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| 13871116706 | allegory | a story or image with a second meaning partially hidden behind its literal meaning | 0 | |
| 13871122831 | alliteration | repetition of the same sounds | 1 | |
| 13871160102 | analogy | illustration of an idea by means of amore familiar idea that is similar or parallel | 2 | |
| 13871167885 | anaphora | repetition of the same word or phrase (usually at the beginning) | 3 | |
| 13871172981 | anecdote | a short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident | 4 | |
| 13871179645 | antithesis | contrast or opposition | 5 | |
| 13871185608 | allusion | indirect or passing reference to some event, person, or artistic work | 6 | |
| 13871190242 | apostrophe | a rhetorical figure in which the speaker addresses a dead or absent person | 7 | |
| 13871193776 | blank verse | unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter | 8 | |
| 13871199979 | colloquialism | the use of informal expressions appropriate to everyday speech | 9 | |
| 13871205992 | diction | the choice of words in a literary work | 10 | |
| 13871205993 | elegy | an elaborately formal lyric poem lamenting a death or reflecting on a serious subject | 11 | |
| 13871214872 | epigram | a short and witty saying in either poetry or prose | 12 | |
| 13871220693 | epiphany | sudden realization or revelation | 13 | |
| 13871225871 | euphemism | characterized by the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that might offend or upset | 14 | |
| 13871236753 | expository | characterized by a systematic explanation of or argument about any subject | 15 | |
| 13871251544 | genre | a recognized and established category of written work | 16 | |
| 13871256935 | hyperbole | exaggeration for the sake of emphasis | 17 | |
| 13871256936 | melodrama | emotionally exaggerated or sensationalist dramas | 18 | |
| 13871263959 | metaphor | the implied comparison between two things | 19 | |
| 13871269727 | meter | the patterns of measured sound units | 20 | |
| 13871274578 | mixed metaphor | an illogical or ridiculous combination of two metaphors | 21 | |
| 13871279511 | motif | a situation, incident, idea, or image that is repeated significantly in a literary work | 22 | |
| 13871285744 | omniscient | all knowing | 23 | |
| 13871293358 | onomatopoeia | words that imitate the sounds to which they refer | 24 | |
| 13871299274 | oxymoron | contradictory words used together | 25 | |
| 13871302960 | panegyric | a public speech or written composition offering prolonged and effusive praise | 26 | |
| 13871311246 | paradox | self-contradictory statements or expressions | 27 | |
| 13871316385 | parallelism | the arrangement of similarly constructed clauses, sentences, or verse lines to show correspondence | 28 | |
| 13871321286 | parody | mocking imitation of the style of a work | 29 | |
| 13871327691 | pastoral | a highly conventional description of rural, innocent shepherds | 30 | |
| 13871337348 | peripatheia | a sudden reversal of a character's circumstances and fortunes | 31 | |
| 13871343693 | personification | the practice of assigning human characteristics to inanimate objects | 32 | |
| 13871358480 | point of view | the vantage-point from which the stories are told | 33 | |
| 13871364993 | polemic | a thorough written attack on some opinion or policy | 34 | |
| 13871370883 | rhetoric | the deliberate exploitation of eloquence for the most persuasive effect in public speaking or in writing | 35 | |
| 13871380812 | rhetorical question | a question asked for this are of persuasive effect, not for the actual answer | 36 | |
| 13871387888 | satire | a mode of writing that exposes the failings of individuals, institutions, or societies to ridicule - it can range from tolerant amusement to bitter scorn | 37 | |
| 13871401139 | simile | an explicit comparison using the words "like" or "as" | 38 | |
| 13871407594 | syllogism | a form of logical argument that derives a conclusion from two propositions | 39 | |
| 13871415400 | syntax | the way in which words and clauses are ordered and connected to form sentences | 40 | |
| 13871420667 | understatement | the representation of a thing as less than it actually is | 41 |
