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| 9942407446 | Active Voice | Expresses an action done by its subject | 0 | |
| 9942407447 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning | 1 | |
| 9942407448 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words | 2 | |
| 9942407449 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art | 3 | |
| 9942407450 | Ambiguity | The multiple meaning, either intention or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage | 4 | |
| 9942407451 | Amplification | Repeats a word or expression for emphasis | 5 | |
| 9942407452 | Anagram | A word or phrase formed from another word or phrase by changing the order of the letters | 6 | |
| 9942407453 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them | 7 | |
| 9942407454 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines | 8 | |
| 9942407455 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | 9 | |
| 9942407456 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle | 10 | |
| 9942407457 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction | 11 | |
| 9942407458 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds | 12 | |
| 9942407459 | Atmosphere | The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established party by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described | 13 | |
| 9942407460 | Cacophony | The use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing, and unmelodious sounds | 14 | |
| 9942407461 | Caesura | A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line | 15 | |
| 9942407462 | Characterization | The act of creating and developing a character | 16 | |
| 9942407463 | Chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed | 17 | |
| 9942407464 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and verb | 18 | |
| 9942407465 | Colloquial | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing | 19 | |
| 9942407466 | Complex Sentence | A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 20 | |
| 9942407467 | Compound Sentence | A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions | 21 | |
| 9942407468 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects | 22 | |
| 9942407469 | Conflict | A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one. | 23 | |
| 9942407470 | Connotation | The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning | 24 | |
| 9942407471 | Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity | 25 | |
| 9942407472 | Deduction | A method of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the stated premises | 26 | |
| 9942407473 | Denotation | The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color | 27 | |
| 9942407474 | Diction | Refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness | 28 | |
| 9942407475 | Didactic | With the primary aim of teaching or instruction, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles | 29 | |
| 9942407476 | Emphatic Order | Ideas arranged in accordance with their importance | 30 | |
| 9942407477 | Emulation | Effort or desire to equal or surpass another | 31 | |
| 9942407478 | Epithet | Any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality | 32 | |
| 9942407479 | Euphemism | A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept, sometimes used to adhere to social standards | 33 | |
| 9942407480 | Euphony | A succession of harmonious sounds | 34 | |
| 9942407481 | Extender Metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work | 35 | |
| 9942407482 | Figurative Language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid | 36 | |
| 9942407483 | Figure of Speech | A device used to produce figurative language | 37 | |
| 9942407484 | Flashback | Present action is temporarily interrupted so that past events can be described | 38 | |
| 9942407485 | Foreshadowing | The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot | 39 | |
| 9942407486 | Genre | The major category into which a literary work fits | 40 | |
| 9942407487 | Homily | Serious talk, lecture, or speech involving moral or spiritual advice | 41 | |
| 9942407488 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement | 42 | |
| 9942407489 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions | 43 | |
| 9942407490 | Imperative | Urgent; required; necessary | 44 | |
| 9942407491 | Indicative | Showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive | 45 | |
| 9942407492 | Induction | The process that moves from a given series of specifics to a generalization | 46 | |
| 9942407493 | Internal Rhyme | A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line | 47 | |
| 9942407494 | Inversion | Inverted order of words in a sentence | 48 | |
| 9942407496 | Irony | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant | 49 | |
| 9942407497 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 50 | |
| 9942407498 | Metaphor | A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting similarity | 51 | |
| 9942407499 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it | 52 | |
| 9942407500 | Mood | The speaker's attitude or the atmosphere created by a work | 53 | |
| 9942407501 | Motif | A recurring theme, subject or idea | 54 | |
| 9942407502 | Narrative Technique | The "style" of the story, concentrate on the writer's order of events and details | 55 | |
| 9942407503 | Negative Capability | The ability to accept ambiguity and paradox without having to resolve them | 56 | |
| 9942407504 | Nemesis | Something causing pain or harm; enemy | 57 | |
| 9942407505 | Onomatopoeia | A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words | 58 | |
| 9942407506 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox | 59 | |
| 9942407507 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity | 60 | |
| 9942407508 | Parallelism | The grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity | 61 | |
| 9942407509 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or context of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule | 62 | |
| 9942407510 | Passive Voice | The doer of the object is not the subject | 63 | |
| 9942407511 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish | 64 | |
| 9942407512 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end | 65 | |
| 9942407513 | 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 | 66 | |
| 9942407514 | Plot | Sequence of events in a story | 67 | |
| 9942407515 | Point of View | The perspective from which a story is told | 68 | |
| 9942407516 | Polysyndeton | The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural | 69 | |
| 9942407517 | Portmanteau | A new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings | 70 | |
| 9942407518 | Predicate | Tells something about the subject | 71 | |
| 9942407519 | Prose | Fiction or nonfiction works that are written in ordinary language | 72 | |
| 9942407520 | Repetition | The duplication of any element of language | 73 | |
| 9942407521 | Rhetoric | Greek for "orator;" the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively | 74 | |
| 9942407522 | Rhetorical Modes | The variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing | 75 | |
| 9942407523 | Rhyme | Repetition of sounds at the end of words | 76 | |
| 9942407524 | Rhyme Scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem | 77 | |
| 9942407525 | Rhythm | Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables | 78 | |
| 9942407526 | Sarcasm | Greek for "to tear flesh;" bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something | 79 | |
| 9942407527 | Satire | A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule | 80 | |
| 9942407528 | Semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, heir historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another | 81 | |
| 9942407529 | Setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs | 82 | |
| 9942407530 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 83 | |
| 9942407531 | Simple Sentence | A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause | 84 | |
| 9942407532 | Specificity | Exactness | 85 | |
| 9942407533 | Stanza | A group of lines in a poem | 86 | |
| 9942407534 | Style | An evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices | 87 | |
| 9942407535 | Subject Complement | The word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it | 88 | |
| 9942407536 | Subjunctive | A grammatical form of verbs implying hypothetical action of condition | 89 | |
| 9942407537 | Subordinate Clause | Does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence | 90 | |
| 9942407538 | Syllogism | Greek for "reckoning together;" a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion | 91 | |
| 9942407539 | Symbol | Anything that represents something else | 92 | |
| 9942407540 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 93 | |
| 9942407541 | Syntax | The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences | 94 | |
| 9942407542 | Theme | The central idea or message of a work; the insight it offers into life | 95 | |
| 9942407543 | Thesis | The sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition | 96 | |
| 9942407544 | Tone | The author's attitude toward his or her material, the audience, or both | 97 | |
| 9942407545 | Transition | A word or phrase that links different ideas | 98 | |
| 9942407546 | Understatement | The ironic minimizing of fact; presenting something as less significant than it is | 99 | |
| 9942407547 | Verse | A single line of poetry | 100 | |
| 9942407548 | Voice | A writer's distinctive use of language | 101 |
