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| 3636755711 | Symbolism | The use of a concrete object to suggest something else, often an idea but could be a character or event. | 0 | |
| 3636759994 | Fresh Imagery | Describing something in a very unique way that no one has ever thought of before / quite the opposite of a cliche. | 1 | |
| 3636769584 | Personification | Giving humanlike characteristics to something other than a person. | 2 | |
| 3636771817 | Animation | Giving living qualities to an inanimate object. | 3 | |
| 3636775664 | Metaphor | A comparison of 2 unlike things. | 4 | |
| 3636777170 | Conceit | An extended metaphor comparison. | 5 | |
| 3636779299 | Simile | Comparison of 2 unlike things using like, as, just so, and than. | 6 | |
| 3636781974 | Catalog | An extensive (reaaaaally long) list in a poem to help the reader visualize. | 7 | |
| 3636788898 | Hyperbole | Tremendous exaggeration. | 8 | |
| 3636790710 | Allegory | A literary device in which a character, object, or event represents a moral, religious, or even a political principle (like goodness, faith, hope, trust, or communism). | 9 | |
| 3636798147 | Allusion | Describing something by referring to a famous story. Types of Allusion: Biblical, mythical, historical, literary, political, or current pop culture. | 10 | |
| 3636813025 | Apostrophe | A direct address; Often to an inanimate object or to a person dead or not present. | 11 | |
| 3636818404 | Epigram | A witty saying that employs contrast. | 12 | |
| 3636823050 | Oxymoron | Combination of opposite terms in a description that actually are both true in the given situation. | 13 | |
| 3636828092 | Parable | Allegorical story to illustrate a moral. | 14 | |
| 3636829652 | Parody | A work imitating the style of another comedic effect. | 15 | |
| 3636831793 | Aphorism | A concise epigrammatic statement meant to reveal the truth or principle. These become like proverbs when they are widely popular but with an unknown origin. | 16 | |
| 3636840804 | Archetype | The original model from which a story structure, character, theme, or plot is developed from humankind's collective unconscious. | 17 | |
| 3636845123 | Black or Dark Comedy | Involves dark, disturbing topics (death & suffering) and often found in Postmodern texts. | 18 | |
| 3636851748 | Epic or Homeric Simile | Elaborate simile in which the simile itself is so extended that it obscures the original object being described / ancient epics often do this by comparing the gods/monsters with an extended description of something ordinary so that people could understand. | 19 | |
| 3636870103 | Verbal Irony | Saying one thing but meaning another. | 20 | |
| 3636872288 | Kenning | A figurative, often compound descriptive phrase is used in place of a more common noun (example: whale-road instead of the sea). | 21 | |
| 3636883421 | Leitmotif or Motif | Image or phrase that occurs repeatedly to unify a work & suggest a theme. | 22 | |
| 3636890304 | Litotes | Making an affirmative point by negating its opposite; a type of understatement (example: "That's not bad" to mean "That's good"). | 23 | |
| 3636903333 | Malapropism | Misuse of a word where a word similar in sound but with a different meaning is used for a humorous effect. | 24 | |
| 3636910246 | Metaphysical Conceit | Unusual extended metaphor of 2 very dissimilar things involving paradox/presents the commonplace in an unusual way. | 25 | |
| 3636918308 | Metonymy | When something is represented by another that is frequently associated with it but not part of it (example: the Monarchy called "a crown"). | 26 | |
| 3636927137 | Synecdoche | Use of a part to represent a whole (example: calling a boat "a sail"). | 27 | |
| 3636930910 | Paradox | A statement that does not seem to be true, but upon closer examination, reveals the truth. | 28 | |
| 3636937414 | Pathetic Fallacy | Applying human attributes & emotions to inanimate objects (a more limited form of personification). | 29 | |
| 3636944228 | Phallus/Phallic Imagery | Meant to suggest male dominance or power. | 30 | |
| 3636947720 | Prosopopoeia | Figure of speech where an absent, idea, or imaginary person is given voice, typically through another person. | 31 | |
| 3636953090 | Pun | A play on words with similar sound and/or spelling but different meanings OR a play on one's word's multiple meanings. | 32 | |
| 3636964980 | 7 Deadly Sins | EGGSLAP (envy, greed, gluttony, sloth, lechery, anger, and pride - considered the worst because Satan;s fall from grace) | 33 | |
| 3636977246 | Synesthesia | Associating 2 or more senses in the same image description (example: red hot = sight & touch) | 34 | |
| 3636980240 | Zeugma | Using 1 word or phrase to control or modify 2 or more others; often using a single verb to apply to multiple nouns or phrases (Example: "And rend your heart, not your garments" OR "She stole my heart and my cat"). | 35 |
