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| 7472065241 | Allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | 0 | |
| 7472065242 | Allusions | an indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work. | 1 | |
| 7472065243 | Anachronism | something out of place in time | 2 | |
| 7472065244 | Apostrophe | Addressing something nonhuman as if it were human Example: Death, be not proud . . . | 3 | |
| 7472065245 | Archetype | a very typical example of a certain person or thing | 4 | |
| 7472065246 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 5 | |
| 7472065247 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 6 | |
| 7472065248 | Extended Metaphor | Continues for several lines or possibly the entire length of a work | 7 | |
| 7472065249 | Figurative Language | writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally | 8 | |
| 7472065250 | Flashback | a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story. | 9 | |
| 7472065251 | Hubris | excessive pride or self-confidence | 10 | |
| 7472065252 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 11 | |
| 7472065253 | Imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. | 12 | |
| 7472065254 | Irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | 13 | |
| 7472065255 | Litote | A figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement | 14 | |
| 7472065256 | Metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared. | 15 | |
| 7472065257 | Meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | 16 | |
| 7472065258 | Paraphrase | a restatement of ideas to retain the meaning while changing diction and form | 17 | |
| 7507145113 | pathetic fallacy | Attributing human qualities to a force of nature | 18 | |
| 7507145114 | Personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea | 19 | |
| 7507145115 | Propaganda | False or misleading information that is spread to further a cause | 20 | |
| 7507145116 | Rhythm | A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions. | 21 | |
| 7507145117 | Strategy | the management of language for a specific effect | 22 | |
| 7507145118 | style | A basic and distinctive mode of expression. | 23 | |
| 7507145119 | symbol | anything that stands for or represents something else | 24 | |
| 7507145120 | Themes | Insights about life or the human condition | 25 | |
| 7507145121 | tone | the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. | 26 | |
| 7507145122 | trope | a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression | 27 | |
| 7508847724 | antihero | a central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes. | 28 | |
| 7508861748 | anthropomorphism | attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object (actually does it, not implied like personification) | 29 |
