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| 7199759238 | Allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | 0 | |
| 7199759239 | Alliteration | The repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words | 1 | |
| 7201465819 | Allusion | A reference to something literary, mythological, or historical | 2 | |
| 7201466346 | Ambiguity | A word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning | 3 | |
| 7201466347 | Analogy | The comparison between two different things which are similar in some way | 4 | |
| 7201466687 | Anaphora | The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | 5 | |
| 7201466688 | Anecdote | A brief personal narrative which focuses on a particular incident or event | 6 | |
| 7201467156 | Antecedent | An earlier clause, phrase or word to which a pronoun, another word or a noun refers back to | 7 | |
| 7201467157 | Antithesis | A statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced | 8 | |
| 7201467718 | Aphorism | A concise statement which succinctly expresses a general truth or idea, often using rhyme and balance | 9 | |
| 7201467719 | Approximate Rhyme | Employs assonance and consonance to connect words sonically that do not quite rhyme | 10 | |
| 7201468508 | Apostrophe | The act of speaking directly to an absent or imaginary person, or to some abstraction | 11 | |
| 7201469380 | Archetype | A typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature | 12 | |
| 7201469640 | Asyndeton | An expression in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | 13 | |
| 7201469641 | Atmosphere | A type of feelings that readers get from a narrative based on details such as settings, background, objects and foreshadowing, etc | 14 | |
| 7201471692 | Blank Verse | A literary device defined as un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter | 15 | |
| 7201471693 | Chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed | 16 | |
| 7201472028 | Clause | A combination of words within a sentence that is comprised of a subject and a predicate. | 17 | |
| 7201472029 | Colloquialism | Informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in writing form | 18 | |
| 7201472721 | Conceit | A fanciful, particularly clever, extended metaphor | 19 | |
| 7201472722 | Connotation | The implied or associative meaning of a word | 20 | |
| 7201473024 | Couplet | A literary device which can be defined as having two successive rhyming lines in a verse and has the same meter to form a complete thought | 21 | |
| 7201473025 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word | 22 | |
| 7201473492 | Diction | Having to do with the word choices made by a writer | 23 | |
| 7201473493 | Didactic | Something which has as its primary purpose to teach or instruct | 24 | |
| 7201473828 | Ellipsis | The omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from the context | 25 | |
| 7201473829 | End Rhyme | Occurs when the last syllables or words in two or more lines rhyme with each other | 26 | |
| 7201474353 | Enjambment | Moving over from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark | 27 | |
| 7201474802 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 28 | |
| 7201475277 | Exposition | A literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers | 29 | |
| 7201475278 | Extended Metaphor | A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem | 30 | |
| 7201475725 | Figurative Language | Uses figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful. Figures of speech such as metaphors, similes, and allusions go beyond the literal meanings of the words to give readers new insights | 31 | |
| 7201475726 | Figure of Speech | A phrase or word having different meanings than its literal meanings | 32 | |
| 7201476031 | Foot | A measuring unit in poetry, which is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables | 33 | |
| 7201476032 | Free Verse | A literary device that can be defined as poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm and does not rhyme with fixed forms | 34 | |
| 7201476637 | Genre | A major category or type of literature | 35 | |
| 7201476638 | Hyperbole | Intentional exaggeration to create an effect | 36 | |
| 7201477134 | Iambic Pentameter | A rhythmic pattern comprising five iambs in each line | 37 | |
| 7201477135 | Imagery | Concrete sensory details which contribute to the themes or ideas of a work | 38 | |
| 7201477136 | Inference | Used commonly in literature and in daily life where logical deductions are made based on premises assumed to be true | 39 | |
| 7201477570 | Internal Rhyme | A poetic device which can be defined as metrical lines in which its middle words and its end words rhymes with each other | 40 | |
| 7201477895 | Invective | An intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack | 41 | |
| 7201477896 | Inversion | A literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter | 42 | |
| 7201478194 | Irony | A situation or statement where the truth is the opposite of appearances | 43 | |
| 7201478195 | Juxtaposition | Placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast | 44 | |
| 7201479106 | Litotes | A type of understatement in which something affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite | 45 | |
| 7201479507 | Lyric Poem | A collection of verses and choruses, making up a complete song, or a short and non-narrative poem | 46 | |
| 7201479508 | Metaphor | A direct comparison of two different things which suggests they are somehow the same | 47 | |
| 7201479509 | Meter | A stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or within the lines of a poem | 48 | |
| 7201480062 | Metonymy | Substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | 49 | |
| 7201480063 | Mood | A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions | 50 | |
| 7201480064 | Motif | A standard theme or dramatic situation which recurs in various works | 51 | |
| 7201480657 | Narrative Poem | A form of poetry that tells a story, often making the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the entire story is usually written in metered verse | 52 | |
| 7201480658 | Onomatopoeia | A word formed from the imitation of natural sounds | 53 | |
| 7201481136 | Oxymoron | An expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined | 54 | |
| 7201506855 | Paradox | An apparently contradicting statement which actually contains some truth | 55 | |
| 7201506856 | Parallelism | The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms | 56 | |
| 7201507307 | Parody | A humorous imitation of a serious work | 57 | |
| 7201507308 | Personification | Endowing nonhuman objects or creatures with human qualities or characteristics | 58 | |
| 7201508836 | Point of View | The angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion, or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation | 59 | |
| 7201508837 | Polysyndeton | The use of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural for rhetorical effect | 60 | |
| 7201509940 | Prose | A form of language that has no formal metrical structure. It applies a natural flow of speech, and ordinary grammatical structure rather than rhythmic structure, such as in the case of traditional poetry. | 61 | |
| 7201509941 | Refrain | A verse, a line, a set, or a group of some lines that appears at the end of stanza, or appears where a poem divides into different sections | 62 | |
| 7201510421 | Repetition | A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer | 63 | |
| 7201510422 | Rhetorical Question | Is asked just for effect or to lay emphasis on some point discussed when no real answer is expected | 64 | |
| 7201510894 | Rhyme Scheme | The pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry | 65 | |
| 7201510895 | Sarcasm | Harsh, cutting language/tone designed to ridicule | 66 | |
| 7201510896 | Satire | The use of humor to emphasize human weakness or imperfections in social institutions | 67 | |
| 7201511194 | Simile | A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Uses "like" or "as". | 68 | |
| 7201511195 | Sonnet | Has 14 fourteen lines and is written in iambic pentameter. Each line has 10 syllables. It has a specific rhyme scheme and a "volta" or a specific turn. | 69 | |
| 7201511196 | Style | The way a writer writes and it is the technique which an individual author uses in his writing | 70 | |
| 7201511820 | Subordinate Clause | A clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence because it does not express a complete thought. Has a subject and a verb. | 71 | |
| 7201511821 | Syllepsis | The linking of one word with two other words in two strikingly different ways | 72 | |
| 7201512179 | Syllogism | A logical argument in which the conclusion is based on a major premise and a minor premise | 73 | |
| 7201513696 | Symbolism | The use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense | 74 | |
| 7201513697 | Synesthesia | Describing one kind of sensation in terms of another | 75 | |
| 7201515070 | Synecdoche | Using one part of an object to represent the entire object | 76 | |
| 7201516464 | Syntax | The manner in which words are arranged by a writer into sentences | 77 | |
| 7201519209 | Theme | A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly | 78 | |
| 7201519210 | Thesis | A statement in a non-fiction or a fiction work that a writer intends to support and prove | 79 | |
| 7201519211 | Tone | The attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience | 80 | |
| 7201519534 | Understatement | The deliberate representation of something as less in magnitude than it really is | 81 |
