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6386828119Ballad0
6386834693Analogya comparison between two things1
6386838837SarcasmThe use of irony to mock2
6386842211SynecdocheA part of something that refers to the whole3
6386914232OxymoronUse of two contradictory terms4
6386919791AllegoryA story where people or things have symbolic meaning5
6386926315Anecdotea short account or story6
6386930850ParadoxA self-contradictory statement7
6386937849Metaphora thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else and makes a comparison8
6386943517CatharsisThe process of releasing and providing relief from emotions9
6386946349HyperboleOverstatement10
6386952760UnderstatementA writer or speaker makes the situation seem less important than it really is11
6386957935Situational Ironythe outcome is not what was intended12
6386963235Verbal Irony / Sarcasmsomeone says the opposite of what they mean13
6386968379Dramatic Ironythe full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character14
6386977284Pathosconvincing through use of emotion15
6386984143Logosconvincing through use of reason16
6386986139Ethosconvincing through use of morals/ethics17
6387009147Impressionism in writingplacing more responsibility on the reader to form his or her own conclusions about events within the novel18
6387013245Personificationgiving human-like qualities to non-human things19
6387016498Antithesiscontrast of ideas20
6387023383Symbolsomething that stands for something else21
6387027221Dualityopposition or contrast between two aspects of something22
6387037286Tactilecan be sensed with touch23
6387041415Auditorycan be sensed with hearing24
6387046267Allusionan indirect reference to something25
6387052010Fusionthe joining of two or more things together to form a single entity26
6387066372Philosophythe study of the nature of knowledge, reality, and existence27
6387362281Extensivegreat, vast28
6387367491Egotismself-importance29
6387372704Superficialsurface, lack of depth30
6387412773Inversionreversal of position or relationship31
6387475465Intellectual rigoris having clarity in thinking and an ability to think carefully and deeply32
6387489841Bulwarkdefensive wall, fortification33
6387497658Animisticbelieving everything has a soul34
6387542607Quasi-religiousresembling something that is religious or sacred35
6387555190Pretentiouspompous, self-important36
6387564573Romanticismemphasis on innocence, nature, beauty, and imagination37
6387582633Proofa trial print of something38
6387588410Endorseto declare support of39
6387605200Conventionalwhat is considered "normal"40
6387622192Imageryvisually descriptive language41
6388139897Postmodernismcharacterized by reliance on narrative techniques such as fragmentation, paradox, and the unreliable narrator42
6435705674Dictionword choice43
6435707592Syntaxsentence structure44
6435709789Detaildescription45
6435732959Voicethe author's style, the quality that makes his or her writing unique, and which conveys the author's attitude, personality, and character; or the characteristic speech and thought patterns of the narrator of a work of fiction.46

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