9679918374 | Solemn | deeply respectful | 0 | |
9679919195 | Apathetic | indifferent due to a lack of energy | 1 | |
9679920553 | Cynical | Distrusting of people's motives | 2 | |
9679921730 | Callous | insensitive or unsympathetic | 3 | |
9679923710 | Quizzical | odd, comical | 4 | |
9679926063 | Hyperbole | overstatement using exaggerated language | 5 | |
9679927772 | Irony | A contrast between what is stated and what is meant | 6 | |
9679930429 | Aphorism | Statement of truth | 7 | |
9679932639 | Personification | Giving human qualities to a nonhuman object of idea | 8 | |
9679936332 | Idiom | Expression where intent is not known through literal meaning | 9 | |
9679941983 | Motif | Recurring device in a novel relating to an important theme | 10 | |
9679944210 | Allusion | Literary, historical, religious or mythological reference | 11 | |
9679946149 | Litote | conscious understatement | 12 | |
9679949470 | Metonymy | Speech when a common feature is used to designate something | 13 | |
9679952251 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes society for the sake to improve it | 14 | |
9679955563 | Oxymoron | combining two contradictory words | 15 | |
9679956927 | vernacular | language spoken in a certain region or area | 16 | |
9679958442 | conceit | extended metaphor used throughout a literary work | 17 | |
9679959775 | Voice | Source of words in a story | 18 | |
9679961146 | Imagery | Use of figurative language to evoke a feeling | 19 | |
9679963127 | Anecdote | A brief story or tale | 20 | |
9679967208 | Genre | A type of class of literature | 21 | |
9679968594 | Antithesis | direct opposite of | 22 | |
9679969871 | Apothrophe | Direct address to something not living | 23 | |
9679971771 | Theme | essential message of a story | 24 |
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