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| 2781760670 | Allegory | A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guis of another. | 0 | |
| 2781761183 | Alliteration | The commencement of two or more words of a group with the same letter, as in apt alliterations artful aid. | 1 | |
| 2781761184 | Allusion | A passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication | 2 | |
| 2781761185 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence or passage. | 3 | |
| 2781761437 | Analogy | A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based | 4 | |
| 2781761722 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or mor successive verses, clauses or sentences. | 5 | |
| 2781762245 | Anecdote | A short "story" that tells specifics of an event or experience | 6 | |
| 2781762246 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. The AP language exam occasionally asks for the antecedent of a given pronoun in a long, complex sentence or in a group of sentences. | 7 | |
| 2781762578 | Antithesis | Two opposites put together got effect | 8 | |
| 2781762579 | Aphorism | A tense saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation | 9 | |
| 2781763812 | Apostrophe | Used to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced and used to indicate the possessive case. | 10 | |
| 2781764415 | Asyndeton | Removing conjunctions between words, phrases or other parts of a sentence. | 11 | |
| 2781764662 | Atmosphere | A general pervasive feeling or mood; a special mood or character associated with a place. | 12 | |
| 2781764663 | Chiasmus | Figure of speech that reverses the order of similar words in successive phrases or clauses with similar sentence structure. | 13 | |
| 2781764969 | Clause | A syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence | 14 | |
| 2781765628 | Colloquial/Colloquialism | Characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal | 15 | |
| 2781765833 | Coherence | The structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, etc. are organized so that the piece's meaning is immediately and clearly understood | 16 | |
| 2781765834 | Conceit | Something that is conceived in the mind a thought or idea | 17 | |
| 2781766118 | Connotation | The associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning | 18 | |
| 2781766119 | Denotation | The strict, literal dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color. | 19 | |
| 2781766370 | Diacope | Repetition of a word or phrase with one or two intervening words | 20 | |
| 2781766482 | Diction | The accent inflection, intonation , and speech sound quality manifested by an individual speaker, usually judged in terms of prevailing standards of acceptability; enunciation | 21 | |
| 2781766483 | Didactic | In inclined to teach or lecture others too much; a boring, didactic speaker; teaching or intending to teach him or a lesson | 22 | |
| 2781766863 | Enumeratio | Amplification resulting from listing or detailing of the constituent parts of something | 23 | |
| 2781767329 | Expletive | An oath or swearword; a word or phrase added to a sentence to emphasize words on either side | 24 | |
| 2781767593 | Euphemism | The substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt | 25 | |
| 2781767594 | Exposition | Used in one of the four types of essays to explain important elements, usually at the beginning | 26 | |
| 2781767787 | Extended Metaphor | A figure of speech introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of a literary work, especially a poem | 27 | |
| 2781767921 | Figurative Language | Language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors | 28 | |
| 2781767922 | Figure of Speech | Any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification or anti-thesis, in which words are used in other then there literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other specific affect | 29 | |
| 2781768188 | Generic Convetions | General assumptions made by writers to readers | 30 | |
| 2781768189 | Genre | A class or category of artistic or literary endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like | 31 | |
| 2781768190 | Homily | A sermon, usually on a biblical topic and usually of nondoctrinal nature; and inspirational saying or cliché | 32 | |
| 2781768618 | Hyperbole | Obvious and intentional exaggeration | 33 | |
| 2781768731 | Hypophora | Device where one speaker asks and answers questions to present information and arguments | 34 | |
| 2781768732 | Imagery | Figurative description or illustration illustration; rhetorical images collectively | 35 | |
| 2781768933 | Inference/Infer | The process of deriving the strict logical consequences of assumed premises; to derive and understanding based off evidence | 36 | |
| 2781768934 | Invective | Vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach; a railing accusation; vituperation | 37 | |
| 2781769219 | Irony/Ironic | The use of words to convey meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning or a matter of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitude, etc. especially as a means of indicating detachment from a subject,theme, or emotion | 38 | |
| 2781769456 | Juxtaposition | The fact of two things being seen our place close together with contrasting affect | 39 | |
| 2781770364 | Litotes | Understatement especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative it's contrary | 40 | |
