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| 4363305966 | Allegory | A prose or poetic narrative in which the characters, behavior and even the setting demonstrates multilevel of meaning and significance | 0 | |
| 4363305967 | Allusion | A reference to a literary or historic event, person or place | 1 | |
| 4363305968 | Analogy | A comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification. | 2 | |
| 4363305969 | Atmosphere | Refers to the feeling, emotion or mood a writer conveys to s reader through the description of setting and objects. | 3 | |
| 4363305970 | Connotation | What is suggested by a word, apart from what it explicitly describes, often referred to as the implied meaning of a word. | 4 | |
| 4363305971 | Denotation | A direct and specific meaning, often referred to as the dictionary meaning of. Word. | 5 | |
| 4363305972 | Foreshadowing | To hint at or present an indication of the future beforehand | 6 | |
| 4363305973 | Iambic | A metrical form in which each foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one | 7 | |
| 4363305974 | Implicit | Suggested or understood without being directly stated. To imply is to suggest rather than to state. | 8 | |
| 4363305975 | Metaphor | One thing pictured as if it were something else, suggesting a likeness or analogy between them. It is an implicit comparison or identification of one thing with another unlike itself without the use of a verbal sign such as like or as. | 9 | |
| 4363305976 | Pastoral | A poem that describes the simple life of country folk, usually shepherds who live a timeless, painless life in a world full of beauty, music and love | 10 | |
| 4363305977 | Personification | Treating an abstraction or nonhuman subject as if it were a person by endowing it with human qualities. | 11 | |
| 4363305978 | Point of View | The perspective, the vantage point from which the story is told: 1st, 2nd and 3rd person. | 12 | |
| 4363305979 | Simile | A direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another, usually using the words like or as to draw a connection. | 13 | |
| 4363305980 | Symbolism | A person, place, thing, event, or pattern in a work that designates itself and at the same time figuratively represents or stands for something else. | 14 | |
| 4363305981 | Syntax | The way words are put together to form phrases, clauses and sentences. | 15 | |
| 4363305982 | Technique | Is any of several methods the creator of a narrative used to convey what they want or to portray in the narrative. | 16 | |
| 4363305983 | Theme | A generalized, abstract paraphrase of the inferred central or dominant idea or concern of a work, the statement a poem makes about its subject. | 17 | |
| 4363305984 | Tone | The attitude a literary work takes towards its subject and theme; the tenor a piece of writing based on particular stylistic devices employed by the writer. | 18 | |
| 4363305985 | Diction | The specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose or effect. | 19 |
