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| 14806929683 | allegory | the device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning | 0 | |
| 14806934124 | alliteration | the repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words | 1 | |
| 14806953025 | allusion | a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art | 2 | |
| 14806957940 | ambiguity | the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage | 3 | |
| 14806964401 | anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | 4 | |
| 14806966594 | analogy | a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them | 5 | |
| 14806969971 | anaphora | one of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences | 6 | |
| 14806973391 | anecdote | a short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event, refers to an incident in the life of a person | 7 | |
| 14806979652 | antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | 8 | |
| 14806984187 | aphorism | a terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle | 9 | |
| 14806986930 | apostrophe | a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love | 10 | |
| 14806991185 | 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 | 11 | |
| 14806995887 | clause | a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb | 12 | |
| 14806999466 | colloquial/colloquialism | the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing | 13 | |
| 14807000481 | conceit | a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects | 14 | |
| 14807002764 | connotation | the nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. | 15 | |
| 14807007684 | denotation | the strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color | 16 | |
| 14807013024 | diciton | related to style, diction refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness | 17 | |
| 14807016983 | didactic | primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles | 18 | |
| 14807020421 | epistrophe | the opposite of anaphors, repetition at the end of successive clauses | 19 | |
| 14807022904 | euphemism | a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept | 20 | |
| 14807026199 | exposition | to explain something, introductory material, which creates the tone, gives the setting, and introduces the characters and conflict | 21 | |
| 14807043089 | extended metaphor | a metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work | 22 | |
| 14807045470 | figurative language | writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid | 23 | |
| 14807046628 | figure of speech | a device used to produce figurative language | 24 | |
| 14807048719 | genre | the major category into which a literary work fits | 25 | |
| 14807051558 | homily | includes any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice | 26 | |
| 14807054404 | hyperbole | a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement | 27 | |
| 14807059106 | imagery | the sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions | 28 | |
| 14807060385 | inference/infer | to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented | 29 | |
| 14807061922 | invective | an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language | 30 | |
| 14807065259 | irony/ironic | the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant | 31 | |
| 14807067126 | loose sentence | a type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units | 32 | |
| 14807076523 | metaphor | a figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity | 33 | |
| 14807079725 | metonymy | a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it | 34 | |
| 14807087366 | mood | first meaning deals with verbal units and a speaker's attitude, the second meaning the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work | 35 | |
| 14807097909 | onomatopoeia | a figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words | 36 | |
| 14807101071 | oxymoron | a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox | 37 | |
| 14807108963 | paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity | 38 | |
| 14807116220 | parallelism | rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity | 39 | |
| 14807122215 | parody | a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule | 40 | |
| 14807123428 | periodic sentence | a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end | 41 | |
| 14807126396 | personification | a figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions | 42 | |
| 14807130548 | point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 43 | |
| 14807133704 | prose | refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms | 44 | |
| 14807135479 | repetition | the duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern | 45 | |
| 14807137215 | rhetor | the speaker who uses elements of rhetoric effectively in oral or written test | 46 | |
| 14807139971 | rhetoric | describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively | 47 | |
| 14807142313 | rhetorical modes | This flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing including exposition, description, narration, argumentation | 48 | |
| 14807150620 | sarcasm | bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something | 49 | |
| 14807151738 | satire | a work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule | 50 | |
| 14807154079 | semantics | the branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another | 51 | |
| 14807155822 | style | the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work | 52 | |
| 14807162316 | subject complement | the word (with any accompanying phrases) or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject of the sentence by either (1) renaming it (the predicate nominative) or (2) describing it (the predicate adjective) | 53 | |
| 14807167903 | subordinate clause | this word group contains a subject and a verb, but it cannot stand alone; it does not express a complete thought | 54 | |
| 14807171918 | syllogism | deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises | 55 | |
| 14807174864 | symbol/symbolism | anything that represents itself and stands for something else | 56 | |
| 14807175985 | syntax | the way the author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences | 57 | |
| 14807179150 | theme | the central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life | 58 | |
| 14807182927 | thesis | the sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position | 59 | |
| 14807184879 | tone | the author's attitude toward the subject | 60 | |
| 14807189427 | transition | a word or phrase that links different ideas | 61 | |
| 14807189428 | trope | an artful variation from expected modes of expression of thoughts and ideas | 62 | |
| 14807191086 | understatement | the ironic minimizing of fact, presents something as less significant than it is | 63 | |
| 14807192787 | undertone | an attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of the piece | 64 | |
| 14807195875 | unreliable narrator | an untrustworthy or naive commentator on events and characters in a story | 65 | |
| 14807199888 | wit | intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights | 66 | |
| 14807200611 | zeugma | a trope, one word (usually a noun or main verb) governs two other words not related in meaning | 67 |
