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| 5547995471 | alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words |  | 0 |
| 5547995472 | allusion | reference to an outside work (biblical, historical, mythological) |  | 1 |
| 5547995474 | antagonist/protagonist | antagonist=adversary protagonist=leading character in literary work |  | 2 |
| 5547995476 | catharsis | the purging or purification of the emotions through the evocation of pity and fear, as in tragedy |  | 3 |
| 5547995477 | connotation | the associated or secondary meaning of a word in addition to its primary meaning |  | 4 |
| 5547995479 | diction | word choice |  | 5 |
| 5547995481 | double-entendre | a phrase that could have two meanings or that could be understood in two different ways |  | 6 |
| 5547995482 | figurative language | uses words or expressions wth a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation |  | 7 |
| 5547995487 | idiom | phrase not taken literally...a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ) |  | 8 |
| 5547995488 | imagery | description that appeals to our five senses |  | 9 |
| 5547995490 | irony | conveys a meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning |  | 10 |
| 5547995491 | metaphor | comparison using is |  | 11 |
| 5547995492 | metonymy | word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word (ex: suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing) |  | 12 |
| 5547995494 | motif | a recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story |  | 13 |
| 5547995500 | paradox | a statement that contradicts itself but can still be true |  | 14 |
| 5547995505 | prose | "ordinary writing"/paragraph form |  | 15 |
| 5547995506 | pun | play on words |  | 16 |
| 5547995512 | style | the way an author writes (diction, syntax, figurative language) |  | 17 |
| 5547995513 | symbol | an object (or word) to represent an abstract idea |  | 18 |
| 5547995516 | tragedy | main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow due to their tragic flaw |  | 19 |
