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| 15034016976 | Connotation | An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 0 | |
| 15034019923 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 1 | |
| 15034019924 | allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | 2 | |
| 15034022679 | metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared. | 3 | |
| 15034028830 | analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 4 | |
| 15034028831 | rhyme | Repetition of sounds at the end of words | 5 | |
| 15034035060 | repetition | the use of a line, phrase or group of words more than once | 6 | |
| 15034035125 | meter | a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | 7 | |
| 15034042575 | symbolism | A device in literature where an object represents an idea. | 8 | |
| 15034046688 | anithithesis | direct opposite | 9 | |
| 15034050475 | personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea | 10 | |
| 15034053370 | allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | 11 | |
| 15034056427 | simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 12 | |
| 15034056428 | motif | A recurring theme, subject or idea | 13 | |
| 15034059684 | foreshadowing | A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader. | 14 | |
| 15034065079 | climax | The process by which a character is introduced, advanced, and possibly transformed in a story. | 15 | |
| 15034068506 | indirect characterization | the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, etc. | 16 | |
| 15034071560 | direct characterization | The author directly states a character's traits | 17 | |
| 15034074909 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 18 | |
| 15034074910 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 19 | |
| 15034085450 | consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | 20 | |
| 15034088520 | parallelism | Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other | 21 | |
| 15034088521 | Onomatopoeia | the use of words that imitate sounds | 22 | |
| 15034092524 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 23 | |
| 15034095501 | rhythm | Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables | 24 | |
| 15034095502 | iambic pentameter | A line of poetry that contains five iambic feet. | 25 | |
| 15034100419 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 26 | |
| 15034103007 | dramatic irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 27 | |
| 15034107196 | situational irony | An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected | 28 | |
| 15034107197 | Foil | A character who acts as a contrast to another character | 29 | |
| 15034110655 | pun | A play on words | 30 | |
| 15034110656 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 31 | |
| 15034115710 | conflict | A struggle between opposing forces | 32 | |
| 15034119455 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 33 | |
| 15034123312 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 34 |
