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| 11867942562 | Chiasmus | a rhetorical or literary device in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form | 0 | |
| 11867951381 | Novel | an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially | 1 | |
| 11867963439 | Novella | similar to novel, but shorter in length | 2 | |
| 11867978513 | Epic Poetry | noting or pertaining to a long poetic compositions, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style | 3 | |
| 11868005795 | Lyric Poetry | having the form and musical quality of a song and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings | 4 | |
| 11868015537 | Dramatic Monologue | a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events, offers audience greater insight to character | 5 | |
| 11868045034 | Personifiation | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form | 6 | |
| 11868057506 | Pathetic Fallacy | the attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals, especially in art and literature | 7 | |
| 11868066946 | Hyperbole | uses extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis | 8 | |
| 11868079329 | Understatement | intentionally makes a situation seem less important than it really is | 9 | |
| 11868086126 | Paradox | a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or situation, that when explained, may prove to be well-founded or true, usually a phrase or sentence | 10 | |
| 11868092721 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 11 | |
| 11868098591 | Irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning | 12 | |
| 11868106427 | Litotes | understatement, especially that in which an affirmation is expressed by the negative of its contrary | 13 | |
| 11868112381 | Chiasmus | "I don't hate you because you're fat, you're fat because I hate." "Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country." | 14 | |
| 11868117121 | Novel | The Poisonwood Bible | 15 | |
| 11868117122 | Novella | Night | 16 | |
| 11868123086 | Epic Poetry | Epic of Gilgamesh | 17 | |
| 11868130112 | Lyric Poetry | Shakespearean Sonnet 18 | 18 | |
| 11868138444 | Dramatic Monologue | My Last duchess | 19 | |
| 11868148606 | Personification | Zootopia | 20 | |
| 11868154660 | Pathetic Fallacy | Beatles song, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" | 21 | |
| 11868161370 | Hyperbole | I've seen this movie a million times | 22 | |
| 11868169045 | Understatement | (after wrecking your car) There's just a little scratch. | 23 | |
| 11868185826 | Paradox | All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others | 24 | |
| 11868200406 | Oxymoron | awfully good, freezer burn | 25 | |
| 11868204391 | Irony | A Doll's House: Torvald thinks Nora is spending money on material things for herself | 26 | |
| 11868229028 | Litote | You won't regret it | 27 |
