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| 2984043741 | Allusion | a reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work. -also can be from mythology, art, and culture | 0 | |
| 2984043742 | Attitude | the disposition toward or opinion of a subject by a speaker, author, or character | 1 | |
| 2984043743 | Tone | manner in which an author expresses his/her attitude | 2 | |
| 2984043744 | Diction | word choice, focus on connotative meaning | 3 | |
| 2984043745 | Syntax | the structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence | 4 | |
| 2984043746 | Irony | the intended meaning may differ. The term implies a discrepancy; verbal irony states the opposite of what one means | 5 | |
| 2984043747 | Point of view | vantage point from which story is told (omniscient, limited, 1st person, 3rd person, multiple voices) | 6 | |
| 2984043748 | Omniscient point of view | narrator can know, see, report whatever he or she chooses. | 7 | |
| 2984043749 | Metaphor | a comparison without the use of a comparative term "as", "like", or "than" | 8 | |
| 2984043750 | Similie | comparing two objects, usually with "like", "as", or "than" | 9 | |
| 2984043751 | Symbol | something that is both itself and also a sign of something else | 10 | |
| 2984043752 | Setting | the physical location of a play, story, or novel | 11 | |
| 2984043753 | Satire | writing that uses ridicule to arouse a reader's disapproval of the subject | 12 | |
| 2984043754 | Theme | the main thought expressed by a work | 13 | |
| 2984043755 | Allegory | story in which people, things, and events have both a literal and symbolic meaning | 14 | |
| 2984043756 | Apostrophe | direct address to someone or something not present | 15 | |
| 2984043757 | Connotation | implications of a word/phrase, instead of exact meaning | 16 | |
| 2984043758 | Denotation | dictionary meaning of a word | 17 | |
| 2984043759 | Didactic | explicitly instructive | 18 | |
| 2984043760 | Digression | use of material unrelated to subject of work | 19 | |
| 2984043761 | Epigram | a concise yet forceful saying; a verse form, sometimes witty | 20 | |
| 2984043762 | Euphemism | using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness | 21 | |
| 2984043763 | Hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration | 22 | |
| 2984043764 | Jargon | special language of profession or group | 23 | |
| 2984043765 | Metonymy | a figure of speech that uses the name of on object or concept for that of another to which it is related -"scepter" for "sovereignty", "heart" for "love" | 24 | |
| 2984043766 | Lyrical | songlike; emotion, subjectivity, imagination | 25 | |
| 2984043767 | Oxymoron | two contradictory terms side by side | 26 | |
| 2984043768 | Paradox | a contradictory statement that is true | 27 | |
| 2984043769 | Parable | a story designed to suggest a principle or moral | 28 | |
| 2984043770 | Parody | imitates style of another for comic effect | 29 | |
| 2984043771 | Personification | giving nonhuman things human characteristics | 30 | |
| 2984043772 | Rhetorical question | a question asked for effect, not in expectation of reply | 31 | |
| 2984043773 | Soliloquy | a speech made by a character alone speaking his/her true thoughts aloud | 32 | |
| 2984043774 | Stereotype | conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea | 33 | |
| 2984043775 | Syllogism | two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them | 34 | |
| 2984043776 | Thesis | theme, meaning, or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support | 35 | |
| 2984043777 | Alliteration | repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words within a line of poetry or prose | 36 | |
| 2984043778 | Assonance | repetition of the same vowel sounds within a line of poetry or prose | 37 | |
| 2984043779 | Blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter; meter of most Shakespearean plays | 38 | |
| 2984043780 | End-stopped | a pause at the end of a line of poetry (period, comma, colon, semicolon) | 39 | |
| 2984043781 | Free verse | poetry not in traditional meter, but still rhythmical | 40 | |
| 2984043782 | Heroic couplet | two rhymed, end-stopped iambic pentameter lines of poetry | 41 | |
| 2984043783 | Internal rhyme | rhyme within a line rather than at the end of a line | 42 | |
| 2984043784 | Italian/Petrarchan Sonnet | abba abba cde cde (an octave and a sestet) | 43 | |
| 2984043785 | Onomatopoeia | use of words whose sound suggests their meaning | 44 | |
| 2984043786 | Shakespearean/Elizabethan Sonnet | abab cdcd efef gg (3 quatrains and a couplet) | 45 | |
| 2984043787 | Sonnet | fourteen-line poem, iambic pentameter | 46 | |
| 2984043788 | Stanza | usually a repeated grouping of 3+ lines within a poem that has the same meter and rhyme scheme | 47 | |
| 2984043789 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is used to reference the whole, as in "ten sails" for "ten ships" | 48 | |
| 2984043790 | Anaphora | repetition of word or words at beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences | 49 | |
| 2984043791 | Antecedent | a word, phrase or clause to which a pronoun refers to | 50 | |
| 2984043792 | Clause | group of words with subject and verb; may be dependent (not a sentence) or independent (a sentence) | 51 | |
| 2984043793 | Ellipsis | omission of a word or several words necessary for a complete construction, but still understandable | 52 | |
| 2984043794 | Imperative | mood of verb that gives an order | 53 | |
| 2984043795 | Modify | to restrict in meaning (modifiers=adjectives and adverbs) | 54 | |
| 2984043796 | Parallel structure | similar grammatical structure within a sentence or paragraph | 55 | |
| 2984043797 | Periodic sentence | a sentence in which the main clause comes at the end of a sentence | 56 | |
| 2984043798 | Loose sentence | a sentence in which the main clause is first, followed by dependent clauses and/or modifying phrases | 57 |
