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| 14723362547 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, consonants in two or more neighboring words. | 0 | |
| 14723362548 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 1 | |
| 14723362549 | Anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | 2 | |
| 14723362550 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 3 | |
| 14723362551 | Anastrophe | Inversion of the natural or usual word order | 4 | |
| 14723362552 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order | 5 | |
| 14723362553 | Antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 6 | |
| 14723362554 | Aphorism | a concise statement of a truth or principle | 7 | |
| 14723362555 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 8 | |
| 14723362556 | Apposition | a relationship between two or more words or phrases in which the two units are grammatically parallel and have the same referent | 9 | |
| 14723362557 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds | 10 | |
| 14723362558 | Asyndeton | the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. | 11 | |
| 14723362559 | Circumlocution | talking circles; statement is unnecessarily long and complicated | 12 | |
| 14723362560 | Climax | the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex | 13 | |
| 14723362561 | Consonance | Repetition of consonant sounds | 14 | |
| 14723362562 | Denotation | The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion attitude, or color. | 15 | |
| 14723362563 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 16 | |
| 14723362564 | Diction | A writer's choice of words | 17 | |
| 14723362565 | Ellipsis | three periods indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation | 18 | |
| 14723362566 | Epanalepsis | repeats the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end | 19 | |
| 14723362567 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 20 | |
| 14723362568 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 21 | |
| 14723362569 | Extended Metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout the work. | 22 | |
| 14723362570 | Figures of Speech | words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of something else | 23 | |
| 14723362571 | Foreshadowing | A warning or indication of a future event | 24 | |
| 14723362572 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. A hyperbole can create irony. | 25 | |
| 14723362573 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 26 | |
| 14723362574 | Irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | 27 | |
| 14723362575 | Verbal Irony | The words literally state the opposite of the writer's (or speaker's) true meaning. | 28 | |
| 14723362576 | Situational Irony | The events turn out the opposite of what was expected. | 29 | |
| 14723362577 | Dramatic Irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 30 | |
| 14723362578 | Malapropism | a word humorously misused | 31 | |
| 14723362579 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 32 | |
| 14723362580 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 33 | |
| 14723362581 | Motivation | the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way. | 34 | |
| 14723362582 | Narration | the telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama | 35 | |
| 14723362583 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 36 | |
| 14723362584 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 37 | |
| 14723362585 | Paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | 38 | |
| 14723362586 | Parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 39 | |
| 14723362587 | Periphrasis | the use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing | 40 | |
| 14723362588 | Personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea | 41 | |
| 14723362589 | Plot | sequence of events | 42 | |
| 14723362590 | Point of View | the perspective from which a story is told | 43 | |
| 14723362591 | Polysendeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions | 44 | |
| 14723362592 | Prosody | the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry | 45 | |
| 14723362593 | Protagonist | main character | 46 | |
| 14723362594 | Pun | A play on words | 47 | |
| 14723362595 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 48 | |
| 14723362596 | Rhetorical Question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 49 | |
| 14723362597 | Rhyme | Repetition of similar sounds at the end of words | 50 | |
| 14723362598 | Sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt | 51 | |
| 14723362599 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 52 | |
| 14723362600 | Setting | The time and place of a story | 53 | |
| 14723362601 | Shift or Turn | a change or movement in a piece resulting from an epiphany, realization, or insight gained by the speaker, a character, or the reader | 54 | |
| 14723362602 | Simile | A comparison using like or as | 55 | |
| 14723362603 | Sound Devices | stylistic techniques that convey meaning through sound | 56 | |
| 14723362604 | Structure | the arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work | 57 | |
| 14723362605 | Style | describes the ways that the author uses words to establish mood, images, and meaning in the text | 58 | |
| 14723362606 | Suspense | a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen. | 59 | |
| 14723362607 | Symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract. | 60 | |
| 14723362608 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 61 | |
| 14723362609 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 62 | |
| 14723362610 | Theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 63 | |
| 14723362611 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 64 | |
| 14723362612 | Understatement (Litotes) | Restraint or lack of emphasis in expression | 65 |
