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| 2824058751 | Allusion | a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, or thing of some significance; reference | 0 | |
| 2824058752 | Analogy | a comparison of two objects which are not alike | 1 | |
| 2824058753 | Anti-Hero | character that has characteristics opposite to a conventional hero | 2 | |
| 2824058754 | Apostrophe | a figure of speech addressing a non-existent person or an abstract idea | 3 | |
| 2824058755 | Archetype | a character, action, or situation which represents the universal patterns of human nature | 4 | |
| 2824058756 | Allegory | when abstract ideas are described in terms of characters, figures and events | 5 | |
| 2824058757 | Assonance | repetition of the same vowel sound but do not share the same consonant | 6 | |
| 2824058758 | Anaphora | repetition of the first part of a sentence | 7 | |
| 2824058759 | Bildungsroman | a novel which focuses on the psychological and moral growth of its main character | 8 | |
| 2824058760 | Connotation | refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly; secondary meaning to a word | 9 | |
| 2824058761 | Consonance | repetitive sounds from consonants | 10 | |
| 2824058762 | Characterization | a literary device used to explain the details about a character | 11 | |
| 2824058763 | Conflict | literary element involving a struggle between two forces | 12 | |
| 2824058764 | Denotation | literal meanings of words in contrast to its connotative meanings | 13 | |
| 2824058765 | Dialect | the language used by people in a specific area (a group of people) | 14 | |
| 2824058766 | Dialogue | when two or more characters have a conversation | 15 | |
| 2824058767 | Diction | style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words | 16 | |
| 2824058768 | Euphemism | polite, indirect expressions replaces words considered harsh or impolite | 17 | |
| 2824058769 | Extended metaphor | a comparison between two unlike objects that continues throughout a series of sentences | 18 | |
| 2824058770 | Flashback | interruptions in writing to explain an earlier occurrence | 19 | |
| 2824058771 | Figurative language | language where figures of speech are used to make it effective | 20 | |
| 2824058772 | Foreshadowing | when the writer hints of what is to come | 21 | |
| 2824058773 | Foil | a character with qualities that are different from another character and highlight the other characters traits | 22 | |
| 2824058774 | Genre | a type of art, literature, or music categorized by style | 23 | |
| 2824058775 | Hyperbole | an exaggeration | 24 | |
| 2824058776 | Hubris | extreme arrogance in a character which brings him to downfall | 25 | |
| 2824058777 | Hamartia | a personal error in a protagonist's personality which brings him to a downfall | 26 | |
| 2824058778 | Irony | when words are used to mean something different than their actual meaning; difference between appearance and reality | 27 | |
| 2824058779 | Idiom | expression containing two or more words | 28 | |
| 2824058780 | Imagery | to use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas so it appeals to physical senses | 29 | |
| 2824058781 | Juxtaposition | a literary technique when two or more ideas, places, characters placed side by side to compare and contrast | 30 | |
| 2824058782 | Metaphor | making a comparison between two opposite ideas or objects | 31 | |
| 2824058783 | Myth | a story usually containing an event or hero, with or without factual explainations | 32 | |
| 2824058784 | Monologue | a speech a character presents to show his/her thoughts aloud | 33 | |
| 2824058785 | Mood | a literary element which evokes certain feelings from the reader | 34 | |
| 2824058786 | Metonymy | a figure of speech which replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else which it is closely related to | 35 | |
| 2824058787 | Motif | object or idea that repeats itself | 36 | |
| 2824058788 | Narrative | report of related events arranged in a logical order | 37 | |
| 2824058789 | Omniscient | a story in third person so the narrator know the feelings and thoughts of all the characters | 38 | |
| 2824058790 | Persona | a voice which represents the thoughts of the writer | 39 | |
| 2824058791 | Personification | when something is given human attributes | 40 | |
| 2824058792 | Pathetic fallacy | literary device which gives inanimate objects of nature human qualities and emotions | 41 | |
| 2824058793 | Paradox | a statement which is self-contradictory | 42 | |
| 2824058794 | Point of view | way of considering things, which shows us the opinion, or feelings of the individuals involved | 43 | |
| 2824058795 | Prose | a form of language that has no formal metrical structure | 44 | |
| 2824058796 | Repetion | repeats a word or phrase to make it clearer | 45 | |
| 2824058797 | Setting | where something takes place | 46 | |
| 2824058798 | Symbolism | using symbols to signify qualities that are different from their original traits | 47 | |
| 2824058799 | Simile | comparison using 'like' or 'as' | 48 | |
| 2824058800 | Syntax | set of rules in a language | 49 | |
| 2824058801 | Synecdoche | literary device where a part of something represents a whole or a whole represents a part | 50 | |
| 2824058802 | Theme | main idea that can be stated directly or indirectly | 51 | |
| 2824058803 | Tone | attitude of a writer | 52 | |
| 2824058804 | Trope | figure of speech when writers express words differently than their original meanings | 53 | |
| 2824058805 | Verisimilitude | likeness to a truth; true or real | 54 | |
| 2882932797 | Dash and Hyphen | -used to prepare list, restatement *use to indicate compound numbers, add prefixes, avoid confusion | 55 | |
| 2882934902 | Ellipsis and Parentheses | -three spaced periods (. . .) -indicates you have deleted material from a quotation -do not use ellipsis mark before or after quotations *use to enclose supplemental material, afterthoughts *use sparingly *use to enclose letters or numbers labeling items in a series | 56 | |
| 2882936254 | Apostrophes | -avoid using for plurals -show possession and contraction | 57 | |
| 2882937567 | Commas | -don't use to many -use to separate items, to setoff words in direct address, to avoid confusion | 58 | |
| 2882939619 | Semi-Colons and Colons | -used to join complete sentences not joined by conjunctions *used to announce a list, explanation, or a question and for conventional items | 59 | |
| 2882940913 | Titles | -underlining and italics are used for titles such as of movies, books, magazines, albums, plays -quotation marks are used for titles within published work | 60 | |
| 2882940914 | Pronoun Agreement | -if talking about one person, maintain the singular pronoun reference -if gender is unknown: +use he of she +refer to as plural +rewrite sentence | 61 | |
| 2882943328 | Subject-Verb Agreement | must agree in number | 62 | |
| 2882946019 | Comma Splices and Run-Ons | AVOID BOTH -joining two sentences with a comma *joining two sentences without punctuation | 63 | |
| 2882946020 | Fragments | AVOID sentences must have a subject, verb, and complete thought | 64 | |
| 2882948075 | Verb Tense and Tense Agreement | past: actions in the past present: actions occurring at the time of speaking future: actions to come past perfect: actions completed by the time of another past action present perfect: actions completed by the time of present future perfect: actions completed before the future | 65 | |
| 2882949407 | Literature Tense | when writing about literature, write in the present tense | 66 | |
| 2882949435 | Parallel Constructions | -use to express parallel ideas -balance in a series -use correlative conjunctions | 67 | |
| 2882951652 | Placement of Modifiers | -should point clearly to the words they modify -avoid using if they aren't logical in the sentence | 68 | |
| 2882951653 | Pronoun Reference | -avoid unclear pronoun reference +Ambiguous reference: when the pronoun could refer to two possible antecedents +Implied reference: when the pronoun refers to a word that is not in the sentence +Vague reference (this, that, which, it): these need to refer to specific nouns +Indefinite reference (they, it, you): these need to refer to specific nouns | 69 |
