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| 7670407873 | allusion | a well-known reference to a historical or cultural figure, artwork, event, piece of writing, etc. | 0 | |
| 7670407874 | alliteration | repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words, phrases or clauses | 1 | |
| 7670407875 | analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 2 | |
| 7670410440 | anecdote | a brief story used as part of a larger text | 3 | |
| 7670410441 | antithesis | placing two contradicting or opposite ideas together in parallel structure to emphasize a point | 4 | |
| 7670410442 | colloquialism | slang or informal speech | 5 | |
| 7670414665 | cumulative sentence | a sentence in which the main clause is at the beginning of the sentence | 6 | |
| 7670414666 | epiphany | a revelation or "a-ha" moment | 7 | |
| 7670416971 | euphemism | a milder way of saying something harsh | 8 | |
| 7670416972 | hyperbole | extreme exaggeration; overstatement | 9 | |
| 7670416973 | metaphor | comparison of two things that does not use "like" or "as" | 10 | |
| 7670420497 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 11 | |
| 7670420498 | parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 12 | |
| 7670423444 | periodic sentence | a sentence in which the main clause is at the end of the sentence | 13 | |
| 7670423445 | personification | giving human qualities to nonhuman things | 14 | |
| 7670426581 | diction | word choice | 15 | |
| 7670426582 | syntax | sentence structure | 16 | |
| 7670426583 | tone | the attitude of the speaker conveyed by stylistic choices and diction | 17 | |
| 7670426584 | imagery | descriptive writing that appeals to the five senses | 18 | |
| 7670429136 | figurative language | writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally | 19 | |
| 7670429137 | point of view | perspective from which a story is told; in literature it can be first person, third person omniscient or limited, second person | 20 | |
| 7670429138 | detail | This is a piece of information that is used to support a main idea. | 21 | |
| 7670431990 | pacing | The speed or tempo of an author's writing. | 22 | |
| 7670431991 | shift | movement from one point to another or in the tone of a piece of writing | 23 | |
| 7670431992 | connotation | emotional association of a word | 24 | |
| 7670435068 | denotation | dictionary definition of a word | 25 | |
| 7670435069 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature; THEMEssage | 26 | |
| 7670435070 | ethos | credibility/ethics of speaker | 27 | |
| 7670437347 | pathos | emotional appeal | 28 | |
| 7670437348 | logos | logical appeal | 29 |
