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| 10505554720 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 0 | |
| 10505554721 | dramatic irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 1 | |
| 10505554722 | Foreshadowing | the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot | 2 | |
| 10505554723 | Genre | a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. | 3 | |
| 10505554724 | Gothic Literature | Emphasizes individuality and imagination with mood of decay, dramatic action that is generally violent, love that is destructive, gloomy settings, supernatural, despairing man alone in dark world, setting and atmosphere are more important that characters | 4 | |
| 10505554725 | Hyberbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 5 | |
| 10505554726 | Idiom | A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. Ex: beat around the bush | 6 | |
| 10505554727 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 7 | |
| 10505554728 | invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 8 | |
| 10505554729 | Irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning | 9 | |
| 10505554730 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts Ex: paradise lost: god vs Satan | 10 | |
| 10505554731 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. | 11 | |
| 10505554732 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it Ex: pen is mightier than the sword | 12 | |
| 10505554733 | Mood | How the reader feels about the text while reading. | 13 | |
| 10505554734 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 14 | |
| 10505554735 | Similie | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 15 | |
| 10505554736 | situational irony | irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected. Ex: pilot has fear of heights | 16 | |
| 10505554737 | Symecdoche | A figure of speech in which the part stands for the whole, or the whole for the part. Ex. Music is my bread and butter | 17 | |
| 10505554738 | synthesia (or synaesthesia) | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") | 18 | |
| 10505554739 | verbal irony | irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning. (Sarcasm) Ex: lucky me | 19 |
