 8494389247 | Symbol | Generally, anything that represents itself and stands for something else. | 46 | |
| 8494389248 | Theme | The central idea or message of a work | 47 | |
| 8494389249 | Thesis | The sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses opinion or answers a question | 48 | |
| 8494389250 | Tone | The attitude of the author. | 49 |
