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| 7366487713 | allegory | A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 0 | |
| 7366487714 | alliteration | It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series. |  | 1 |
| 7366487715 | allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. | 2 | |
| 7366487716 | anagram | a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase | 3 | |
| 7366487717 | anaphora | A rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in (and usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses, or sentences. | 4 | |
| 7366487718 | anastrophe | Inversion of the natural or usual word order |  | 5 |
| 7366487719 | aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. |  | 6 |
| 7366487720 | assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity |  | 7 |
| 7366487721 | asyndeton | A series of words separated by commas (with no conjunction), e.g. "I came, I saw, I conquered." The parts of the sentence are emphasized equally; in addition, the use of commas with no intervening conjunction speeds up the flow of the sentence. |  | 8 |
| 7366487722 | caesura | A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. |  | 9 |
| 7366487723 | cacophony | Harsh, discordant, or meaningless mixture of sounds |  | 10 |
| 7366487724 | connotation | All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests |  | 11 |
| 7366487725 | consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. |  | 12 |
| 7366487726 | denotation | Dictionary definition of a word |  | 13 |
| 7366487727 | euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant |  | 14 |
| 7366487728 | flashback | A method of narration in which present action is temporarily interrupted so that the reader can witness past events |  | 15 |
| 7366487729 | foreshadowing | A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader. |  | 16 |
| 7366487730 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor |  | 17 |
| 7366487731 | imagery | Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work; the use of language to create sensory impressions. |  | 18 |
| 7366487732 | irony | A contrast or discrepancy between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen. |  | 19 |
| 7366487733 | verbal irony | In this type of irony, the words literally state the opposite of the writer's true meaning |  | 20 |
| 7366487734 | situational irony | Occurs when the outcome of a work is unexpected, or events turn out to be the opposite from what one had expected |  | 21 |
| 7366487735 | dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. |  | 22 |
| 7366487736 | juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts |  | 23 |
| 7366487737 | kenning | A device employed in Anglo-Saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities. |  | 24 |
| 7366487738 | metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared. |  | 25 |
| 7366487739 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 26 | |
| 7366487740 | motif | (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design |  | 27 |
| 7366487741 | onomatopoeia | A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. |  | 28 |
| 7366487742 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. |  | 29 |
| 7366487743 | parable | A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson |  | 30 |
| 7366487744 | parallelism | Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other |  | 31 |
| 7366487745 | polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted. Hemingway and the Bible both use extensively. Ex. "he ran and jumped and laughed for joy" |  | 32 |
| 7366487746 | pun | A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. |  | 33 |
| 7366487747 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. |  | 34 |
| 7366487748 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |  | 35 |
| 7366487749 | syntax | Arrangement of words in phrases and sentences |  | 36 |
| 7366487750 | Simile | Comparison between to unlike objects connected with like or as. | 37 | |
| 7366487751 | Malapropism | Unintentional use of a word that resembles the word intended but that has a very different meaning. | 38 | |
| 7366487752 | Circumlocution | "Talking around a subject" or "Talking around a word" | 39 | |
| 7366487753 | Analogy | A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects of ideas. | 40 | |
| 7366487754 | Chiasmus | (From the Greek word for "criss-cross," a designation based on the Greek letter "chi," written X). Chiasmus is a figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words. Ex. "The land was ours before we were the land's" - Robert Frost (N, V, Pro: Pro, V, N) "Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure" - Lord Byron Sitting together at lunch, the kids talked incessantly; but they said nothing at all sitting in the dentist's office. | 41 | |
| 7366487755 | Colloquial/colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing, colloquialisms give a work a conversational, familiar tone. Colloquial expressions in writing include local or regional dialects. | 42 | |
| 7366487756 | Diacope | repetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase: word/phrase X, . . ., word/phrase X. Ex. We will do it, I tell you; we will do it. We give thanks to Thee, O God, we give thanks (Psalm 75:1) | 43 | |
| 7366487757 | aside | words spoken by an actor intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters on stage | 44 | |
| 7366487758 | euphony | The pleasant, mellifluous presentation of sounds in a literary work. | 45 |
