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| 7117144637 | adage / aphorism/ maxim | a saying/proverb containing a truth or common wisdom based on an experience | 0 | |
| 7117145513 | apostrophe | a rhetorical figure in which the speaker directly addresses a person who is dead or absent, an imaginary or nonhuman entity, or a place or concept. Often the object is being personified. | 1 | |
| 7117145514 | conceit | a startling or unusual comparison developed and expanded through several lines; an extended metaphor | 2 | |
| 7117146227 | humanism | a belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity | 3 | |
| 7117146897 | transcendentalism | a movement that emphasizes individual conscience, social reform, and the primacy of intuition in the pursuit of spiritual and moral truths | 4 | |
| 7117146898 | wit | the quickness of intellect and the power and talent for saying brilliant comments that surprise and delight by their unexpectedness; the power to comment subtly and pointedly on the foibles of the passing scene | 5 | |
| 7117147330 | rhetorical devices | a technique used to convey a meaning with the goal of persuading the audience from a different perspective | 6 | |
| 7117147331 | parallelism | repeated syntactical similarities used for effect | 7 | |
| 7117147771 | antithesis | a rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words, clauses, or sentence that creates perfect balance. i.e. "Float like a butterfly; sting like a bee." | 8 | |
| 7117147772 | didactic | a tone that is instructive because it provides information for a particular purpose; sometimes used to indicate a condescending tone | 9 | |
| 7117147773 | subtext | the implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a literary work | 10 | |
| 7117149775 | autobiography | an account of a person's own life | 11 | |
| 7117149776 | objectivity | treatment of a subject in an impersonal/outside view of the event | 12 | |
| 7117149966 | subjectivity | treatment of a subject using the personal/inside view of an observer, typically colored with the observer's emotional responses | 13 | |
| 7117151561 | explication | the interpretation/analysis of a text | 14 | |
| 7117151567 | syllepsis | the use of a word understood differently in relation to two or more other words. "The ink, like our pig, keeps running out of the pen." | 15 | |
| 7117153536 | sentiment | a synonym for view or feeling; also refined and tender emotion in literature | 16 | |
| 7117153537 | rhapsody | an intensely passionate verse or section of verse, usually of love or praise | 17 | |
| 7117154893 | ode | a lyric poem usually marked by a serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject | 18 | |
| 7117157305 | parenthetical | term used to describe words that are unnecessary or interrupting the normal syntactical flow of a sentences | 19 |
