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| 15135378459 | ad hominem argument | an argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue | 0 | |
| 15135378460 | Allegory | A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself. | 1 | |
| 15135378461 | Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds | 2 | |
| 15135378462 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 3 | |
| 15135378463 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 4 | |
| 15135378464 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 5 | |
| 15135378465 | antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 6 | |
| 15135378466 | Antithesis | exact opposite | 7 | |
| 15135378467 | Aphorism | a concise statement of a truth or principle | 8 | |
| 15135378468 | Apostrophe | a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction | 9 | |
| 15135378469 | atmosphere | The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. | 10 | |
| 15135378470 | caricature | a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | 11 | |
| 15135378471 | Chiasmus | a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases | 12 | |
| 15135378472 | clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 13 | |
| 15135378473 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 14 | |
| 15135378474 | Conceit | Unusual or surprising comparison between two very different things (a special kind of metaphor or complicated analogy. | 15 | |
| 15135378475 | Connotation | The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. | 16 | |
| 15135378476 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 17 | |
| 15135378477 | Diction | word choice | 18 | |
| 15135378478 | didactic | intended to instruct | 19 | |
| 15135378479 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 20 | |
| 15135378480 | extended metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 21 | |
| 15135378481 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. | 22 | |
| 15135378482 | generic conventions | describes traditions for each genre | 23 | |
| 15135378483 | Genre | a major category or type of literature | 24 | |
| 15135378484 | homily | (n.) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse | 25 | |
| 15135378485 | Hyperbole | exaggeration | 26 | |
| 15135378486 | Imagery | language that appeals to the senses | 27 | |
| 15135378487 | Inference | A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning | 28 | |
| 15135378488 | invective | abusive language | 29 | |
| 15135378489 | Irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | 30 | |
| 15135378490 | Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. | 31 | |
| 15135378491 | loose sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses | 32 | |
| 15135378492 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 33 | |
| 15135378493 | Metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | 34 | |
| 15135378494 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 35 | |
| 15135378495 | figure of speech | An expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning. | 36 |
