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| 4748663548 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition the the literal meaning. | 0 | |
| 4748671415 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words. | 1 | |
| 4748673226 | Allusion | a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. | 2 | |
| 4748675358 | Ambiguity | the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 3 | |
| 4748679892 | Anadiplosis | The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. | 4 | |
| 4748680973 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. | 5 | |
| 4748683104 | Anaphora | One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences. | 6 | |
| 4748687126 | Anecdote | A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. | 7 | |
| 4748688623 | antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 8 | |
| 4748691003 | aphorism | a brief statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. | 9 | |
| 4748694060 | Apostrophe | a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love | 10 | |
| 4748705304 | atmosphere | the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. | 11 | |
| 4748711761 | Clause | a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb | 12 | |
| 4748714689 | colloquial | the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing | 13 | |
| 4748723078 | coherence | a principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible | 14 | |
| 4748725670 | conceit | a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects | 15 | |
| 4748728336 | connotation | The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning | 16 | |
| 4770448012 | Denotation | The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color | 17 | |
| 4770448816 | Diction | Related to style, refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. | 18 | |
| 4770449647 | Didactic | literally means "teaching." It has the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles. | 19 | |
| 4770449648 | Epistrophe | repetition at the end of successive clauses. "They saw no evil, they spoke no evil, and they heard no evil." | 20 | |
| 4770449649 | Euphemism | "good speech," Is a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept. | 21 | |
| 4770449901 | Exposition | The purpose of it is to explain something. It is the introductory material, which creates the tone, gives the setting, and introduces the characters and conflict. | 22 | |
| 4770449920 | Extended metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work | 23 | |
| 4770450217 | Figurative Language | writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid | 24 | |
| 4770455651 | Figure of Speech | A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things. | 25 | |
| 4770455652 | Generic Conventions | traditions for each genre. These help to define each genre | 26 | |
| 4770455908 | Genre | The major category into which a literary work fits. | 27 | |
| 4770455909 | Homily | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | 28 | |
| 4808243144 | hyperbole | a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. Produce irony. | 29 | |
| 4808244796 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. terms related to five senses. | 30 | |
| 4808416483 | inference/infer | to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented. | 31 | |
| 4808421265 | invective | an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language | 32 | |
| 4808426500 | irony/ironic | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. The difference between what appears to be and what actually is true. | 33 | |
| 4808584660 | loose sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses ; relaxed and conversational. | 34 | |
| 4808596265 | metaphor | a figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substation of one for the other, suggesting some similarity. More vivid language. | 35 | |
| 4808598549 | Metonymy | a term from the greek meaning "changed label" or "substitute name". Figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. | 36 | |
| 4808598550 | mood | Grammatical and deals with verbal units and a speaker's attitude. Literary, meaning the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work. | 37 | |
| 4808598551 | narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events | 38 | |
| 4808598552 | onomatopoeia | A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. | 39 | |
| 4808600002 | oxymoron | "Pointedly foolish", figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox | 40 | |
| 4808600003 | paradox | a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. | 41 | |
| 4808600004 | parallelism | "beside one another", grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity. | 42 | |
| 4864499788 | parody | a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 43 | |
| 4864499789 | pedantic | an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish | 44 | |
| 4864501436 | periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. This independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone. | 45 | |
| 4864501437 | personification | A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions. | 46 | |
| 4864504090 | point of view | the perspective from which a story is told. | 47 | |
| 4864504091 | predicate adjective | One type of subject complement--an adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb. | 48 | |
| 4864506281 | predicate nominative | one type of subject complement -- a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject. | 49 | |
| 4864506282 | prose | One of the major divisions of genre, refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms . | 50 | |
| 4864506283 | repetition | The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern. | 51 | |
| 4864507607 | rhetor | The speaker who uses elements of rhetoric effectively in oral or written test. | 52 | |
| 4864507608 | rhetoric | From the Greek for "orator," this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively. | 53 | |
| 4864507804 | rhetorical modes | This flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing. | 54 | |
| 4864510448 | sarcasm | bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. | 55 | |
| 4896226952 | satire | A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule; style of writing | 56 | |
| 4896234254 | semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another. | 57 | |
| 4896236576 | style | an evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending literary devices; Classification of authors to a group and comparison of an author to similar authors. | 58 | |
| 4896252691 | subject complement | The word or clauses that follows a linking verb and describes the sentence | 59 | |
| 4896257522 | subordinate clause | this word group contains both a subject and a verb but this cannot stand alone; it does not express a complete thought. | 60 | |
| 4896273213 | syllogism | From the Greek for "reckoning together," a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. | 61 | |
| 4896279287 | symbol/symbolism | Generally, anything that represents itself and stands for something else; represents something more abstract | 62 | |
| 4896281428 | syntax | The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences. | 63 | |
| 4896281429 | theme | The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. | 64 | |
| 4896281430 | thesis | the sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position. | 65 | |
| 4896281431 | tone | describes the author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both ; more in spoken language than written | 66 | |
| 4896284400 | transition | A word or phrase that links different ideas. | 67 | |
| 4896284401 | trope | an artful variation from expected modes of expression of thoughts and ideas | 68 | |
| 4896284402 | understatement | The ironic minimizing of fact, it presents something as less significant than it is. | 69 | |
| 4896284403 | undertone | an attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of the piece | 70 | |
| 4896286788 | unreliable narrator | An untrustworthy or naïve commentator on events and characters in a story. | 71 | |
| 4896286789 | wit | intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights. this statement is humorous, while suggesting the speaker's verbal power in creating ingenious and perceptive remarks. | 72 | |
| 4896286790 | zeugma | one word governs two other words not related in meaning. "He maintained a business and his innocence." trope | 73 |
