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| 6459908562 | Allegory | A narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance. Often a universal symbol or a personified abstraction | 0 | |
| 6459908563 | Alliteration | The sequential repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applied to consonants, usually in closely proximate stressed syllables | 1 | |
| 6459908564 | Allusion | A literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference in a literary work | 2 | |
| 6459908565 | Anaphora | The regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses | 3 | |
| 6459908566 | Antithesis | The juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas | 4 | |
| 6459908569 | Apostrophe | An address or invocation to something inanimate | 5 | |
| 6459908570 | Assonance | The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, usually in successive or proximate words | 6 | |
| 6459908571 | Asyndeton | A syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose | 7 | |
| 6459908573 | Begging the question | An argumentative ploy where the arguer sidesteps the question or the conflict, evades or ignores the real question | 8 | |
| 6459908576 | Colloquial | A term identifying the diction of the common, ordinary folks, especially in a specific region or area | 9 | |
| 6459908578 | Connotation | The implied, suggested, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase | 10 | |
| 6459908579 | Consonance | The repetition of two or more consonants with a change in intervening vowels | 11 | |
| 6459908582 | Dialect | The language and speech idiosyncrasies of a specific area, region, or group | 12 | |
| 6459908583 | Diction | The specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose or effect | 13 | |
| 6459908586 | Epistrophe | In rhetoric, the repetition of a phrase at the end of successive sentences | 14 | |
| 6459908588 | Ethos | In rhetoric, the appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator | 15 | |
| 6459908589 | Eulogy | A speech or written passage in praise of a person; an oration in honor of a deceased person | 16 | |
| 6459908590 | Euphemism | An indirect, kinder, or less harsh or hurtful way of expressing unpleasant information | 17 | |
| 6459908592 | Extended metaphor | A series of comparisons within a piece of writing. If they are consistently one concept, this is also known as a conceit. | 18 | |
| 6459908593 | Figurative Language | Language with levels of meaning expressed through figures of speech such as personification, metaphor, litote, etc. | 19 | |
| 6459908594 | Flashback | An earlier event is inserted into the normal chronology of the narration | 20 | |
| 6459908597 | Hyperbole | Overstatement characterized by exaggerated language, usually to make a point or draw attention | 21 | |
| 6459908598 | Imagery | Any sensory detail or evocation in a work to evoke a feeling, to call to mind an idea, or to describe an object. Involves any or all of the five senses. | 22 | |
| 6459908600 | Inference | A conclusion or proposition arrived at by considering facts, observations, or some other specific data. Looking at the clues, learning the facts. | 23 | |
| 6459908601 | Irony | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. The intended meaning is often the opposite of what is stated, often suggesting light sarcasm. | 24 | |
| 6459908603 | Jargon | Specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group | 25 | |
| 6459908604 | Juxtaposition | The location of one thing adjacent to another to create an effect, reveal an attitude, or accomplish some other purpose | 26 | |
| 6459908605 | Litote | A figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement | 27 | |
| 6459908606 | Loose Sentence | A long sentence that starts with its main clause, which is followed by several dependent clauses and modifying phrases | 28 | |
| 6459908607 | Metaphor | One thing pictured as if it were something else, suggesting a likeness or analogy. An implicit comparison or identification of one thing with another, without the use of like or as. | 29 | |
| 6459908608 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which an attribute or commonly associated feature is used to name or designate something | 30 | |
| 6459908610 | Mood | A feeling or ambience resulting from the tone of a piece as well as the writer/narrator's attitude and point of view. It is a "feeling" that establishes the atmosphere in a work of literature or other discourse. | 31 | |
| 6459908611 | Narrative | A mode of discourse that tells a story of some sort and it is based on sequences of connected events, usually presented in a straightforward, chronological framework | 32 | |
| 6459908612 | Onomatopoeia | A word capturing or approximating the sound of what is described. The purpose of these words is to make a passage more effective for the reader or listener. | 33 | |
| 6459908613 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements | 34 | |
| 6459908614 | Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory but may probably be true | 35 | |
| 6459908615 | Parallel Structure | The use of similar forms in writing for nouns, verbs, phrases, or thoughts. In prose, recurrent syntactical similarity where several parts of a sentence or several sentences are expressed alike to show that their ideas are equal in importance. | 36 | |
| 6459908616 | Pathos | That element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow. In argument or persuasion it tends to be the evocation of pity. | 37 | |
| 6459908617 | Periodic Sentence | A long sentence in which the main clause is not completed until the end | 38 | |
| 6459908618 | Personification | Treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person by endowing it with human features or qualities | 39 | |
| 6459908619 | Point of View | The relation in which a narrator/author stands to a subject of discourse. Requires the reader to establish the historical perspective of what is being said. | 40 | |
| 6459908620 | Prose | The ordinary form of written language without metrical structure in contrast to verse and poetry | 41 | |
| 6459908624 | Rhetorical Question | A question that is asked simply for the sake of stylistic effect and is not expected to be answered | 42 | |
| 6459908625 | Sarcasm | A form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually critical. Can be light, and gently poke fun at something, or it can be harsh and mean | 43 | |
| 6459908626 | Satire | A literary work that holds up human failings to ridicule and censure | 44 | |
| 6459908627 | Simile | A direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another, using the words like or as | 45 | |
| 6459908629 | Symbolism | Use of a person, place, thing, event, or pattern that figuratively represents or "stands for" something else | 46 | |
| 6459908630 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part signifies a whole | 47 | |
| 6459908631 | Syntax | The way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. Basically, sentence structure. | 48 | |
| 6459908632 | Theme | The central or dominant idea or focus of a work. The statement a passage makes about its subject. | 49 | |
| 6459908633 | Tone | The attitude the narrator/author has toward the subject and theme. Based on particular stylistic devices employed by the author. | 50 |
