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| 7240275794 | alliteration | the the repetition of the same consonant sounds or the same first letter, at the beginning of the word | 0 | |
| 7240275795 | allusion | a passing or casual reference, an incidental mention of something, an implication, either directly or indirectly | 1 | |
| 7240275796 | anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one sentence/clause, as the first word in the proceeding sentence/clause "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate" | 2 | |
| 7240275797 | anaphora | repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or phrases. "my life is good, my life is cool, my life is ...." | 3 | |
| 7240275798 | anastrophe | inversion of the usual order of words, syntactically incorrect. Yesterday I saw a ship------Yesterday a ship I saw | 4 | |
| 7240275799 | antimetabole | words or clauses from the first half of a sentence are repeated in the second half of the sentence in reverse order. "fair is foul, and foul is fair" | 5 | |
| 7240275800 | antithesis | contrasting concepts, words, or sentences within parallel grammatical structures, opposite ideas serve to highlight the contrast between them, "love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing" | 6 | |
| 7240275801 | aphorism | statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise/witty manner | 7 | |
| 7240275802 | apostrophe | device that explains when a noun is not present and used in a sentence in reference to it | 8 | |
| 7240275803 | apposition | when a word is followed by another noun/phrase that explains or refers to the first ex: "the living room, the biggest room in the house" | 9 | |
| 7240275804 | assonance | repetition of a vowel sound in non-rhyming words ex: go, slow, over, road | 10 | |
| 7240275805 | asyndeton | the omission of a conjugation such as "and" or "as" from a series of related clauses, used to accelerate a passage and emphasize the significance of the relation between these clauses. "this is the villain among you who deceived you, who cheated you, who meant to betray you completely" | 11 | |
| 7240275806 | circumlocution | a roundabout or indirect way of speaking, the use if more words than necessary to express an idea, ambiguous or paradoxical way of expressing things, ideas, or versus (I was within a hair's breadth of the last opportunity for pronouncement, and I found with humiliation that probably I would have nothing to say IOBE) | 12 | |
| 7240275807 | climax | at times referred to a a crisis, its a decisive moment or a turning point in a stolen at which the rising action turns around to a falling action | 13 | |
| 7240275808 | consonance | repetitive consonant sounds often in the middle of words within a phrase or sentence | 14 | |
| 7240275809 | connotation | a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which is described explicitly. "shall i compare thee to a summers day" | 15 | |
| 7240275810 | denotation | a literal or dictionary meaning of a word in contrast to its connotative or associative meanings | 16 | |
| 7240275811 | diction | style of speaking or writing that is determined by the choice of words of a speaker or author | 17 | |
| 7240275812 | ellipsis | used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence or event, which gives the reader a chance to fill n the gaps while acting or reading in out | 18 | |
| 7240275813 | epanalepsis | repetition of the same words at the end or start of a sentence. "nothing can be created out of nothing" | 19 | |
| 7240275814 | epistrophe | repetition of the same word(s) at the ends of each sentence "If you had known the virtue of the ring, Or half her worthiness that gave the ring, Or your own honour to contain the ring,You would not then have parted with the ring." Shakespeare | 20 | |
| 7240275815 | euphemism | polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or suggest something unpleasant, embarrassing, or taboo-correctional facility instead of jail, adult beverage instead of alcohol | 21 | |
| 7240275816 | extended metaphor | a metaphor an author develops over the course of many lines or an entire novel, may act as a theme or refers to a comparison between two unlike things | 22 | |
| 7240275817 | figures of speech | a phrase or words having different meanings than its literal meaning | 23 | |
| 7240275818 | foreshadowing | gives a hint in advance of what is late to come to the story | 24 | |
| 7240275819 | hyperbole | an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis | 25 | |
| 7240275820 | imagery | represent objects, actions, and ideas in a way that appeals to our physical senses | 26 | |
| 7240275821 | verbal irony | a speaker says something contradictory to what he intends to, contradictory t the speakers emotions and actions | 27 | |
| 7240275822 | situational irony | when something occurs that is contrary than what was expected | 28 | |
