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3912126996AllegoryA story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one0
3912205933AmbiguityA word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning1
3912205934AnalogyComparison made between two things to show how they are alike2
3912008101AntithesisThe opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite3
3912036031AphorismA pithy observation that contains a general truth4
3912213319ApostropheCalling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea5
3912227891DidacticForm of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking6
3912233568EpithetAn adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned7
3912200410LitotesIronical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary8
3912208808MotifA recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation used throughout a work9
3912235367SynecdocheA figure of speech in which a part represents the whole10
3945358614ArchetypeA typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature11
3945399961HubrisThe excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death12
3945419732AnachromismAn aspect of a story that doesn't belong in its supposed time setting13
3945449927CaricatureA picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect14
3945461191EuphemismA mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing15
3947313276CatharsisThe process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions16
3947313277Colloquialism17

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