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| 7181849584 | language that describes concepts rather than concrete images | Abstract | 0 | |
| 7181856513 | an extended narrative in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story | Allegory | 1 | |
| 7181859984 | comparison of two similar but different things usually to clarify an action or a relationship | Analogy | 2 | |
| 7182017794 | a short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point | Anecdote | 3 | |
| 7182020698 | Explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographical data. | Annotation | 4 | |
| 7182023914 | a short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life. Examples: "Early bird gets the worm." "What goes around, comes around.." "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." | Aphorism | 5 | |
| 7182025173 | that which has been accepted as authentic, such as in canon law, or the "Canon according to the Theories of Einstein." | Canon | 6 | |
| 7182025174 | descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person's appearance or a facet of personality. | Caricature | 7 | |
| 7182025605 | quality of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the development of the central idea, theme, or organizing principle | Coherence | 8 | |
| 7182025606 | a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun; it may also be a paradox or difficult problem | Conundrum | 9 | |
| 7182025889 | an accepted manner, model, or tradition. For instance, Aristotle's convention's of tragedy | Convention | 10 | |
| 7182025890 | writing whose purpose is to instruct or to teach. The work is usually formal and focuses on moral or ethical concerns. This type of writing may be fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking. | Didactic | 11 | |
| 7182027092 | spoken or written language, including literary works; the four traditionally classified modes are description, exposition, narration, and persuasion. | Discourse | 12 | |
| 7182027499 | When the reader is aware of an inconsistency between a fictional or nonfictional character's perception of a situation and the truth of that situation. | Dramatic Irony | 13 | |
| 7182027742 | the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme. Hemingway begins The Sun Also Rises with two quotations. One of them is "You are all a lost generation" by Gertrude Stein. | Epigraph | 14 | |
| 7182027935 | The art of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text. It usually involves close reading and special attention to figurative language. | Explication | 15 | |
| 7182028118 | the immediate revelation to the audience of the setting and other background information necessary for understanding the plot; also, explanation; one of the four modes of discourse | Exposition | 16 | |
| 7182028119 | a type of literary work, such as a novel or poem; there are also subgenres, such as science fiction or sonnet, within the larger genres | Genre | 17 | |
| 7182028451 | the excessive pride of ambition that leads a tragic hero to disregard warnings of impending doom, eventually causing his or her downfall. | Hubris | 18 | |
| 7182028452 | anything that causes laughter or amusement; up until the end of the Renaissance, humor meant a person's temperament | Humor | 19 | |
| 7182029123 | writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head | Interior Monologue | 20 | |
| 7182029350 | a situation or statement in which the actual outcome or meaning is opposite to what was expected. Verbal Irony—what the author/narrator says is actually the opposite of what is meant; Situational Irony—when events end up the opposite of what is expected; Dramatic Irony—in drama and fiction, facts or situations are known to the reader or audience but not to the characters | Irony | 21 | |
| 7182029351 | the method or form of a literary work; the manner in which a work of literature is written. The Greeks believed there were only four modes of discourse: narration, description, exposition (cause/effect, process analysis, compare/contrast), and argumentation. Contemporary thought often includes other modes, such as personal observation and narrative reflection. | Mode of Discourse | 22 | |
| 7182029697 | The lesson drawn from a fictional or nonfictional story. It can also mean a heavily didactic story. | Moral | 23 | |
| 7182029698 | main theme or subject of a work that is elaborated on in the development of the piece; a repeated pattern or idea | Motif | 24 | |
| 7182030122 | the telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama; one of the four modes of discourse | Narration | 25 | |
| 7182030134 | an impersonal presentation of events and characters. It is a writer's attempt to remove himself or herself from any subjective, personal involvement in a story. Hard news journalism is frequently prized for its objectivity, although even fictional stories can be told without a writer rendering personal judgment. | Objectivity | 26 | |
| 7182030455 | the movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another | Pacing | 27 | |
| 7182030456 | a short tale that teaches a moral; similar to but shorter than an allegory | Parable | 28 | |
| 7182030989 | the perspective from which a story is presented | Point of View | 29 | |
| 7182031216 | the main character of a literary work | Protagonist | 30 | |
| 7182031497 | an element in literature that conveys a realistic portrayal of a specific geographical locale, using the locale and its influences as a major part of the plot | Regionalism | 31 | |
| 7182031742 | the art of effective communication, especially persuasive discourse; Rhetoric focuses on the interrelationship of invention, arrangement, and style in order to create felicitous and appropriate discourse. | Rhetoric | 32 | |
| 7182031919 | exposition, description, narration, argumentation | Rhetorical Modes | 33 | |
| 7182032234 | A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way. It doesn't simply abuse (as in invective) or get personal (as in sarcasm). It targets groups or large concepts rather than individuals. | Satire | 34 | |
| 7182032235 | Time and place of a literary work | Setting | 35 | |
| 7182032723 | the voice of a work; an author may speak as himself or herself or as a fictitious persona | Speaker | 36 | |
| 7182032724 | an author's characteristic manner of expression - his or her diction, syntax, imagery, structure, and content all contribute to style | Style | 37 | |
| 7182032966 | a personal presentation of events and characters, influenced by the author's feelings and opinions | Subjectivity | 38 | |
| 7182033173 | the central idea or "message" of a literary work | Theme | 39 | |
| 7182033174 | the main idea of a piece of writing. It presents the author's assertion or claim. The effectiveness of a presentation is often based on how well the writer presents, develops, and supports this. | Thesis | 40 | |
| 7182033818 | a word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph. | Transition | 41 | |
| 7182033819 | quality of a piece of writing (also see coherence) | Unity | 42 | |
| 7182034734 | refers to two different areas of writing. One refers to the relationship between a sentence's subject and verb (active and passive voice). The second refers to the total "sound" of a writer's style. | Voice | 43 |
