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| 6612778867 | a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them; it can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar | analogy | 0 | |
| 6612783249 | a short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event; the term most frequently refers to an incident in the life of a person | anecdote | 1 | |
| 6612785803 | figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences; it creates a definite and systematic relationship between ideas | antithesis | 2 | |
| 6612797912 | the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing; they give a work a conversational, familiar tone | colloquial/colloquialism | 3 | |
| 6612803292 | the nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning; may involve ideas, emotions, or attitudes | connotation | 4 | |
| 6612807775 | related to style, it refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness | diction | 5 | |
| 6612814729 | from the greek for "good speech," these are a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept | euphemism | 6 | |
| 6612817931 | a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement; they often have a comic effect | hyperbole | 7 | |
| 6612824641 | the sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions; it uses terms related to the 5 senses; and one image can represent more than one thing | imagery | 8 | |
| 6612826277 | the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant; the difference between what appears to be and what actually is true | irony/ironic | 9 | |
| 6612836362 | a figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity; it makes writing more vivid, imaginative, thought provoking, and meaningful | metaphor | 10 | |
| 6612847484 | comes from greek roots meaning "beside one another"; refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity | parallelism | 11 | |
| 6612850805 | in literature, the perspective from which a story is told | point of view | 12 | |
| 6612854705 | the duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern | repetition | 13 | |
| 6612862439 | a work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule; it is best seen as a style of writing rather than a purpose for writing | satire | 14 | |
| 6612867192 | generally, anything that represents itself and stands for something else; it is usually something concrete that represents something more abstract | symbol/symbolism | 15 | |
| 6612874285 | the way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences; it is similar to diction, but you can differentiate them by thinking of it as the groups of words, while diction refers to the individual words | syntax | 16 | |
| 6612878394 | in expository writing, it is the sentence or a group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position | thesis | 17 | |
| 6612881992 | similar to mood, it describes the author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both; it is easier to determine in spoken language than in written language | tone | 18 |