| 7240275823 | dramatic irony | the audience knows more about situations, causes, and conflicts before the characters | 29 | |
| 7240275824 | malapropism | use of an incorrect word in place of a similar sounding word that results in a nonsensical and humorous expression | 30 | |
| 7240275825 | metaphor | a comparison between two seemingly unrelated things with out using the words like or as | 31 | |
| 7240275826 | mood | evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions, creates an emotional situation or the atmosphere | 32 | |
| 7240275827 | motivation | a reason behind a characters specific action or behavior, reason for a characters own consent and and willingness to do something | 33 | |
| 7240275828 | narration | how the narrator tells the story | 34 | |
| 7240275829 | onomatopoeia | imitates the natural sound of a thing, it creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, it makes it more expressive and interesting | 35 | |
| 7240275830 | oxymoron | two opposite ideas are conjoined to create an effect-jumb shrimp, pain for pleasure | 36 | |
| 7240275831 | paradox | a statement that is seemingly self contradictory | 37 | |
| 7240275832 | parallelism | the use of matching sentence structure, phrases, or lower parts as to balance ideas of equal importance | 38 | |
| 7240275833 | periphrasis | the use of excessive and longer words to convey a meaning which could have been conveyed with a shorter expression or a few words (in my opinion, I think; the hair of a dog instead of dog hair) | 39 | |
| 7240275834 | personification | a thing, idea, or animal is given human attributes | 40 | |
| 7240275835 | plot | describes the events that make up a story or the main parts of a story | 41 | |
| 7240275836 | point of view | the angle of considering things, which shows us the opinions or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation | 42 | |
| 7240275837 | polysyndeton | several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect, joined by and, or, but, nor Today, my teacher gave me math homework and science homework and reading homework and a project to complete! | 43 | |
| 7240275838 | prosody | study of a meter, intonation, and rhythm of a poetic work "If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, ye women, if you can. I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold"Anne Bradstreet | 44 | |
| 7240275839 | protagonist | central or leading character in poetry, narrative novel, or any other story, sometimes the hero | 45 | |
| 7240275840 | pun | a play on words in which a humorous effect is produced by using a word that suggests two or more meanings or exploiting similar sounding words. "I saw a documentary on how ships are kept together. Riveting!" Stewart Francis | 46 | |
| 7240275841 | repetition | repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make the idea clearer | 47 | |
| 7240275842 | rhetorical question | a question just asked for the effect or to lay emphasis on some point discussed when no real answer in expected | 48 | |
| 7240275843 | rhyme | a repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs | 49 | |
| 7240275844 | sarcasm | to speak bitterly, meant to mock with often satirical or ironic remarks with a purpose to amuse and hurt someone | 50 | |
| 7240275845 | satire | expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule | 51 | |
| 7240275846 | setting | the environment or surrounding in which an event or story takes place | 52 | |
| 7240275847 | shift or turn | in poetry, the shift or dramatic change in thought and/or emotion | 53 | |
| 7240275848 | simile | a comparison showing similarities between two different things using "like" or "as" | 54 | |
| 7240275849 | sound devices | resources used by poets to convey and reinforce the meaning of poetry through use of sound and how words are stressed | 55 | |
| 7240275850 | structure | the framework that underlies the order and manner in which a story is presented | 56 | |
| 7240275851 | style | the way a writer writes and the technique an author uses in their writing, depends on tone and word choice | 57 | |
| 7240275852 | suspense | sense of anticipation or worry the author makes the reader feel, its a crucial plot element, what he audience goes through when waiting for a certain event | 58 | |
| 7240275853 | symbol | anything that represents itself but stands for something else | 59 | |
| 7240275854 | synecdoche | a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part | 60 | |
| 7240275855 | syntax | a set of rules in a language or the way in which an author chooses, to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences | 61 | |
| 7240275856 | theme | a main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly | 62 | |
| 7240275857 | tone | the *attitude* of a writer towards a subject or an audience, usually conveyed through word choice or the writers viewpoint | 63 | |
| 7240275858 | understatement (litotes) | intentionally makes a situation seem less important than it is | 64 |
