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| 7807275089 | Allegory | story in which the people, things, and events have an extended meaning | 0 | |
| 7807277620 | Ambiguity | multiple meanings that a literary work may communicate | 1 | |
| 7807281541 | Apostrophe | Direct address to someone/something that is not present | 2 | |
| 7807285523 | Connotation | the implications of a word/phrase or the emotions associated with it | 3 | |
| 7807317228 | Convention | device of style or subject matter that is used so often that it becomes a recognizable mean of expression | 4 | |
| 7807324674 | Denotation | specific, literal meaning of a word | 5 | |
| 7807327380 | Didactic | Explicitly instructive | 6 | |
| 7807327382 | Digression | inclusion of material unrelated to the actual subject of work | 7 | |
| 7807331550 | Epigram | a witty saying often employing contrast | 8 | |
| 7807335810 | Euphemism | Figure of speech utilizing indirection to avoid offensive bluntness | 9 | |
| 7807340568 | Grotesque | Writing characterized by distortions or incongruities | 10 | |
| 7807354882 | Hyperbole | delivered exaggeration | 11 | |
| 7807354883 | Jargon | specialized language of a profession or group | 12 | |
| 7807358835 | Literal | precise, explicit meaning | 13 | |
| 7807361975 | Lyrical | songlike | 14 | |
| 7807364905 | Oxymoron | a union of contradictory terms | 15 | |
| 7807364906 | Parable | Story designed to illustrate a moral | 16 | |
| 7807369012 | Paradox | a statement that seems to be contradictory but is in fact true | 17 | |
| 7807373201 | Parody | a piece of writing that imitates the style of another composition for comedic effect | 18 | |
| 7807385066 | Personification | Figurative use of language that gives non-human entities human characteristics | 19 | |
| 7807391184 | reliability | a quality of some fictional narrators in whose word the reader can place his/her trust | 20 | |
| 7807395671 | rhetorical question | question asked for effect not expecting a reply | 21 | |
| 7807399847 | Soliloquy | A speech in which a character is alone and speaks his or her thoughts aloud | 22 | |
| 7807405870 | Stereotype | conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea | 23 | |
| 7807408585 | Syllogism | form of reasoning in which 2 statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from that | 24 | |
| 7807413026 | Synecdoche | where an object is referred to by its parts | 25 | |
| 7807415972 | Thesis | the theme, meaning, or position that a writer tries to prove and support | 26 | |
| 8075463240 | allegory example | animal farm | 27 | |
| 8075463241 | ambiguity example | we saw her duck | 28 | |
| 8075467704 | apostrophe example | who's afraid of virginia wolfe | 29 | |
| 8075468904 | connotation example | summer vacation | 30 | |
| 8075470399 | convention example | love sick people | 31 | |
| 8075471663 | denotation example | summer vacation | 32 | |
| 8075471664 | didactic example | recipe | 33 | |
| 8075476908 | digression example | olive hamilton | 34 | |
| 8075479381 | epigram example | to live is the rarest thing in the world. most people just exist, that is all | 35 | |
| 8075489674 | euphemism example | bathroom | 36 | |
| 8075492177 | grotesque example | edgar allen poe | 37 | |
| 8075493894 | hyperbole example | she cried me a river | 38 | |
| 8075495241 | jargon example | code red code blue | 39 | |
| 8075497479 | literal example | grass looks green | 40 | |
| 8075502357 | lyrical example | twinkle twinkle little star | 41 | |
| 8075503395 | oxymoron example | government intelligence | 42 | |
| 8075503396 | parable example | boy who cries wolf | 43 | |
| 8075505856 | paradox example | fair is foul and foul is fair | 44 | |
| 8075507719 | parody example | SNL | 45 | |
| 8075507720 | personification example | clifford | 46 | |
| 8075509541 | reliability example | nick v tell tale heart | 47 | |
| 8075512449 | rhetorical question example | teacher questions | 48 | |
| 8075514770 | soliloquy example | romeo and juliet | 49 | |
| 8075514771 | stereotype example | foil v antihero | 50 | |
| 8075516168 | syllogism example | a=b, b=c, a=c | 51 | |
| 8075519380 | Synecdoche example | look at his wheels! | 52 | |
| 8075520393 | thesis example | Vonnegut's thesis was about storylines | 53 |
