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| 4111873044 | rhetoric | the art of presenting ideas in a clear, effective, and persuasive manner | 0 | |
| 4111876347 | rhetorical question | a question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 1 | |
| 4111880379 | rhetorical devices | literary techniques used to heighten the effectiveness of expression | 2 | |
| 4111887828 | riddle | a question requiring thought to answer or understand; a puzzle or conundrum | 3 | |
| 4111890730 | romantic | a term describing a character or literary work that reflects the characteristics of Romanticism, the literary movement beginning in the late 18th century that stressed emotion, imagination, and individualism | 4 | |
| 4111947872 | round character | a character who demonstrates some complexity and who develops or changes in the course of a work | 5 | |
| 4111947873 | sarcasm | harsh, cutting language or tone intended to ridicule | 6 | |
| 4111947874 | satire | the use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfections in social insitutions | 7 | |
| 4111947875 | scapegoat | a person or group that bears the blame for another | 8 | |
| 4111947876 | scene | a real or fictional episode; a division of an act in a play | 9 | |
| 4111947877 | setting | the time, place, and environment in which action takes place | 10 | |
| 4111947878 | simile | a comparison of two things using "like" "as" or other specifically comparative words | 11 | |
| 4111947879 | simple sentence | a sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause | 12 | |
| 4111947880 | solecism | nonstandard grammatical usage; a violation of grammatical words | 13 | |
| 4111947881 | structure | the arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work | 14 | |
| 4111947882 | style | the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work | 15 | |
| 4111947883 | surrealism | an artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control | 16 | |
| 4111947884 | syllepsis | a construction in which one word is used in two different senses (after he threw the ball, he threw a fit) | 17 |
