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| 7368365619 | allegory | A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 0 | |
| 7368365621 | allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. | 1 | |
| 7368365625 | 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. | 2 | |
| 7368365627 | antithesis | A balancing of two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses. |  | 3 |
| 7368365629 | apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 4 | |
| 7368365636 | conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. |  | 5 |
| 7368365637 | connotation | All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests |  | 6 |
| 7368365641 | denotation | Dictionary definition of a word |  | 7 |
| 7368365643 | diction | The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing |  | 8 |
| 7368365646 | euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant |  | 9 |
| 7368365653 | foreshadowing | A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader. |  | 10 |
| 7368365662 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor |  | 11 |
| 7368365664 | imagery | Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work; the use of language to create sensory impressions. |  | 12 |
| 7368365665 | 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. |  | 13 |
| 7368365672 | metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared. |  | 14 |
| 7368365674 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 15 | |
| 7368365675 | mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader |  | 16 |
| 7368365676 | motif | (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design |  | 17 |
| 7368365684 | onomatopoeia | A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. |  | 18 |
| 7368365685 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. |  | 19 |
| 7368365688 | paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. |  | 20 |
| 7368365690 | parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. |  | 21 |
| 7368365694 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |  | 22 |
| 7368365696 | point of view | The perspective from which a story is told |  | 23 |
| 7368365697 | 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" |  | 24 |
| 7368365710 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. |  | 25 |
| 7368365714 | symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract. |  | 26 |
| 7368365715 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |  | 27 |
| 7368365716 | syntax | Arrangement of words in phrases and sentences |  | 28 |
| 7368365717 | theme | A topic of discussion or writing; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work. |  | 29 |
| 7368365718 | tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels. |  | 30 |
| 7368365719 | understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. |  | 31 |
| 7368491774 | ambiguity | is a word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning. | 32 | |
| 7368524244 | analogy | is a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar. | 33 | |
| 7368542076 | anecdote | a short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point and make readers and listeners laugh | 34 | |
| 7368562222 | anthropomorphism | a technique in which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions or entire behavior to animals, non-human beings, natural phenomena or objects. | 35 | |
| 7368583653 | attitude | is perspective or tone of the writer.It is the way a writer develops his characters, describes his stories and designs his narratives. | 36 | |
| 7368606551 | colloquialism | is the use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing. tends to sneak in as writers, being part of a society, are influenced by the way people speak in that society | 37 | |
| 7368624723 | dramatic monologue | is the speech or verbal presentation that a single character presents in order to express his/her collection of thoughts and ideas aloud | 38 | |
| 7368634691 | explication | s a literary technique in criticism and research used for a close analysis of an excerpt or text taken from a lengthy piece of work. | 39 | |
| 7368657653 | litotes | is a figure of speech which employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions. | 40 | |
| 7368665282 | mixed metaphor | refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem. It is often comprised of more than one sentence, and sometimes consists of a full paragraph. | 41 | |
| 7368671892 | simile | s a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. draws resemblance with the help of the words "like" or "as." Therefore, it is a direct comparison. | 42 | |
| 7368684944 | stream of consciousness | is a method of narration that describes in words the flow of thoughts in the minds of the characters. | 43 | |
| 7368697541 | vernacular | is a literary genre that uses daily used language in writing and speaking. It is different from written works, as they normally follow the formal variety of language. | 44 | |
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