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| 3197045412 | Allegory | An extended metaphor in which the characters, places, and objects carry meaning, typically moral and religious in nature | 0 | |
| 3197045413 | Allusion | A reference to something else in culture: typically literary, mythological, historical, or biblical | 1 | |
| 3197045414 | Anachronism | When something is misplaced in time, but intended to make a point | 2 | |
| 3197045415 | Antithesis | A contrast of two equal ideas | 3 | |
| 3197045416 | Aphorism | A short, pithy statement intended to make a point about life | 4 | |
| 3197045417 | Apostrophe | Words spoken to a dead or inanimate object or idea | 5 | |
| 3197045418 | Conceit | A fanciful and intellectual metaphor popular during the metaphysical period in which the metaphor was developed throughout | 6 | |
| 3197045419 | Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration | 7 | |
| 3197045420 | Idiom | A language-specific saying not intended literally | 8 | |
| 3197045421 | Metaphor | A comparison between two unlike things | 9 | |
| 3197045422 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which one word is substituted for another in which it is closely associated | 10 | |
| 3197045423 | Onomatopoeia | Words that sound like what they mean | 11 | |
| 3197891963 | Oxymoron | Words that seem to contradict each other | 12 | |
| 3197893621 | Paradox | A seemingly nonsensical assertion assertion that actually makes sense and is true | 13 | |
| 3197897538 | Personification | Giving inanimate objects human qualities | 14 | |
| 3197903186 | Simile | A comparison between two unlike things using like or as | 15 | |
| 3197905939 | Synedoche | When a part replaces a whole | 16 | |
| 3197907702 | Synesthesia | When two senses are used together to form an image | 17 | |
| 3197910550 | Imagery | Language used by poets, novelists and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader. | 18 | |
| 3197917298 | Tone | An attitude of a writer toward a subject or audience. Generally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject | 19 | |
| 3197923583 | Theme | Universal meaning about life derived from a piece of literature | 20 |
