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| 5076406666 | Allusion | Engage the reader and will often help the reader remember the message or theme of the passage. Allow the writer to give an example or get a point across without going into a lengthy discourse. | 0 | |
| 5076438992 | Anaphora | A technique of beginning several lines with the same word or words. This creates a parallelism and a rhythm, which can intensify the meaning of the piece. | 1 | |
| 5076460705 | Antithesis | Opposite and is used as a literary device to put two contrasting ideas together. This emphasizes the difference between the two ideas and adds interest to writing. | 2 | |
| 5076481857 | Apostrophe | Show possession, and they indicate that letters have been removed from the original words in the process of forming a contraction. | 3 | |
| 5076499150 | Asyndeton | A writing style where conjunctions are omitted in a series of words. phrases or clauses. It is used to shorten a sentence and focus on its meaning. | 4 | |
| 5076510256 | Catharsis | An emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal or achieve a state of liberation from anxiety and stress. In literature it is used for the cleansing of emotions of the characters. | 5 | |
| 5076548843 | Chiasmus | The reversing the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases. This rhetorical device is also referred to as reverse parallelism, antimetabole or syntactical inversion. | 6 | |
| 5076571256 | Elliptical | The omission of a word or words. It refers to constructions in which words are left out of a sentence but the sentence can still be understood. Helps us avoid a lot of redundancy | 7 | |
| 5076600528 | Epithet | Is the literary term for the application of a word or phrase to someone that describes that person's attributes or qualities. | 8 | |
| 5076618039 | Euphemism | A polite expression used in place of words or phrases that otherwise might be considered harsh or unpleasant to hear. Some euphemisms are used in order to make a blunt or unpleasant truth seem less harsh. | 9 | |
| 5076627692 | Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration used to make a point. Add color to a character or humor to the story. | 10 | |
| 5076642976 | Inversion | A literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter. | 11 | |
| 5076666071 | Litotes | Employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions. | 12 | |
| 5076684519 | Metaphor | Is "a figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to another. Expressions are used to give effect to a statement. | 13 | |
| 5076704381 | Metonymy | A word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word. Sometimes chosen because it is a well-known characteristic of the word. | 14 | |
| 5076712531 | Motif | Seen as an image, sound, action or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contributes toward the development of theme. A recurrent image, idea or a symbol that develops or explains a theme while a theme is a central idea or message | 15 | |
| 5076736163 | Onomatopoeia | A word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting. | 16 | |
| 5076751182 | Oxymoron | They are used to create some sort of drama for the reader or listener, and sometimes they are used to make the person stop and think, whether it's to laugh or to ponder. | 17 | |
| 5076760922 | Paradox | A statement that is self contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true, but in general, cannot both be true at the same time. Have serious implications in the world of literature, because they make statements that often sum up the the main ideas of the work. | 18 | |
| 5076791171 | Periodic Sentence | The main clause or predicate at the end. This is used for emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasons for something at the beginning before the final point is made. It can also create suspense or interest for the reader. | 19 | |
| 5076801551 | Personification | is when you assign the qualities of a person to something that isn't human or, in some cases, to something that isn't even alive. used as a method of describing something so that others can understand. It can be used to emphasize a point. | 20 | |
| 5076814523 | Polysyndeton | a stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect. acts also as a stylistic device, brings rhythm to the text with the repetition of conjunctions in quick succession. It is also employed as a tool to lay emphasis to the ideas the conjunctions connect. | 21 | |
| 5076838421 | Simile | a figure of speech that compares two things that are alike in some way. make our language more descriptive and enjoyable. Writers, poets, and songwriters make use of similes often to add depth and emphasize what they are trying to convey to the reader or listener. | 22 | |
| 5076853596 | Synecdoche | a type of trope, which is a figure of speech. When used in literature, adds to the visual imagery of the passage and enhance the reader's experience. | 23 | |
| 5076863964 | Zeugma | a figure of speech where a word applies to multiple parts of the sentence. it has a dramatic effect. However, sometimes the attempted use can be confusing. | 24 |
