13824545493 | allegory | a fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts | 0 | |
13824549433 | alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words | 1 | |
13824552736 | diction | an author's choice of words | 2 | |
13824557036 | irony | occurs when a situation produces an outcome that is opposite of what is expected | 3 | |
13824563054 | pacing | the speed of a story's action, dialogue, or narration | 4 | |
13824567940 | parody | an effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing an imitation of the work or of an author's style | 5 | |
13824570947 | persona | the character created by the voice and narration of the speaker of a text | 6 | |
13824576126 | personification | a figure of speech in which ideas or objects are described as having human qualities or personalities | 7 | |
13824579630 | point of view | a particular attitude or way of considering a matter | 8 | |
13824579631 | pun | play on words | 9 | |
13824583969 | rhetorical question | a question asked for the sake of an argument | 10 | |
13824585731 | anecdote | a short story | 11 | |
13824590891 | hyperbole | an exaggeration | 12 | |
13824594038 | idiom | a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people | 13 | |
13824596209 | sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt | 14 | |
13824600016 | trope | a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression | 15 | |
13824604818 | complex sentence | a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses | 16 | |
13824607246 | compound sentence | a sentence with more than one subject or predicate | 17 | |
13824610365 | imperative sentence | gives a command | 18 | |
13824615459 | epiphany | a sudden awareness | 19 |
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