| 2781770848 | Loose Sentence/Non-Periodic Sentence | A sentence that does not end with the completion of its main clause, but continues with one or more subordinate clauses or other modifiers or a sentence that, by leaving the completion of its main clause to the end, produces an effect of suspense | 41 | |
| 2781770849 | Metaphor | Something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol | 42 | |
| 2781771119 | Metonymy | A figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part | 43 | |
| 2781771120 | Mood | A state or quality of feeling at a particular time; a distinctive a motion quality or character; a prevailing emotion tone or general attitude | 44 | |
| 2781771121 | Narrative | A story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious | 45 | |
| 2781771446 | Onomatopoeia | The formation of a word to imitate a sound made by or associated with its reference the use of imitative on naturally suggestive words for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic affect | 46 | |
| 2781771447 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech by which in incongruous seemingly self-contradictory effect; a figure of speech combining two or more contradictory terms | 47 | |
| 2781771667 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth | 48 | |
| 2781771668 | Parallelism | Agreement and direction, tendency, or character | 49 | |
| 2781771850 | Parody | A humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing | 50 | |
| 2781771851 | Pedantic | Overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching | 51 | |
| 2781772050 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence that by leaving the completion of its main clause to the and produces an effect of suspense | 52 | |
| 2781772051 | Personification | The attribution of human nature or character to animals, in animate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure | 53 | |
| 2781772259 | Polysyndenton | A literary technique in which conjugations are used repeatedly in quick succession, often with no commas, even when the conjugations could be removed(e.g. And, but, or) | 54 | |
| 2781772265 | Point of View | An opinion on, attitude, or judgment or the position of the narrator in relation to the story, as indicated by the narrators outlook from which events are depicted and by the attitude toward the characters | 55 | |
| 2781772452 | Periodic Adjective | Modifies the subject of the sentence but does not serve as a noun in the principal clause | 56 | |
| 2781772453 | Periodic Nominative | A clause that modifies the principal clause of some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause | 57 | |
| 2781773247 | Prose | The ordinary for spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse | 58 | |
| 2781774347 | Repetition | The act of repeating; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation | 59 | |
| 2781774348 | Rhetoric | The art or science of all specialize literary uses of language in pros are verse, including the figures of speech | 60 | |
| 2781774550 | Rhetorical Modes | Describe the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing for the most common rhetorical modes and their purpose are exposition, argumentation, description, and narration | 61 | |
| 2781774703 | Rhetorical Questions | Also known as erotesis; a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point rather than to elicit an answer | 62 | |
| 2781774704 | Sarcasm | The sharply ironical taught; sneering or cutting remark or harsh or bitter derision or irony | 63 | |
| 2781774705 | Satire | The use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like to make fun of someone or something through literature | 64 | |
| 2781774920 | Semantics | The meaning, or an interpretation of the meaning, of the word, sign, sentence, etc. | 65 | |
| 2781774921 | Style | A particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character | 66 | |
| 2781775083 | Subject Complement | A word or group of words usually functioning as an adjective or noun, that is used in the predicate following a copula and describes or is identified with the subject of the sentence | 67 | |
| 2781775084 | Subordinate Clause | A clause that modifies the principal clause of some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause | 68 | |
| 2781775450 | Syllogism | A formal logical argument that follows the format of "all A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is B" | 69 | |
| 2781775453 | Symbol/Symbolism | The practice of representing archetypes through images | 70 | |
| 2781775747 | Synecdoche | Figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the hole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special | 71 | |
| 2781775748 | Syntax | The study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words | 72 | |
| 2781775890 | Theme | A subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; a unifying or dominant idea, motif, etc. | 73 | |
| 2781775891 | Thesis | A proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved to be maintained against objections | 74 | |
| 2781775892 | Tone | The quality or character of a text based on authors word choice and syntax | 75 | |
| 2781776079 | Transition | Movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, constant, etc., to another | 76 | |
| 2781776080 | Understatement | The act or an instance of stating something in restrained terms, or as less than it is | 77 | |
| 2781780275 | Undertone | And underlined quality or feeling that does not necessarily match the a surface reading of a text | 78 | |
| 2782189853 | Wit | The keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure | 79 |
