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| 7277290314 | Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | 0 | |
| 7277290315 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines (And needy nothing trimm'd in jollity,) (And purest faith unhappily forsworn,) (And gilded honour shamefully misplac'd,) | 1 | |
| 7277290316 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 2 | |
| 7277290317 | Annotation | written note or drawing on a slide for additional commentary or explanation | 3 | |
| 7277290318 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. (Even though the party was fun, it was crowded) | 4 | |
| 7277290319 | Antithesis | a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else (Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing) (That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind) | 5 | |
| 7277290320 | Aphorism | a concise statement that is made in a matter of fact tone to state a principle or an opinion that is generally understood to be a universal truth. (A bad penny always turns up. A barking dog never bites. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.) | 6 | |
| 7277290321 | Archaic diction | old-fashioned or outdated choice of words (shalt,' 'maketh,' 'thou,' or 'thine) | 7 | |
| 7277290322 | Asyndeton | a practice in literature whereby the author purposely leaves out conjunctions in the sentence, while maintaining the grammatical accuracy of the phrase. (Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure?) | 8 | |
| 7277290323 | Audience | the people who watch, read, or listen to something | 9 | |
| 7277290324 | Authority | Arguments that draw on recognized experts or persons with highly relevant experience | 10 | |
| 7277317007 | Cite | to quote | 11 | |
| 7277317008 | Close reading | A careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language | 12 | |
| 7322572380 | Connotation | a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly | 13 | |
| 7322572381 | Denotation | literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings | 14 | |
| 7322572382 | diction | style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer | 15 | |
| 7322572383 | elegiac | a poem or song in the form of elegiac couplets, written in honor of someone deceased | 16 | |
| 7322572384 | Epigram | a rhetorical device that is a memorable, brief, interesting and surprising satirical statement | 17 | |
| 7322572385 | ethos | an appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader | 18 | |
| 7322572386 | figurative language | language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation | 19 | |
| 7467748476 | figure of speech | A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things. | 20 | |
| 7467748477 | fragment | an incomplete sentence; a break in a sentence | 21 | |
| 7467748478 | hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 22 | |
| 7467748479 | imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. | 23 | |
| 7467748480 | imperative sentence | sentence used to command or enjoin | 24 | |
| 7467748481 | induction | the process that moves from a given series of specifics to a generalization | 25 | |
| 7467748482 | irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning | 26 | |
| 7478410025 | juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 27 | |
| 7478410026 | metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared. | 28 | |
| 7478410027 | metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | 29 | |
| 7478410028 | narration | the action or process of narrating a story | 30 | |
| 7478410029 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 31 | |
| 7478410030 | pacing | a stylistic device, which shows how fast a story unfolds. | 32 | |
| 7478410031 | paradox | A statement that contradicts itself | 33 |
