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| 7264389377 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 0 | |
| 7264396536 | Anaphora | the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they. | 1 | |
| 7264396537 | Aphorism | a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it.". | 2 | |
| 7264396556 | Apostrophe | an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) or thing (typically one that is personified). | 3 | |
| 7264397837 | Archetype | a very typical example of a certain person or thing. | 4 | |
| 7264397838 | Asyndeton | the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. | 5 | |
| 7264397863 | Caesura | (in Greek and Latin verse) a break between words within a metrical foot. | 6 | |
| 7264399226 | Catharsis | the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions. | 7 | |
| 7264399227 | Chiasmus | a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form; e.g. 'Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.'. | 8 | |
| 7264399228 | Conceit | a fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor. | 9 | |
| 7264401890 | Deus Ex Machina | an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel. | 10 | |
| 7264401891 | Doppelganger | an apparition or double of a living person. | 11 | |
| 7264401892 | Elision | he omission of a sound or syllable when speaking (as in I'm, let's, e ' en ). | 12 | |
| 7264402019 | Enjambment | (in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. | 13 | |
| 7264403026 | Epiphany | a moment of sudden revelation or insight. | 14 | |
| 7264403027 | Epistolary | (of a literary work) in the form of letters. | 15 | |
| 7264403028 | Epithet | an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. | 16 | |
| 7264403090 | Hubris | excessive pride or self-confidence. | 17 | |
| 7264404244 | Litotes | ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary (e.g., you won't be sorry, meaning you'll be glad ). | 18 | |
| 7264404245 | Malapropism | the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, "dance a flamingo " (instead of flamenco ). | 19 | |
| 7264404246 | Meiosis | Reference to something with the name dispproportionately lesser than its nature Effect: gives it an ironic effect Ex: About an amputated leg "it's just a flesh wound" | 20 | |
| 7264404365 | Metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing. | 21 | |
| 7264405676 | Motif | a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition. | 22 | |
| 7264405677 | Paradox | a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. | 23 | |
| 7264405678 | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | 24 | |
| 7264406726 | Stream of Consciousness | a literary style in which a character's thoughts, feelings, and reactions are depicted in a continuous flow uninterrupted by objective description or conventional dialogue. James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Marcel Proust are among its notable early exponents. | 25 | |
| 7264406727 | Symbolism | the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. | 26 | |
| 7264406728 | Synesthesia | the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body. For someone with synesthesia, each letter of the alphabet might have a different odor. | 27 | |
| 7264408324 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man. | 28 | |
| 7264408325 | Tragic Flaw | the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia. | 29 |
