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| 3424379997 | Litote | 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. | 0 | |
| 3424379998 | Litote (Example) | "I am not unaware how the productions of the Grub Street brotherhood have of late years fallen under many prejudices." -"A Tale of a Tub" by Jonathan Swift | 1 | |
| 3424379999 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which a resemblance of two contradictory or different objects is made based on a single or some common characteristics | 2 | |
| 3424617720 | Metaphor (Example) | "Shall I Compare Thee to a summer's Day" -"Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare | 3 | |
| 3424617721 | Metonymy | A figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated | 4 | |
| 3424617722 | Metonymy (Example) | "The pen is mightier than the sword" | 5 | |
| 3424617723 | Personification | A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea, or an animal is given human attributes | 6 | |
| 3424617724 | Simile | 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" | 7 | |
| 3424617725 | Simile (Example) | "Elderly American ladies leaning on their canes listed toward me like towers of Pisa." -"Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov | 8 | |
| 3424617726 | Symbol | Signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. | 9 | |
| 3424617727 | Synecdoche | A literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part | 10 | |
| 3424617728 | Synecdoche (Example) | The term "wheels" stands for the whole car | 11 | |
| 3424617729 | Flashback | Interruptions that writers do to insert past events in order to provide background or context to the current events of a narrative | 12 | |
| 3424617730 | Foreshadowing | A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story | 13 | |
| 3424617731 | Form | The organization, arrangement, or framework of a literary work | 14 | |
| 3424617732 | Genre | The type of art, literature or music characterized by a specific form, content and style. | 15 | |
| 3424782735 | Gothic Novel | An English genre of fiction popular in the 18th to early 19th centuries, characterized by an atmosphere of mystery and horror and having a pseudomedieval setting. | 16 | |
| 3424782736 | Imagery | To use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses | 17 | |
| 3424782737 | Impressionism | A work created by an author that centers on the thinking and feelings of the characters and allows the reader to draw his or her own interpretations and conclusions about their meaning | 18 | |
| 3424782738 | Irony | A figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words | 19 | |
| 3424782739 | Dramatic Irony | A kind of irony where the characters are oblivious of the situation but the audience is not | 20 | |
| 3424782740 | Verbal Irony | Occurs when a speaker speaks something contradictory to what he intends to | 21 | |
| 3424782741 | Situational Irony | Occurs when incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead | 22 | |
| 3424782742 | Limerick | A comic verse, containing five anapestic (unstressed/unstressed/stressed) lines in which the first, second and fifth lines are longer, rhyme together and follow three metrical feet, while the third and fourth lines rhyme together, are shorter and follow two metrical feet | 23 | |
| 3424782743 | Linguistic Paradox | A statement or statement set that cannot be resolved as either a truth or a falsehood due to the contradictory nature of its terms | 24 | |
| 3424879454 | Linguistic Paradox (Example) | The statement below is true. The statement above is false. | 25 | |
| 3424879455 | Local Color | The customs, manner of speech, dress, or other typical features of a place or period that contribute to its particular character | 26 | |
| 3424879456 | Malapropism | A use of an incorrect word in place of a similar sounding word that results in a nonsensical and humorous expression. | 27 | |
| 3424879457 | Malapropism (Example) | "Alcoholics Unanimous" instead of "Alcoholics Anonymous" -Richard J. Daley, former mayor of Chicago | 28 | |
| 3424879458 | Melodrama | Deals with sensational and romantic topics that appeal to the emotions of the common audience | 29 | |
| 3424879459 | Mood | A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions | 30 | |
| 3424879460 | Moral | The lesson a story teaches | 31 |
