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| 7589079307 | satire | A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness |  | 0 |
| 7589085670 | Bildungsroman | A novel or story whose theme is the moral or psychological growth of the main character. |  | 1 |
| 7589101393 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. example, an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction lie hope or freedom. The allegorical meaning usually deals with moral truth or a generalization |  | 2 |
| 7589132889 | Epistolary | A piece of literature contained in or carried on by letters Example: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | 3 | |
| 7589146023 | Epitaph | A piece of writing in praise of a deceased person |  | 4 |
| 7589157964 | Parody | A satirical imitation of a work of art for purpose of ridiculing its style or subject. |  | 5 |
| 7589165614 | Delayed Sentence | A sentence that withholds its main idea until the end. For example: Just as he bent to tie his shoe, a car hit him. |  | 6 |
| 7589171432 | Sarcasm | A sharp caustic remark. A form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually bitterly or harshly critical. For example, a coach saying to a player who misses the ball, "Nice catch." |  | 7 |
| 7589177836 | Epiphany | A sudden or intuitive insight or perception into the reality or essential meaning of something usually brought on by a simple or common occurrence or experience |  | 8 |
| 7589185379 | Utopia | An imaginary place of ideal perfection. The opposite of a dystopia. —An imaginary place where people live dehumanized, often fearful lives. | 9 | |
| 7589190812 | Deus Ex Machina | As in Greek theater, use of an artificial device or contrived solution to solve a difficult situation, usually introduced suddenly and unexpectedly |  | 10 |
| 7589197121 | Inductive | Conclusion or type of reasoning whereby observation or information about a part of a class is applied to the class as a whole. Contrast with deductive. |  | 11 |
| 7589203072 | Nostalgia | Desire to return in thought or fact to a former time | 12 |
