Terms : Hide Images
| 7335499319 | alliteration | the ocurence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words | 0 | |
| 7335522130 | allusion | reference to another work of literature art, often used to convey a difficult idea more simply | 1 | |
| 7335534025 | ambiguity | lacking a clear meaning or intentionally having multiple meanings | 2 | |
| 7335579326 | analogy | a comparison between 2 things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification | 3 | |
| 7335589835 | anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 4 | |
| 7335602747 | extended metaphor | a comparison between 2 unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines inside a poem | 5 | |
| 7335611732 | figurative language | language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation | 6 | |
| 7335621395 | imagery | to use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses | 7 | |
| 7335635745 | inference | reading between the lines | 8 | |
| 7335643311 | persuasion | a literary technique that writers use to present their ideas through reasons and logic to influence the audience | 9 | |
| 7335652810 | point of view | a particular attitude or way of considering a matter or the narrator's position in relation to the story being told | 10 | |
| 7335667798 | rhetoric | a technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form | 11 | |
| 7335676209 | simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind | 12 | |
| 7335685427 | connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning | 13 | |
| 7335688867 | denotation | dictionary definition | 14 | |
| 7335691620 | diction | a strategic way to convey the authors attitude towards their subject, which we call tone | 15 | |
| 7335691621 | juxtaposition | setting 2 contrasting ideas or objects or characters side by side | 16 | |
| 7335693325 | metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which is not literally applicable | 17 | |
| 7335694941 | style | the literary element that describes the ways that the author uses words | 18 | |
| 7335736998 | syntax | the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language | 19 | |
| 7335744985 | theme | the central topic a text treats | 20 | |
| 7335750085 | tone | an attitude of a writer towards a subject or an audience | 21 | |
| 7335759539 | grit | firmness of character; indomitable spirit | 22 | |
| 7335781624 | biophilia | the love of life | 23 |
