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| 4952766822 | a reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known event or person | allusion | 0 | |
| 4952773767 | a speakers, author's or character's disposition toward or opinion ob a subject | attitude | 1 | |
| 4952778063 | parts that makes up a larger part of the story | details | 2 | |
| 4952782367 | the techniques of deploying the sound of words, especially in poetry | devices of sound | 3 | |
| 4952950001 | writing that uses figures of speech | figurative language | 4 | |
| 4952956216 | the sensory details of a work, the figurative language of a work | imagery | 5 | |
| 4952969293 | intent and actual meaning differ | irony | 6 | |
| 4952976809 | the methods involved in telling a story, includes point of view, manipulation of time, dialogue or interior monologue | narrative techniques | 7 | |
| 4952985637 | the vantage point in a story where the narrator knows all | omniscient point of view | 8 | |
| 4954482339 | a general phrase for the linguistic devices or techniques that a writer can use | resources of language | 9 | |
| 4954487454 | the devices used in effective or persuasive language | rhetorical techniques | 10 | |
| 4954496937 | writing that seeks to arouse a readers disapproval by ridicule | satire | 11 | |
| 4954904142 | the management of language for a specific effect | strategy | 12 | |
| 4954907791 | the arrangement of materials within a work | the structure | 13 | |
| 4954930785 | the mode of expression in language; the characteristic manner of expression of an author | style | 14 | |
| 4954936070 | something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else | symbol | 15 | |
| 4954936071 | the structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence | syntax | 16 | |
| 4954946355 | the manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude | tone | 17 | |
| 4954952740 | a story in which people, things and events have another meaning | allegory | 18 | |
| 4954957647 | multiple meanings a literary work may communicate, especially if the two things are incompatible | ambiguity | 19 | |
| 4954978617 | Direct address, usually to someone or something that is not present. Keats "Bright star! Would I were steadfast" is an apostrophe to a star, and "To Autumn" is an ___________ to a personified person | apostrophe | 20 | |
| 4955061670 | the implications of a word or phrase, as opposed to its exact meaning | connotation | 21 | |
| 4955066698 | a device of style or subject matter so often used that it becomes a recognized means of expression, | convention | 22 | |
| 4955067078 | the dictionary defintion of a word | denotation | 23 | |
| 4955075898 | explicitly instructive. | didantic | 24 | |
| 4955079338 | the use of material unrelated to the subject of a work | digression | 25 | |
| 4955084943 | a pithy saying, often using contrast. | epigram | 26 | |
| 4955094184 | a figure of speech using indirection to avoid offense bluntness, such as "deceased" for :"dead" | euphemism | 27 | |
| 4955101605 | characterized by distortions or incongruities | grotesque | 28 | |
| 4955104432 | deliberate exaageration, over statement. | hyerbole | 29 | |
| 4955113782 | a story designed to suggest a principle, illistrate a moral, or answer a question | parable | 30 | |
| 4977236972 | a statement that seems to be self-contradicting but, in fact, is true | paradox | 31 | |
| 4977241294 | a composition that imitates another for comic effect | parody | 32 | |
| 4977262711 | a figurative use of language that endows the nonhuman | personification | 33 | |
| 4977268762 | a quality of some fictional narrators whose word the reader can trust | reliability | 34 | |
| 4977273404 | a question asked for effect, not in expectation of a reply | rhetorical question | 35 | |
| 4977278135 | a speech in which a character who is alone speaks his thoughts aloud | soliloquy | 36 | |
| 4977281554 | conventional pattern, expression, character, idea | stereotype | 37 | |
| 4977286316 | a form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them | syllogism | 38 | |
| 4977291663 | the theme, meaning, or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support | thesis | 39 | |
| 4977298374 | the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds | assonance | 40 | |
| 4977328272 | a four line stanza rhymed with abcb with four feet in lines one and three and three feet in lines two and four | ballad meter | 41 | |
| 4977330994 | unrhymed iambic pentameter | blank verse | 42 | |
| 4977335469 | a metrical foot of three syllables, an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syallables | dactyl | 43 | |
| 4977340368 | a line with a pause at the end. Lines that end with a period, comma, colon, any punctuation | end-stopped | 44 | |
| 4977349217 | poetry which is not written in a traditional meter but is still rhythmical. The poetry of Walt Whitman is perhaps the best known | free verse | 45 | |
| 4977356447 | two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa,bb,cc with the thought in the two line unit | heroic couplet | 46 | |
| 4977359295 | a line containing six feet | hexameter | 47 | |
| 4977369441 | a two-syllable foot with an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable. The iamb is the most common foot in English poetry | iamb | 48 | |
| 4977373437 | rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end | internal rhyme | 49 | |
| 4977385291 | a line containing 5 feet. | pentameter | 50 | |
| 4977394033 | a seven line stanza of iambi pentameter rhymed ababbcc | rhyme royal | 51 | |
| 4977398812 | normally a 14 line poem in iambic pentameter | sonnet | 52 | |
| 4977404250 | normally a 14 line poem in iambic pentameter rhyme abba abba cde cde | italian sonnet | 53 | |
| 4977406631 | normally a 14 line poem in iambic pentameter rhyme abab cdcd efef gg | english sonnet | 54 | |
| 4977414198 | repeated grouping of 3 or more lines with the same meter and rhyme scheme | stanza | 55 | |
| 4977417434 | a three line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc | terza rima | 56 | |
| 4977417435 | a line of four feet | tetrameter | 57 | |
| 4977425849 | that which goes before, especially the word, phrase or clause to which a pronoun refers | antecedent | 58 | |
| 4977436993 | in the sentence "the witches cast their spells" the antecedent to their is | witches | 59 | |
| 4977442753 | a group of words containing a subject and its verb that may or may not be a complete sentence. | clause | 60 | |
| 4977451605 | the omission of a word or several words necessary for a complete construction that is still understandable. | ellipsis | 61 | |
| 4977455827 | to restrict or limit in meaning | modify | 62 | |
| 4977465098 | a sentence grammatically complete only at end end | periodic | 63 | |
| 4977470420 | fair is my love, and cruel as she's fair | loose | 64 | |
| 4977478094 | grammatically complete in the first half of the sentence | loose | 65 |
