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| 4965685467 | Allusion | A reference in a work of literature to something outside the work | 0 | |
| 4965685468 | Attitude | a speaker's opinion on a subject | 1 | |
| 4965685469 | Details | terms or parts that make up a larger picture or story | 2 | |
| 4965685470 | Devices of sound | The technique of deploying the sound of words Ex: Rhyming, alliterations | 3 | |
| 4965685471 | Diction | Word choice | 4 | |
| 4965685472 | Figurative Language | Uses words to mean something other than their literal meaning ex: Metaphor, simile, irony | 5 | |
| 4965685473 | Imagery | the images, sensory details, and figurative language of a work. ex: Sensory details, metaphors, simile | 6 | |
| 4965685474 | Irony | a figure of speech in which intent and actual meaning differ | 7 | |
| 4965685475 | Metaphor | A figurative use of language that uses a comparison without the use of like and as | 8 | |
| 4965685476 | Narrative techniques | the methods involved in telling a story Ex: Point of view, manipulation of time, dialogue | 9 | |
| 4965685477 | Omniscient point of view | The point of a story where the narrator can know, see, and report whatever they want ex: Skipping about in time, speak directly to the reader | 10 | |
| 4965685478 | Point of view | The vantage points from which a story is told Ex: First person, third person | 11 | |
| 4965685479 | Resources of Language | The linguistic devices or techniques that a writer can use ex: Diction, syntax, figurative language, imagery | 12 | |
| 4965685480 | Rhetorical technique | The devices used in effective of persuasive language ex: Contrast, repetition, paradox, understatement | 13 | |
| 4965685481 | Satire | Writing that seeks to arouse a readers disapproval of an object by ridicule. Usually comedic | 14 | |
| 4965685482 | Setting | The physical location of a play, story, or novel | 15 | |
| 4965685483 | simile | The comparison of two objects using "like" or "as" | 16 | |
| 4965685484 | strategy (rhetorical strategy) | The management of language for a specific effect | 17 | |
| 4965685485 | Structure | The arrangement of materials within a work ex: Play:Scene Novel:Chapter Poem:Line | 18 | |
| 4965685486 | Style | The characteristic manner of expression of an author ex: syntax, figurative language, satire, tone | 19 | |
| 4965685487 | Symbol | Something hat is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else ex: Cold and dark are real, but in literature they are meant as death | 20 | |
| 4965685488 | Syntax | The structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence | 21 | |
| 4965685489 | theme | the main thought expressed by a work. The "meaning" | 22 | |
| 4965685490 | Tone | The manner in which an author expressed his or her attitude ex: Quiet, apprehensive, confident, terrified | 23 | |
| 4965685491 | allegory | A story in which people, things, and events have another meaning | 24 | |
| 4965685492 | Ambiguity | Multiple meaning a literary work may communicate This strategy commonly confuses the reader by sending multiple different messages | 25 | |
| 4965685493 | Apostrophe | Direct address, usually to someone or something that is not present | 26 | |
| 4965685494 | Connotation | The implications of a word or phrase, opposed to its exact meaning | 27 | |
| 4965685495 | convention | A device of style or subject matter so often used that it becomes a recognized means of exprression | 28 | |
| 4965685496 | Denotation | The dictionary meaning of a word, as opposed to connotation | 29 | |
| 4965685497 | Didactic | Explicitly instructive | 30 | |
| 4965685498 | Digression | The use of material unrelated to the subject of a work | 31 | |
| 4965685499 | Eigram | A pithy saying, often using contrast. usually Ina n verse form, brief, and pointed | 32 | |
| 4965685500 | Euphemism | A figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness ex: deceased for dead, remains for corpse | 33 | |
| 4965685501 | grotesque | Characterized by distortions or incongruities | 34 | |
| 4965685502 | hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration, over statement | 35 | |
| 4965685503 | Jargon | The special language of a profession or group | 36 | |
| 4965685504 | Literal | Accurate | 37 | |
| 4965685505 | Lyrical | Song like; characterized by emotion, subjectivity, and imagination | 38 | |
| 4965685506 | Oxymoron | A combination of opposites | 39 | |
| 4965685507 | Parable | A story designed to suggest a principle | 40 | |
| 4965685508 | Paradox | A statement that seems to be contradicting, but is true | 41 | |
| 4965685509 | Parody | Something that imitates the style of another composition | 42 | |
| 4965685510 | Personification | Comparing non human things wit human characteristic | 43 | |
| 4965685511 | Reliability | A quality of some fictional narrators whose word the reader can trust | 44 | |
| 4965685512 | Rhetorical question | A question asked with no intention of a reply | 45 | |
| 4965685513 | Soliloquy | A speech in which a character who is alone speaks his or her thoughts aloud | 46 | |
| 4965685514 | Stereotype | A conventional pattern | 47 | |
| 4965685515 | Syllogism | A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them | 48 | |
| 4965685516 | thesis | The theme, meaning, or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support | 49 | |
| 4965685517 | Alliteration | The repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds ex: no new news now | 50 | |
| 4965685518 | Assonance | The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds ex: as the girl crawls, she falls | 51 | |
| 4965685519 | Ballad meter | A four-line stanza rhymed back | 52 | |
| 4965685520 | Blank verse | Not ryhmed | 53 | |
| 4965685521 | dactyl | metrical foot of three syllables | 54 | |
| 4965685522 | end-stopped | A line with a pause at the end. | 55 | |
| 4965685523 | Free verse | Poetry the rhymes but is not written in a traditional meter | 56 | |
| 4965685524 | Heroic couplet | two end-stopped lines rhymed aa,bb,cc ex: And they must be laid in dust Consecrate to fame Inscribe her name | 57 | |
| 4965685525 | Hexameter | a line containing six feet | 58 | |
| 4965685526 | iamb | short/long, only two in a foot | 59 | |
| 4965685527 | Internal rhyme | Rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end ex: Why look at them SO with my crossBOW | 60 | |
| 4965685528 | onomatopoeria | Words that explain sounds ex: Buzz, hiss, honk | 61 | |
| 4965685529 | Pentameter | A line containing 5 feet | 62 | |
| 4965685530 | Rhyme royal | A seven line stanza | 63 | |
| 4965685531 | Sonnet | 14 line poem | 64 | |
| 4965685532 | Stanza | repeated grouping of three or more lines with the same meter and rhyme scheme | 65 | |
| 4965685533 | terms rima | A three line stanza | 66 | |
| 4965685534 | tetrameter | A line of four feet | 67 | |
| 4965685535 | Antecedent | that which goes before a clause that a pronoun referes | 68 | |
| 4965685536 | clause | a group of words containing a subject ad its verb that may or may or be a complete sentence | 69 | |
| 4965685537 | Ellipsis | The omission of a words for a compete construction that is still understandable ex: If rainy, bring an umbrella | 70 | |
| 4965685538 | Imperative | The mood of a verb that gives an order | 71 | |
| 4965685539 | MOdify | To restrict or limit in meaning | 72 | |
| 4965685540 | Parallel structure | A similar grammatical structure within a sentence or paragraph | 73 | |
| 4965685541 | Periodic sentence | A sentence grammatically complete only at the end | 74 | |
| 4965685542 | Syntax | the structure of a sentence | 75 |
