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| 211794872 | allusion | reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well- | |
| 211794873 | attitude | disposition toward or opinion of a subject by a speaker, author, or character | |
| 211794874 | details | individual items or parts that make up a larger picture or story | |
| 211794875 | devices of sound | techniques of deploying the sound of words, especially in poetry | |
| 211794876 | diction | word choice | |
| 211794877 | figurative language | writing that uses figures of speech, such as metaphor, simile, and irony | |
| 211794878 | imagery | images created by a literary work; sensory details of a work; figurative language of a work | |
| 211794879 | irony | the intended meaning and the actual meaning differ; using praise to indicate blame or using blame to indicate praise | |
| 211794880 | metaphor | comparison is expressed without the use of a comparative term like "as," "like," or "than" | |
| 211794881 | narrative techniques | methods involved in telling a story; the procedures used by a writer of stories or accounts | |
| 211794882 | omniscient point of view | vantage point of a story in which the narrator can know, see, and report whatever he or she chooses | |
| 211794883 | point of view | any of several possible vantage points from which a story is told | |
| 211794884 | resources of language | the linguistic devices or techniques that a writer can use | |
| 211794885 | rhetorical techniques | devices used in effective or persuasive language | |
| 211794886 | satire | writing that uses ridicule to arouse a reader's disapproval of the subject | |
| 211794887 | setting | the background of a story; the physical location of a play, story, or novel | |
| 211794888 | simile | comparison of two objects, usually with "like," "as," or "than" | |
| 211794889 | strategy | planned placing of elements to achieve an effect | |
| 211794890 | structure | arrangement of materials within a work; series (A, B, C, D, E), contrast, and repetition (AA, BB) | |
| 211794891 | style | mode of expression in language; the characteristic manner of expression of an author | |
| 211794892 | symbol | simultaneously itself and a sign of something else | |
| 211794893 | syntax | structure of a sentence | |
| 211794894 | theme | main thought expressed by a work | |
| 211794895 | tone | manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude | |
| 212557663 | allegory | story in which the people, things, and events have another extended, frequently abstract, meaning | |
| 212557664 | ambiguity | multiple meanings that a literary work may communicate, especially when two meaning are incompatible | |
| 212557665 | apostrophe | direct address, usually to someone or something that is not present | |
| 212557666 | connotation | implications of a word or phrase, or the emotions associated with it, as opposed to its exact meaning | |
| 212557667 | convention | device of style or subject matter that is used so often that it becomes a recognized means of expression | |
| 212557668 | denotation | specific, literal meaning of a word to be found in a dictionary | |
| 212557669 | didactic | explicitly instructive | |
| 212557670 | digression | inclusion of material unrelated to the actual subject of a work | |
| 212557671 | epigram | a pithy saying, often employing contrast | |
| 212557672 | euphemism | a figure of speech utilizing indirection to avoid offensive bluntness | |
| 212557673 | grotesque | characterized by distortions or incongruities | |
| 212557674 | hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration, overstatement | |
| 212557675 | jargon | specialized language of a profession or group | |
| 212557676 | literal | precise, explicit meaning; accurate to the letter | |
| 212557677 | lyrical | songlike | |
| 212557678 | oxymoron | combination or juxtaposition of opposites; a union of contradictory terms | |
| 212557679 | parable | a story designed to suggest a principle, to illustrate a moral, or to answer a question | |
| 212557680 | paradox | a statement that seems to be self-contradictory but is, in fact, true | |
| 212557681 | parody | a composition that imitates the style of another composition, normally done for comic effect | |
| 212557682 | personification | a figurative use of language that endows the nonhuman (ideas, inanimate objects, animals, abstractions) with human characteristics | |
| 212559437 | reliability | quality of some fictional narrators in whose word the reader can place his trust | |
| 212559438 | rhetorical question | question asked for effect, not in expectations of a reply | |
| 212559439 | soliloquy | speech in which a character who is alone speaks his or her thoughts aloud | |
| 212559440 | stereotype | conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea | |
| 212559441 | syllogism | form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them | |
| 212559442 | thesis | theme, meaning, or position that a writer endeavors to prove or support | |
| 212563712 | alliteration | repetition of similar or identical consonant sounds, normally at the beginning of words | |
| 212563713 | assonance | repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds | |
| 212563714 | ballad meter | four line stanza rhymed abcb in which lines one and three have 4 feet and lines two and four have 3 feet | |
| 212563715 | blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter | |
| 212563716 | dactyl | metrical foot of three syllables, including an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables | |
| 212563717 | end-stopped | line with a pause at the end | |
| 212563718 | free verse | poetry that is not written in traditional meter but is still rhythmical | |
| 212563719 | heroic couplet | 2 end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa, bb, cc, usually containing a complete thought in the 2-line unit | |
| 212563720 | hexameter | line containing 6 feet | |
| 212563721 | iamb | two syllable foot within an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable | |
| 212563722 | internal rhyme | rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end | |
| 212563723 | onomatopoeia | use of words whose very sound suggests their actual meaning | |
| 212564610 | pentameter | line containing 5 feet | |
| 212564611 | rhyme royal | 7-line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc | |
| 212564612 | sonnet | poem written in iambic pentameter, normally composed of 14 lines | |
| 212568873 | stanza | repeated grouping of three or more lines, usually with the same meter and rhyme scheme | |
| 212568874 | terza rima | three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc | |
| 212568875 | tetrameter | line of 4 feet | |
| 212978547 | antecedent | that which has gone before, especially the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers | |
| 212978548 | clause | group of words containing a subject and its verb that may or may nor form a complete sentence | |
| 212978549 | ellipsis | phrase that omits some words that would be necessary for a complete construction, but still understandable | |
| 212978550 | imperative | mood of a verb that gives an order | |
| 212978551 | modify | to restrict or limit in meaning | |
| 212978552 | parallel structure | a similar grammatical structure within a sentence or within a paragraph | |
| 212978553 | periodic sentence | sentence that becomes grammatically complete only at the end |
