7133320856 | Allusion | 0 | ||
7133320858 | Attitude | A speaker's, author's, or character's disposition toward or opinion of a subject. | 1 | |
7133320859 | Diction | word choice | 2 | |
7133320860 | Figurative language | 3 | ||
7133320861 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 4 | |
7133320862 | Simile | comparison using like or as | 5 | |
7133320863 | Irony | A contrast between expectation and reality | 6 | |
7133320864 | Literal language | language that means exactly what it says | 7 | |
7133320865 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 8 | |
7133320866 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 9 | |
7133320867 | Symbol | something that stands for something else | 10 | |
7133320868 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 11 | |
7133320869 | Theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 12 | |
7133320870 | Setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. | 13 | |
7133320871 | Structure | the arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work | 14 | |
7133320872 | Style | the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work | 15 | |
7133320873 | Satire | A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness | 16 | |
7133320874 | Contrast | a great or striking difference | 17 | |
7133320875 | Repitition | Repeating a word, phrase, or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect | 18 | |
7133320876 | Paradox | 19 | ||
7133320877 | Understatement | A statement that says less than what is meant | 20 | |
7133320878 | Sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt | 21 | |
7133320879 | Rhetorical question | A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. | 22 | |
7133320881 | Point of view | The perspective from which a story is told | 23 | |
7133320882 | Direct charecterization | 24 | ||
7133320883 | Indirect charecterization | 25 | ||
7133320884 | Juxtaposition | 26 | ||
7133320885 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning | 27 | |
7133320886 | Ambiguity | 28 | ||
7133320887 | Apostrophe | Addressing something nonhuman as if it were human Example: Death, be not proud . . . | 29 | |
7133320888 | Conotation | the emotional attachment placed on a word | 30 | |
7133320889 | Convention | 31 | ||
7133320890 | Denotation | 32 | ||
7133320891 | Didactic | 33 | ||
7133320892 | Digression | 34 | ||
7133320893 | Epigram | 35 | ||
7133320894 | Euphemism | 36 | ||
7133320895 | Grotesque | 37 | ||
7133320896 | Hyperbole | 38 | ||
7133320897 | Jargon | vocabulary distinctive to a particular group of people | 39 | |
7133320898 | Literal | Exactly true, rather than figurative or metaphorical | 40 | |
7133320899 | Lyrical | expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like | 41 | |
7133320900 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 42 | |
7133320901 | Parable | 43 | ||
7133320902 | Paradox | 44 | ||
7133320903 | Parody | 45 | ||
7133320904 | Personification | 46 | ||
7133320905 | Reliability | 47 | ||
7133320906 | Soliloquy | 48 | ||
7133320907 | Stereotype | A generalized belief about a group of people | 49 | |
7133320908 | Syllogism | 50 | ||
7133320909 | Thesis | a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved. | 51 | |
7133320910 | Antecedent | 52 | ||
7133320911 | Clause | 53 | ||
7133320912 | Ellipsis | 54 | ||
7133320913 | Imperative | 55 | ||
7133320914 | Modify | 56 | ||
7133320915 | Parallel structure | 57 | ||
7133320916 | Periodic sentence | 58 |
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