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| 6539030308 | Adage | Saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language. | 0 | |
| 6539036770 | Ambiguity | Vagueness of meaning; conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings or interpretations. | 1 | |
| 6539042084 | Anachorism | A person, scene, event, or other element that fails to correspond with the appropriate time or era. | 2 | |
| 6539050177 | Antecedent | A word to which a pronoun refers. | 3 | |
| 6539052936 | Antithesis | A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of grammatical arrangement of words, clauses, or sentences. | 4 | |
| 6539059793 | Aphorism | A short, pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment. | 5 | |
| 6539063200 | Bathos | Insincere or overdone sentimentality. | 6 | |
| 6539073188 | Bombast | Inflated, pretentious language. | 7 | |
| 6539066862 | Burlesque | Literature meant to ridicule a subject; grotesque. | 8 | |
| 6539074393 | Cacophony | Grating, inharmonious sounds. | 9 | |
| 6539076784 | Canon | Works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read or studied. | 10 | |
| 6539082381 | Caricature | Grotesque or exaggerated likeness of striking qualities in persons and things. | 11 | |
| 6539089116 | Carpe Diem | Literally "Seize the Day", enjoy life while you can. | 12 | |
| 6539094213 | Circumlocution | Literally, "talking around" a subject. Discourse that avoids direct reference. | 13 | |
| 6539098248 | Conceit | Witty or ingenious thought, often stated in figurative language. | 14 | |
| 6539104469 | Concrete Detail | Highly specific, particular, often real, actual, or tangible detail. The opposite of abstract. | 15 | |
| 6539108835 | Connotation | Suggested or implied meaning of a word. | 16 | |
| 6539112890 | Consonance | Repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or a unit of speech or writing. | 17 | |
| 6539119196 | Critique | Analysis or assessment. | 18 | |
| 6539120658 | Denotation | Dictionary definition. | 19 | |
| 6539121976 | Diciton | Choice of words. | 20 | |
| 6539123535 | Didactic | Having an instructive purpose. Conveys info or teaches a lesson. | 21 | |
| 6539129202 | Digression | Discourse that wanders from the main subject. | 22 | |
| 6539131698 | Dionysion | Distinguished from Apollonian, refers to sensual, pleasure seeking impulses. | 23 | |
| 6539131699 | Dramatic Irony | Disparity between the audience and characters. | 24 | |
| 6539133094 | Elegy | Poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of someone. | 25 | |
| 6539147000 | Ellipsis | Three periods (...) indicating the omission of words. | 26 | |
| 6539148318 | Empathy | Feeling of association with an object or person. | 27 | |
| 6539148319 | Epic | Narrative poem that tells the adventures and exploits of a hero. | 28 | |
| 6539149348 | Epigram | Concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement. | 29 | |
| 6539149349 | Euphony | Pleasing, harmonious sounding. | 30 | |
| 6539151023 | Epithet | Adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing. | 31 | |
| 6539151024 | Eponymous | Title character of a work of literate. | 32 | |
| 6539153049 | Euphemism | Less blunt or harsh way to say something. | 33 | |
| 6539153050 | Exgesis | Detailed analysis of literature. | 34 | |
| 6539154760 | Expose | factual piece of writing that reveals weaknesses, faults, frailties, and other short comings. | 35 | |
| 6539185420 | Exposition | Background information. | 36 | |
| 6539186716 | Extended Metaphor | Series of comparisons between two like objects. | 37 | |
| 6539186717 | Fable | Short tale, with non humans, with a useful lesson. | 38 | |
| 6539188705 | Fantasy | Story containing imaginary features. | 39 | |
| 6539188706 | Farce | Comedy that contains an extravagant and non nonsensical disregard for reality. | 40 | |
| 6539190711 | Figure of Speech | Contrast to literal language, figurative implies meanings. | 41 | |
| 6539190712 | Frame | Story starts in present goes into the past and then comes back to present. | 42 | |
| 6539190713 | Genre | The type of literature. | 43 | |
| 6539193905 | Harangue | A forceful sermon, lecture, or tirade. | 44 | |
| 6539193906 | Homily | Lecture or sermon on a religious moral or theme. | 45 | |
| 6539225915 | Hubris | Excessive pride. | 46 | |
| 6539227024 | Humanism | Belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential. | 47 | |
| 6539227025 | Hyperbole | Overstatement. | 48 | |
| 6539228337 | Idyll | Lyrical poem describing ideal life. | 49 | |
| 6539228338 | Image | Word representing something that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled. | 50 | |
| 6539230091 | Indirect Quotation | Quote which actual words aren't stated verbatim, but the ideas are expressed. | 51 |
