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| 5793144487 | Allegory | The device of using a character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | 0 | |
| 5793145744 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial constant sounds in two or more neighboring words. | 1 | |
| 5793146560 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, place, work, etc. | 2 | |
| 5793149002 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 3 | |
| 5793149621 | Anadiplosis | The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. (YODA TALK) | 4 | |
| 5793151285 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. | 5 | |
| 5793155645 | Anaphora | One of the devices of repetition, in which the same word(s) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines. | 6 | |
| 5793157147 | Anecdote | A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. | 7 | |
| 5793158155 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle. | 8 | |
| 5793201582 | Apostrophe | A figure of a speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction. (such as liberty or love) | 9 | |
| 5793203065 | Atmosphere | The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. | 10 | |
| 5793206072 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 11 | |
| 5793206885 | Colloquial/colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. | 12 | |
| 5793207548 | Coherence | A principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligent. | 13 | |
| 5793208979 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 14 | |
| 5793211349 | Connotation | The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. | 15 | |
| 5793212420 | Denotation | The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid or any emotion, attitude or color. | 16 | |
| 5793213481 | Diction | Related to style, diction refers to the writer's word choices with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. | 17 | |
| 5793259423 | Didactic | From the Greek, didactic literally means "teaching." | 18 | |
| 5793276421 | Epistrophe | The opposite of Anaphora, repetition at the end of successive clauses. | 19 | |
| 5793277314 | Euphemism | From the Greek for "good speech." More arguable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept. | 20 | |
| 5793278272 | Exposition | In essays, one of the for chief types of composition, the other being argumentation description, and narration. | 21 | |
| 5793279306 | Extended metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 22 | |
| 5793280883 | Figurative language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. | 23 | |
| 5793282316 | Figure of speech | A device used to produce figurative language. | 24 | |
| 5793285208 | Generic conventions | This term describes tradition for each genre. | 25 | |
| 5793285527 | Genre | The major category into which a literary work fits. | 26 | |
| 5793286123 | Homily | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally it can include any serious talk or speech. | 27 | |
| 5793288327 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech sing deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. | 28 | |
| 5793288894 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. | 29 | |
| 5793289961 | Inference/ infer | To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented. | 30 | |
| 5793291916 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong abusive language. | 31 | |
| 5793294490 | Irony/ironic | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. | 32 | |
| 5793296675 | Juxtaposition | The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. | 33 | |
| 5793302595 | Loose sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as a phrase and clauses. | 34 | |
| 5793303378 | Metaphor | A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other. | 35 | |
| 5793304006 | Metonymy | A term from the Greek meaning of "changed label" or "substitute name." | 36 | |
| 5793305687 | Mood | Grammatical and deals with the verbal units and a speaker's attitude. | 37 | |
| 5793307050 | Narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. | 38 | |
| 5793308601 | Onomatopeia | A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. | 39 | |
| 5793309487 | Oxymoron | From the Greek for "pointedly foolish, "an oxymoron is a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. | 40 | |
| 5793311001 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon close inspection contains some degree of truth. | 41 | |
| 5793311817 | Parallelism | From the Greek roots meaning "beside one another." Refers to grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, etc. | 42 | |
| 5793314112 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/ or ridicule. | 43 | |
| 5793316251 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic or bookish. | 44 | |
| 5793316829 | Periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. | 45 | |
| 5793317148 | Personification | A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects. | 46 | |
| 5793319275 | Point of view | 47 |
