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| 7269633857 | Imagery | the use of figurative language to paint vivid scenes that appeal to one of the senses | 0 | |
| 7269633858 | Rhetorical/Rhetoric | the art of presenting ideas (usually in a persuasive manner) | 1 | |
| 7269635236 | Allusion | a reference to something literal, mythological, or historical, that the author assumes the reader knows | 2 | |
| 7269635237 | Repetition | mentioning an idea or phrase many times in a text to emphasize something | 3 | |
| 7269637088 | Paradox | an obviously contradictory statement that contains some truth | 4 | |
| 7269637089 | Tone | the attitude of the author towards the subject or audience | 5 | |
| 7269638035 | Dialogue | a conversation between two or more people | 6 | |
| 7269638036 | Simile | a comparison of two things using "like" "as" or other comparative words | 7 | |
| 7269639627 | Dramatic Monologue | poems that have a theatrical quality and meant for an audience. One person performs the appointment | 8 | |
| 7269640875 | Ambiguity | deliberate vague-ness in text | 9 | |
| 7269642512 | Irony | incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs | 10 | |
| 7269642513 | Antecedent | word, phrase, or clause that a pronoun refers to | 11 | |
| 7269642514 | Didactic | text that has the primarily wants to teach or instruct | 12 | |
| 7269643916 | Satire | the use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfections in social institutions | 13 | |
| 7269643917 | Homily | a sermon, or moralistic lecture | 14 | |
| 7269643918 | Euphemism | an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant or taboo | 15 | |
| 7269645391 | Loose sentence | a sentence that begins with a main clause that is followed by a phrase/clause that modify the main clause. The phrase/clause also adds info to the main or independent clause. | 16 | |
| 7269645392 | Onomatopoeia | a word formed in the imitation of a natural sound | 17 | |
| 7269648031 | Periodic Sentence | 18 | ||
| 7269648032 | Apostrophe | a figure of speech in which on directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction | 19 | |
| 7269649037 | Mood | the emotional atmosphere of a word | 20 | |
| 7269649038 | Antithesis | a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced in parallel structure. | 21 | |
| 7269650428 | Pedantic | characterized by an excessive display of learning or scholarship | 22 | |
| 7269650429 | Allegory | a library work in which characters, object, or actions represent abstractions (an extended metaphor) | 23 | |
| 7269652158 | Denotation and Connotation | the literal meaning of a word//the implied or associative meaning of a word | 24 | |
| 7269654195 | Anecdote | a brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event | 25 | |
| 7269655647 | Understatement | a deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a under-emphasis | 26 | |
| 7269655648 | Logos | logical appeal to emotions | 27 | |
| 7269656854 | Pathos | emotional appeal | 28 | |
| 7269656855 | Ethos | ethical appeal or a trusting person trying to appeal | 29 | |
| 7269657910 | Anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | 30 | |
| 7269657911 | Assonance | the repetition vowels (or the sounds) in nearby words | 31 | |
| 7269659430 | Consonance | repetition of a consonant sounds within sentences, phrases, or in poems. occurs at the beginning, within, or at the end of words | 32 | |
| 7269659431 | Anastrophe | the switching of a noun and adjective | 33 |
