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| 12253643005 | satire | a type of writing based on ridicule and is meant to highlight the flaws and faults in an individual, group, or system | 0 | |
| 12253643006 | setting | the time and place of a story | 1 | |
| 12253643955 | simile | an indirect comparison that uses the words "like" or "as" | 2 | |
| 12253645039 | soliloquy | a speech in a play used to reveal a character's true thoughts and motivations | 3 | |
| 12253645903 | sonnet | a 14 - line poem with a prescribed rhyme scheme and written in iambic pentameter | 4 | |
| 12253648374 | stream of consciousness | a type of narration that goes inside the mind of a character and reveals thoughts and sensory impressions, but not arranged in an orderly fashion | 5 | |
| 12253648375 | structure | the organization and form of a work | 6 | |
| 12253649129 | style | the unique way an author presents his ideas (diction, syntax, structure, etc. all contribute to this) | 7 | |
| 12253649130 | symbol | something in a literary work that stands for something else | 8 | |
| 12253650737 | synecdoche | a figure of speech that uses a part as a representative of the whole | 9 | |
| 12253651559 | synesthesia | the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body | 10 | |
| 12253652327 | syntax | the grammatical structure of prose and poetry | 11 | |
| 12253652328 | theme | an underlying idea that runs through a work that the author illustrates through characterization, plot, motifs, language, symbols, etc. | 12 | |
| 12253653286 | tone | the author's attitude towards his subject | 13 | |
| 12253653287 | zeitgeist | the prevailing mood or attitude of a given period | 14 |
