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| 7329206035 | Allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | 0 | |
| 7329208264 | Alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words | 1 | |
| 7329211442 | Allusion | brief reference to a person, event, or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art | 2 | |
| 7329211443 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 3 | |
| 7329214474 | Anaphore | repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of several consecutive sentences | 4 | |
| 7329214475 | Apostrophe | A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present. | 5 | |
| 7333831397 | Archetype | an original model or type from which similar forms are copied | 6 | |
| 7333833550 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds in successive or neighboring words | 7 | |
| 7333833551 | Blank Verse | Poetry that doesn't rhyme written iambic pentameter | 8 | |
| 7333837014 | Conceit | an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem | 9 | |
| 7333838598 | Connotation | the implied or associative meaning of a word | 10 | |
| 7333843655 | Consonance | Repetition of consonant sounds but can contain different vowels | 11 | |
| 7333843656 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 12 | |
| 7333846003 | Dialect | A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. | 13 | |
| 7333846004 | Didactic | Intended to teach | 14 | |
| 7333851371 | Dissonance | harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds | 15 | |
| 7444271779 | Anachronism | an error in the timeline in a literary work; usually an unintentional error, but can employ an artistic effect | 16 | |
| 7444295911 | Anecdote | A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event. | 17 | |
| 7444305195 | Aposiopesis | sudden pause or breaking off sentence for rhetorical effect | 18 | |
| 7444317314 | Asyndeton | A syntactical structure in which conjunction are omitted in a series, usually producing a rapid prose | 19 | |
| 7444344239 | Bildungsroman | A novel or story whose theme is the moral or psychological growth of the main character. | 20 | |
| 7444349439 | Catharsis | Purification that brings emotional relief or renewal | 21 | |
| 7444363929 | Characterization | Representation of a character on hr stage or i writing. Characters can be described as: Flat, Round, Static, or Dynamic. | 22 | |
| 7444401308 | Cliche | A worn-out idea or overused expression | 23 | |
| 7444406555 | Colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing | 24 | |
| 7444414061 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 25 | |
| 7444420542 | Deus Ex Machina | In literature, the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem. "God from the machine" | 26 | |
| 7444436496 | Double Entendre | A word or phrase with more than one meaning, usually when the second meaning is usually dirty | 27 | |
| 7444449977 | Paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | 28 | |
| 7444455089 | Parallel Syntax | Similar word-order and structure or rhetorical framing of words | 29 | |
| 7444476115 | Personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea | 30 | |
| 7444482900 | Anthropomorphism | the attribution of human characteristics, ambitions, emotions, or behavior to a god, animal, or object. | 31 | |
| 7444501520 | Pathetic Fallacy | Attributing human qualities to a force of nature | 32 | |
| 7444508901 | Zoomorphism | Applying animal characteristics to humans or gods | 33 | |
| 7444514835 | Point of View | In literature, the perspective from which a story is told. (how they tell the story) | 34 | |
| 7444531195 | Refrain | the repetition of a similar line, phrase or group of lines repeated throughout a poem, usually at the end | 35 | |
| 7444538798 | Satire | A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness | 36 | |
| 7444541424 | Sonnet | 14 line poem | 37 | |
| 7444544272 | Stanza | A group of lines in a poem: Couplet 2; Quatrain 4; Sestet 6; Octave 8 | 38 | |
| 7444558411 | Symbol | anything that represents something else | 39 | |
| 7444567100 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is substituted for the whole. | 40 | |
| 7444572628 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 41 | |
| 7444574785 | Tone | an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience | 42 | |
| 7444581124 | Villanelle | A nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout. Its divided into segments- the introduction, development, and conclusion | 43 | |
| 7444602265 | Volta (Turn) | A rhetorical shift or dramatic change in throught or emotion | 44 | |
| 7444621178 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 45 | |
| 7444625213 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 46 | |
| 7444625214 | Theme | The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life | 47 |
