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| 7623827949 | Abstract | things hard to understand because you cant use them with senses (love) | 0 | |
| 7623838590 | Allegory | story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning or moral (Aesop's fables) | 1 | |
| 7623889784 | Allusion | helps you remember a message by relating to something else (he was a real Romeo with girls) | 2 | |
| 7623914000 | Apostrophe | talking to inanimate object knowing it cant reply. (You dumb phone, why wont you work) | 3 | |
| 7623985512 | Aphorism | brief sentence that expresses wisdom. (if it isnt broke, dont fix it) | 4 | |
| 7624001477 | Analogy | comparison between two things !!!!for the purpose of clarification!!! ( Hot is to fire as cold is to ice) | 5 | |
| 7624024082 | Anaphora | A word or phrase repeated to add emphasis. ( IT WAS THE best of times, IT WAS THE worst of times) | 6 | |
| 7624056029 | Anastrophe | where the normal order of a sentence is changed to a more awkward order. ( I like potatoes. = Potatoes I like.) | 7 | |
| 7624076491 | Anecdote | a short story told to bring humor or teach a lesson (Before giving a presentation on drug abuse, the speaker tells how he used to abuse drugs) | 8 | |
| 7624128160 | Colloquialism | Use of informal everyday language that may be hard to translate. Natives tend to use colloquialism without noticing it . ( shoot me an email) | 9 | |
| 7624196838 | Conceit | when you compare two very unlike things in a surprisingly clever ( William Shakespeare compares a woman to a summer's day) | 10 | |
| 7624230172 | Concrete | Identified things perceived through senses that are vivid and clear. (Opposite of abstract) | 11 | |
| 7624289765 | Epiphany | achieving realization or awareness(Seeing this, it dawned on me how terrible smoking was and I stopped smoking." | 12 | |
| 7624314507 | Ethos | convincing someone of credibility. Appeal to ethics. ( object Recommended by Doctor) | 13 | |
| 7627529855 | Euphemism | polite replacement of words to seem less harsh. (passed away instead of dead) | 14 | |
| 7627577952 | Logos | argument used to persuade someone with logic or reasoning because it is difficult to argue with facts. (Our economy is growing. Our unemployment is lower now than it ever has been) | 15 | |
| 7627626225 | Metonymy | when something is introduced by a new name that is related to the original thing. ( how many plates are we using= how many guests are coming) | 16 | |
| 7627658223 | Parody | exaggerating imitation to create comic relief by mocking. (impersonating someone) | 17 | |
| 7627695272 | Pathos | an appeal to emotions and feelings. ("after years of your jerk boss, its time to take a stand") | 18 | |
| 7627725330 | Personification | giving human characteristics to something nonhuman. (the wildfire ran through the forest) | 19 | |
| 7627759723 | Synecdoche | refers to a part of something to represent the whole. or vise versa. ( "check out my wheels"= check out my car) | 20 | |
| 7632476975 | Diction | The choice and use of words in a sentence | 21 | |
| 7632479026 | Syntax | the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentence | 22 | |
| 7632483947 | Tone | The attitude of a piece of writing or scene | 23 | |
| 7632492390 | Imagery | Visual description | 24 | |
| 7632497576 | Figurative language | uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretatio | 25 | |
| 7632500457 | Point of view | Attitude or way of considering a situation | 26 | |
| 7632508992 | Detail | Individual feature | 27 | |
| 7632510340 | Pacing | How fast a story unfolds | 28 | |
| 7632517792 | Shift | When the focus changes by using words like "but" in a story | 29 | |
| 7632521362 | Connotation | Idea or feeling that a word evokes | 30 | |
| 7632532540 | Denotation | Literary or dictionary meaning of word | 31 | |
| 7632534341 | Theme | Central topic of a story | 32 |
