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| 4738169602 | Ad Hominem | An argument or reaction directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaning. | 0 | |
| 4738169603 | Allegory | A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 1 | |
| 4738169604 | Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected. | 2 | |
| 4738169605 | Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literacy, or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing which it refers. | 3 | |
| 4738222743 | Anaphora | The repetition of a certain word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines of writing/speech. | 4 | |
| 4738222744 | Antithesis | rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. | 5 | |
| 4738222745 | Apostrophe | addressing an absent, dead, or non existent person or thing. could be an abstract concept or simply something not in the writing. | 6 | |
| 4738222746 | Archetype | A typical character, and action or situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature. also known as a universal symbol. | 7 | |
| 4738222747 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sounds or diphthong in non-rhyming words. | 8 | |
| 4738222748 | Colloquial/Vernacular | The use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing. | 9 | |
| 4738222749 | Conceit | An extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic message or entire poem. | 10 | |
| 4738222750 | Connotation | A meaning that is implied by word apart from the thing which it described explicitly. | 11 | |
| 4738222751 | Consonance | Repetitive sounds produced by consonant within a sentence or phrase. This repetition takes place in quick succession. | 12 | |
| 4738222752 | Diction | style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by speaker or writer. Dictation or choice of words separates good writing from bad. | 13 | |
| 4738222753 | Denotation | Literal or dictionary definition of a word in contrast to it's cognitive or associated meanings. | 14 | |
| 4738222754 | Ellipses | A literary device that is used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence, which gives the reader a chance to fill the gaps while acting or reading it out. | 15 | |
| 4738222755 | Epigram | Rhetorical device that is a memorable, brief, interesting and surprising satirical statement. | 16 | |
| 4738222756 | Epiphany | The point in a work of literature were a character has a sudden insight or realization the changes his or her understanding. | 17 | |
| 4738222757 | Epistolary | A literary genre pertaining letters, in which writers use letters, journals and diary entries in their works, or they tell stories or deliver messages through a series of letters. | 18 | |
| 4738222758 | Euphemism | Polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases consider harsh and impolite or which suggest something unpleasant. | 19 | |
| 4738222759 | Genre | The category of literary composition. Genre may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or even length. | 20 | |
| 4738222760 | Homily | Literally "sermon", or any serious talk, speech, or lecture providing moral or spiritual advice. | 21 | |
| 4738298284 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech, which involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. | 22 | |
| 4738298285 | Imagery | Language and description that appeals to our five senses. when a writer attempts to describe something so that it appeals to our five senses, he/she has used imagery. | 23 | |
| 4738298286 | Interference | A device used commonly in literature and in daily life where logical deductions are made based on premises assumed to be true. | 24 | |
| 4738298287 | Irony | A contrast or incongruity between expectations for a situation and what is reality. It can also be a difference between what might be expected to happen and what actually occurs. | 25 | |
| 4738298288 | Litotes | A figure of speech which employs and understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating it's opposite expression. | 26 | |
| 4738298289 | Logos | A statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic. | 27 | |
| 4738298290 | Metaphor | A figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison without using "like or as". | 28 | |
| 4738298291 | Meiosis/Understatement | A euphemistic figure of speech that intentionally understates something or implies that it is lesser in significance or size than it really is. | 29 | |
| 4738298292 | Metonymy/Synecdoche | A word or phrase that is used to stand in for another words. Sometimes a metonymy is chosen because it is a well known characteristic of the word. | 30 | |
| 4738298293 | Motif | Any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story. Through it's repetition, a motif I can help produce other narrative aspects such as theme or mood. | 31 | |
| 4738298294 | Narrator | A person who tells a story. The voice that in author takes on to tell the story. | 32 | |
| 4738298295 | Non-Sequitur | A conversational and literary device often used for comedic purposes. | 33 | |
| 4738298296 | Onomatopoeia | A word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates the sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting. | 34 | |
| 4738298297 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas or join to create an effect. The common oxymoron phrase is a combination of an adjective and a noun. | 35 | |
| 4738298298 | Paradox | A statement that contradicts itself and it still seems true somehow. | 36 | |
| 4738298299 | Parallel Structure | Repetition of the same patterns of words or phrases within a sentence or passage to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. | 37 | |
| 4738298300 | Parody | A humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing. | 38 | |
| 4738298301 | Pathos | in appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response. | 39 | |
| 4738298302 | Persona | The mask of an author is etymologically linked the dramatic personae which refers to the list of characters and cast in a play or drama. | 40 | |
| 4738298303 | Personification | A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes. | 41 | |
| 4738298304 | Point of View | A particular attitude or way of considering a matter. | 42 | |
| 4738298305 | Pun | A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of the word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. | 43 | |
| 4738298306 | Rhetoric | The art of affective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. | 44 | |
| 4738298307 | Rhetorical Strategies | A rhetorical device uses words in a certain way to convey meaning or to persuade. It can also be a way to evoke emotion on the part of the reader or audience. | 45 | |
| 4738298308 | Sarcasm | The use of irony to mock or convey contempt. | 46 | |
| 4738298309 | Satire | The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose or criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the content of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | 47 | |
| 4738298310 | Simile | A figure of speech involving one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more empathetic or vivid. | 48 | |
| 4738298311 | Soliloquy | An act of speaking ones thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. | 49 | |
| 4738298312 | Stream-Of-Consciousness | A person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow. | 50 | |
| 4738298313 | Surrealism | Movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images. | 51 | |
| 4738298314 | Synesthesia | The production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body. | 52 | |
| 4738298315 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 53 | |
| 4738298316 | Theme | The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic. | 54 | |
| 4738298317 | Thesis | A statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved. | 55 | |
| 4738298318 | Tone | The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. | 56 |
