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| 4823713101 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to literal meaning | 0 | |
| 4823713102 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words | 1 | |
| 4823950757 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. Can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical | 2 | |
| 4823950758 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 3 | |
| 4823950759 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. | 4 | |
| 4823950760 | Antecedent | The word, phrase or clause | 5 | |
| 4823950761 | Antithesis | The opposition or contrast of ideas, the direct opposite | 6 | |
| 4823950762 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. | 7 | |
| 4823950763 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction, such as liberty or love | 8 | |
| 4823950764 | Atmosphere | The emotional nod created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. | 9 | |
| 4823950765 | Caricature | A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics. | 10 | |
| 4823950766 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb | 11 | |
| 4823950767 | Colloquial | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. | 12 | |
| 4823950768 | Conceit | A faithful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 13 | |
| 4823950769 | Connitation | The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. | 14 | |
| 4823950770 | Denotation | The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color. | 15 | |
| 4823950771 | Diction | Related to style, this refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to the correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. | 16 | |
| 4823950772 | Didactic | Words that teach or inspire morally or ethically | 17 | |
| 4824137557 | Euphemism | More agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept. | 18 | |
| 4824137558 | Extended metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 19 | |
| 4824137559 | Figurative language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is meant to be imaginative and vivid | 20 | |
| 4824137560 | Figurative speech | A device used to produce figurative language. | 21 | |
| 4824137561 | Generic conventions | This term describes traditions for each genre. | 22 | |
| 4824137562 | Genre | The major category into which a literary work fits | 23 | |
| 4824137563 | Homily | Any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice | 24 | |
| 4824137564 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. | 25 | |
| 4824137565 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions | 26 | |
| 4824137566 | Inference | To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented | 27 | |
| 4824137567 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation using strong, abusive language. | 28 | |
| 4824137568 | Irony | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant, or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true. | 29 | |
| 4824137569 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite. | 30 | |
| 4824137570 | Loose sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. | 31 | |
| 4824137571 | Metaphor | A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity | 32 | |
| 4824137572 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for another closely associated with it. | 33 | |
| 4824137573 | Mood | The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work. | 34 | |
| 4824137574 | Narrative | The telling if a story or an account of an event or series of events | 35 | |
| 4824137575 | Onomatopoeia | A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words | 36 | |
| 4824137576 | Oxymoron | When the author groups contradictory terms that suggest a paradox | 37 | |
| 4824137577 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory | 38 | |
| 4824137578 | Parallelism | Grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity | 39 | |
| 4918211506 | Anaphora | Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences. | 40 | |
| 4918211507 | Parody | A work that closely imitated the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and or ridicule. | 41 | |
| 4918211508 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 42 | |
| 4918497280 | periodic sentence | a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. | 43 | |
| 4918506734 | personification | a figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions. | 44 | |
| 4918598296 | point of view | in literature, the perspective from which a story is told. | 45 | |
| 4918617227 | prose | on of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms. | 46 | |
| 4918625045 | repetition | the duplication of any element of language, such as a sound word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern. | 47 | |
| 4918679856 | rhetoric | the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively. | 48 | |
| 4918726597 | rhetorical modes | the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing. | 49 | |
| 4918734968 | sarcasm | this involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. | 50 | |
| 4918742873 | satire | a work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule | 51 | |
| 4918752927 | semantics | linguistics that study the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relationships to one another. | 52 | |
| 4918765351 | style | an evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices. | 53 | |
| 4918780573 | subject complement | the word or clause that follows a linking verb and compliments, or completes, the subject of the subject by either renaming it or describing it. | 54 | |
| 4918794921 | subordinate clause | like all clauses, this word group contains both a subject and a verb, but unlike the independent clause, it cannot stand alone. | 55 | |
| 4918802007 | syllogism | This is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. | 56 |
