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| 4706237259 | Personification | The metaphorical representation of an animal or inanimate object as having human attributes | 0 | |
| 4706238412 | Allegory | A form of extended metaphor, in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself | 1 | |
| 4706257195 | Anaphora | The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences | 2 | |
| 4706262662 | Stanza | A group of lines within a poem demarcated by a blank line | 3 | |
| 4706264667 | Novella | A prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel | 4 | |
| 4706267760 | Conceit | An elaborate, usually intellectually ingenious poetic comparison or image | 5 | |
| 4706272823 | Understatement | Expressing an idea with less emphasis or in a lesser degree than is the actual case | 6 | |
| 4706288184 | Assonance | The use of similar vowel sounds repeated in successive or proximate words | 7 | |
| 4706291684 | Frame | A narrative structure that provides a setting and exposition for the main narrative in a novel | 8 | |
| 4706315503 | Metaphor | A comparison which imaginatively identifies one thing with another dissimilar thing | 9 | |
| 4706335813 | Lampoon | A crude, coarse, often bitter satire ridiculing the personal appearance or character of a person | 10 | |
| 4706336690 | Rhyme | The similarity between syllable sounds at the end of two or more lines | 11 | |
| 4706339695 | Tone | The writer's attitude toward his readers and his subject | 12 | |
| 4706347103 | Ambiguity | The quality of having more than one meaning | 13 | |
| 4706374316 | Onomatopoeia | The use of words which, in their pronunciation, suggests their meanings. | 14 | |
| 4706459905 | Simile | A direct, expressed comparison between two things essentially unlike each other, but resembling each other in at least one way | 15 | |
| 4706462247 | Imagery | The name given to the elements in a poem that spark odd the senses | 16 | |
| 4706464209 | Invective | Speech or writing that abuses, denounces, or vituperates against | 17 | |
| 4706483102 | Verisimilitude | The resemblance to truth or actuality in characters or events that a novel or other fictional work possesses | 18 | |
| 4706483765 | Diction | The author's choice of words | 19 | |
| 4707861909 | Canon | In relation to literature, this term is half-seriously applied to those works generally accepted as the great ones | 20 | |
| 4707863115 | Oxymoron | A paradox reduced to two words | 21 | |
| 4707863869 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration used for emphasis | 22 | |
| 4707867902 | Flashback | A device that allows the writer to present events that happened before the time of the current narration or the current events in the fiction | 23 | |
| 4707872616 | Antithesis | Establishing a clear, contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing them, often in parallel structure. | 24 | |
| 4707875870 | Setting | The environment in which the action of a fictional work takes place | 25 | |
| 4707876305 | Persona | The person created by the author to tell a story | 26 | |
| 4707877238 | Metonymy | A closely associated object is substituted for the object or idea in mind | 27 | |
| 4707878005 | Apostrophe | The direct address of a person or personified thing, usually absent | 28 | |
| 4707878511 | Synecdoche | A form of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole | 29 | |
| 4707880389 | Rhetoric | The principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively | 30 | |
| 4707880662 | Parody | A satiric imitation of a work or of an author with the idea of ridiculing the author, his ideas, or work | 31 | |
| 4707881635 | Enjambment | The continuation of a sentence or clause over a line-break | 32 | |
| 4707882134 | Symbol | Something that is itself and yet also represents something else, like an idea | 33 | |
| 4707883367 | Irony | Conveying a reality different from and usually opposite to appearance or expectation | 34 | |
| 4707883954 | Euphemism | The substitution of a mild or less negative word or phrase for a harsh or blunt one | 35 | |
| 4707886112 | Thesis | The main idea or statement that a writer wishes to advance, illustrate, prove, or defend | 36 | |
| 4707886825 | Satire | A manner of writing that mixes a critical attitude with wit and humor in an effort to improve mankind and human institutions | 37 | |
| 4707887291 | Syntax | The organization of words in a sentence | 38 | |
| 4767096622 | Allusion | A casual and brief reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event | 39 |
