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| 14605244140 | Allusion | An indirect reference to another idea, person, place, event, artwork, etc. to enhance the meaning of the work in which it appears. | 0 | |
| 14605268275 | allusion example | If he's not careful, his love life could end up like Romeo and Juliet's. | 1 | |
| 14605246327 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds | 2 | |
| 14605287839 | assonance example | how now brown cow | 3 | |
| 14605246917 | Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds | 4 | |
| 14605289416 | alliteration example | Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. | 5 | |
| 14605291199 | Analogy | A comparison between two different items that an author may use to describe, define, explain, etc. by indicating their similarities. | 6 | |
| 14605291819 | analogy example | Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer. | 7 | |
| 14605294013 | antithesis | Two opposing ideas presented in a parallel manner | 8 | |
| 14605295012 | antithesis example | "Setting foot on the moon may be a small step for a man but a giant step for mankind." | 9 | |
| 14605297788 | Apostrophe | A device or figure of speech that is most frequently found in poetry when a writer speaks directly to an abstract person, idea, or ideal. | 10 | |
| 14605298640 | apostrophe example | Mark Antony's address to the dead Caesar in Julius Caesar | 11 | |
| 14605301670 | Anecdote | A little known story told for rhetorical effect | 12 | |
| 14605303173 | Anecdote Example | "You know, when I was a kid, my dog was my best friend. My childhood was better because of him." | 13 | |
| 14605306646 | Archetype | An iconic representation of a psychological type | 14 | |
| 14605310309 | Ballad | A poem written to tell a tale. | 15 | |
| 14605310746 | Connotation | The emotional feel of a word. | 16 | |
| 14605313097 | connotation example | "Chicken- a term used to describe someone who is a coward." | 17 | |
| 14605314940 | Caricature | An exaggerated representation of someone or something for a humorous effect | 18 | |
| 14605315607 | caricature example | My opponents want lower taxes not to shrink government but to destroy it. | 19 | |
| 14605318151 | Diction | The conscious decision the author makes when choosing vocabulary to create an intended effect. | 20 | |
| 14605318766 | Denotation | The literal definition of a word | 21 | |
| 14605322071 | Dramatic Monologue | A poem told from a first person point of view to an unseen audience | 22 | |
| 14605325636 | Epithet | An adjective or adjective phrase that an author uses to describe the perceived nature of a noun by accentuating one of its dominant characteristics. | 23 | |
| 14605326839 | epithet example | Alexander the Great | 24 | |
| 14605328835 | Epic | A literary work that relates tales of heroism | 25 | |
| 14605331803 | Emulation | Imitating a writer's style or approach. | 26 | |
| 14605332802 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration or overstatement to emphasize a point or to achieve a specific effect that can be serious, humorous, sarcastic, or even ironic. | 27 | |
| 14605333859 | hyperbole example | I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. | 28 | |
| 14605336394 | Juxtaposition | Placing two or more concepts side by side. | 29 | |
| 14605337379 | Juxtaposition example | It was the best of times, it was the worst of times | 30 | |
| 14605339939 | Lyric | A poem expressing emotional thoughts | 31 | |
| 14605341662 | Metaphor | A direct comparison between two unlike things | 32 | |
| 14605343001 | metaphor example | Our lives are grapes, bitter and sweet. | 33 | |
| 14605344888 | Metonymy | A metaphor in which the actual subject is represented by an item with which it is closely associated. | 34 | |
| 14605347945 | metonymy example | The pen is mightier than the sword | 35 | |
| 14605349940 | Meter | Rhythm; series of accented and unaccented syllables. | 36 | |
| 14605350541 | Nemesis | Unrelenting matchless foe. | 37 | |
| 14605360875 | Ode | Lengthy poem that addresses a lofty or exalted topic | 38 | |
| 14605365238 | Onomatopoeia | The word imitating the sound that is being made. | 39 | |
| 14605366162 | onomatopoeia example | Bang! The plate crashed to the floor | 40 | |
| 14605367771 | Oxymoron | Figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined | 41 | |
| 14605370507 | oxymoron example | cruel kindness | 42 | |
| 14605394184 | Parallelism | Grammatically similar constructions that create a sense of balance that allows the audience to compare and contrast the parallel subjects | 43 | |
| 14605396982 | parallelism example | like father, like son | 44 | |
| 14605400592 | Pastoral | Poetry that idealizes the simple lives of shepherds in a rural setting. | 45 | |
| 14605401781 | Persona | The projected personality of the person telling the story. | 46 | |
| 14605405411 | Parable | Story told to teach a moral lesson | 47 | |
| 14605406310 | Personification | Figure of speech in which a non-human thing is given human characteristics. | 48 | |
| 14605406814 | personification example | Lightning danced across the sky. | 49 | |
| 14605411926 | Quatrain | A stanza with four lines | 50 | |
| 14605412935 | Rhetorical Question | A question to which one does not expect an answer. | 51 | |
| 14605415016 | rhetorical question example | Can fish swim? Can birds fly? Do dogs bark? | 52 | |
| 14605419799 | Simile | Figure of speech that uses the words like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things | 53 | |
| 14605420515 | simile example | "He is as hungry as a horse" | 54 | |
| 14605423241 | Speaker | The voice of one who tells a story | 55 | |
| 14605424003 | Scansion | The act of analyzing rhythm and rhyme | 56 | |
| 14605424854 | Soliloquy | Thoughts expressed by a person who is alone. | 57 | |
| 14605427026 | Sonnet | Lyric poem of fourteen lines, typically written in iambic pentameter and usually following strict patterns of stanza division and rhyme. | 58 | |
| 14605430693 | Synecdoche | A metaphor that uses a part to represent the whole. | 59 | |
| 14605433964 | synecdoche example | "He got a new set of wheels." | 60 | |
| 14605435311 | Syntax | The grammatical structure of sentences. | 61 | |
| 14605436036 | Understatement/Litote | Language that makes something seem less important than it really is. | 62 | |
| 14605436763 | understatement example | "I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain." | 63 |
