| 10345101438 | Adage | a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth | 0 | |
| 10345101439 | Autobiography | an account of a person's life written by that person | 1 | |
| 10345101440 | Bard | a poet, traditionally one reciting epics and associated with a particular oral tradition | 2 | |
| 10345102128 | Carpe Diem | used to urge someone to make the most of the present time and give little thought to the future | 3 | |
| 10345104065 | Deus Ex Machina | an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel | 4 | |
| 10345104066 | Epic | a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation | 5 | |
| 10345104067 | Foreshadow | a warning or indication of (a future event) | 6 | |
| 10345105573 | Humanism | an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters | 7 | |
| 10345105574 | Loose Sentence | starts with an independent clause or main clause, which is simple and straight, provides main idea, and then adds subordinate elements or modifiers | 8 | |
| 10345105575 | Myth | a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events | 9 | |
| 10345106063 | Paradox | a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true | 10 | |
| 10345106064 | Soliloquy | an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play | 11 | |
| 10345106611 | Subtext | an underlying and often distinct theme in a piece of writing or conversation | 12 | |
| 10345106612 | Theme | the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic | 13 |
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