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| 7131056371 | Allusion | An indirect reference to another idea, person, place, event, artwork, etc to enhance the meaning of work in which it appears | 0 | |
| 7131060355 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds | 1 | |
| 7131061256 | Analogy | A comparison between two different items that an author may use to describe,define, explain etc, by indicating their similarities | 2 | |
| 7131067889 | Antithesis | Two opposing ideas presented in a parallel manner | 3 | |
| 7131071589 | 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 | 4 | |
| 7131093004 | Anecdote | A little known story told for rhetorical effect | 5 | |
| 7131095047 | Archetype | An iconic representation of a psychological type | 6 | |
| 7131096007 | Ballad | A poem written to tell a tale | 7 | |
| 7131097833 | Connotation | The emotional feel of a word | 8 | |
| 7131099481 | Caricature | An exaggerated representation of someone or something for a humorous effect | 9 | |
| 7131105480 | Diction | The conscious decision the author makes when choosing vocabulary to create an intended effect | 10 | |
| 7131107258 | Denotation | The literal definition of a word | 11 | |
| 7131108646 | Dramatic Monologue | A poem told from a first person point of view to an unseen audience | 12 | |
| 7131109665 | 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 | 13 | |
| 7131113622 | Emulation | Imitating a writers style or approach | 14 | |
| 7131114019 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration or overstatement to emphasize a point or to achieve a specific effect that can be serious, humorous, sarcastic, or even ironic | 15 | |
| 7131116618 | Juxtaposition | Placing two or more concepts side by side | 16 | |
| 7131117346 | Lyric | A poem expressing emotional thought | 17 | |
| 7131118970 | Metaphor | A direct comparison between two unlike things | 18 | |
| 7131124452 | Metonymy | A metaphor in which the actual subject is represented by an item with which it is closely associated | 19 | |
| 7131125563 | Meter | Rhythm; series of accented and unaccented syllables | 20 | |
| 7131126479 | Nemesis | Unrelenting matchless foe | 21 | |
| 7131126996 | Ode | Lengthy poem that addresses a lofty or exalted topic | 22 | |
| 7131128543 | Onomatopoeia | The word imitating the sound that is being made | 23 | |
| 7131129414 | Oxymoron | Figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined | 24 | |
| 7131131429 | Parallelism | Grammatically similar constructions that create a sense of balance that allows the audience to compare and contrast the parallel subjects | 25 | |
| 7131133959 | Pastoral | Poetry that idealizes the simple lives of shepherds in a rural setting | 26 | |
| 7131135746 | Persona | The projected personality of the person telling subjects | 27 | |
| 7131137338 | Parable | Story told to teach a morale lesson | 28 | |
| 7131137674 | Personification | Figure of speech in which a non-human thing is given human characteristics | 29 | |
| 7131139182 | Quatrain | A stanza with four lines | 30 | |
| 7131140070 | Rhetorical Question | A question to which one does not expect an answer | 31 | |
| 7131141213 | Simile | Figure of speech that uses the words like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things. | 32 | |
| 7131143770 | Speaker | The voice of one who tells a story | 33 | |
| 7131144235 | Scansion | The act of analyzing rhythm and rhyme | 34 | |
| 7131145041 | Solioquy | Thoughts expressed by a person who is done | 35 | |
| 7131146971 | Sonnet | Lyric poem of fourteen lines, typically written in iambic pentameter and usually following strict patterns of stanza division and rhyme. | 36 | |
| 7131148522 | Syntax | The grammatical structure of sent | 37 | |
| 7131147816 | Synechdoche | A metaphor that uses a part to represent the whole | 38 | |
| 7131152850 | Understatement/Litote | Language that makes something seem less important than it really is | 39 |
