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| 161821534 | allegory | the device of using character and\or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in additon to the litearl term. This abstract meaning usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about human existnece. | 0 | |
| 161821535 | ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 1 | |
| 161821536 | analogy | a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them | 2 | |
| 161821537 | antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | 3 | |
| 161821538 | antithesis | opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction | 4 | |
| 161821539 | aphorism | a terse statement that expresses a general truth or moral principle | 5 | |
| 161821540 | apostrophe | a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction | 6 | |
| 161821541 | atmosphere | The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. | 7 | |
| 161821542 | caricature | a verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics. | 8 | |
| 161821543 | conceit | a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects | 9 | |
| 161821544 | connotation | the nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning | 10 | |
| 161821545 | denotation | strict, literal, dictionary meaning of a word. | 11 | |
| 161821546 | alliteration | the repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words | 12 | |
| 161821547 | allusion | a direct or indirect reference to somthing which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art | 13 | |
| 161821548 | diction | writer's word choices especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness | 14 | |
| 161821549 | didactic | words or text that have the primary aim of teaching or instrucing , especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles | 15 | |
| 161821550 | euphemism | From the Greek for "good speech," a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept. | 16 | |
| 161821551 | figurative language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. | 17 | |
| 161821552 | genre | The major category into which a literary work fits. The basic divisions of literature are prose, poetry, and drama. | 18 | |
| 161821553 | clause | a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb | 19 | |
| 161821554 | colloquial | the use of informalities in speech or writing | 20 | |
| 161821555 | homily | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | 21 | |
| 161821556 | hyperbole | a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement | 22 | |
| 161821557 | imagery | the sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions | 23 | |
| 161821558 | prose | One of the major divisions of genre, refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms | 24 | |
| 161821559 | repetition | The duplication, either exact or approximate, or any element of language, such as sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern. | 25 | |
| 161821560 | litotes | a form of understatment that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 26 | |
| 161821561 | loose sentence | a type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first,followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. | 27 | |
| 161821562 | metaphore | a figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity. | 28 | |
| 161821563 | metonymy | term form the greek meaning "changed label", "substitute name"; figure of speech in which name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it | 29 | |
| 161821564 | narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. | 30 | |
| 161821565 | mood | The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work | 31 | |
| 161821566 | satire | a work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule | 32 | |
| 161821567 | semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies that meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another. | 33 | |
| 161821568 | style | an evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices. | 34 | |
| 161821569 | onomatopoeia | a figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. Simple examples include such words as buzz, hiss, hum. | 35 | |
| 161821570 | oxymoron | From the Greek for "pointedly foolish," a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms. Simple examples include "jumbo shrimp" and "cruel kindness." | 36 | |
| 161821571 | paradox | a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity | 37 | |
| 161821572 | parallelism | The grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity. | 38 | |
| 161821573 | anaphora | a device which employs that exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences | 39 | |
| 161821574 | parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 40 | |
| 161821575 | inference | to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented | 41 | |
| 161821576 | invective | an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language | 42 | |
| 161821577 | irony | the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant | 43 | |
| 161821578 | periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. | 44 | |
| 161821579 | personification | A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions. | 45 | |
| 161821580 | point of view | Perspective from which a story is told | 46 | |
| 161821581 | conosentce | the use at the ends of VERSES | 47 | |
| 161821582 | assnsentce | the use of similar vowel sounds in stressed syallables that end with different consonant sounds. RHYME | 48 | |
| 161821583 | rhetoric | this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively. | 49 | |
| 161821584 | pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 50 | |
| 161821585 | rhetorical modes | this flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing. | 51 | |
| 161821586 | sarcasim | from the greek meaning "to tear flesh" this device involves bitter,caustic lanuage that is ment to hurt or ridicule someone or something | 52 | |
| 161821587 | subject complement | the word (with any accompanying phrases) or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject of the sentence by either (1) renaming it or (2) describing it. The former is technically called a predicate nominative, the latter a predicate adjective. | 53 | |
| 161821588 | syllogism | From the Greek for "reckoning together," a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. | 54 | |
| 161821589 | symboll | generally, anything that represents, stands for, something else. Usually, it is something concrete—such as an object, action, character, or scene—that represents something more abstract. | 55 | |
| 161821590 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or occasionally the whole is used to represent a part. | 56 | |
| 161821591 | synesthesia | when one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another | 57 | |
| 161821592 | syntax | the way the author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences | 58 | |
| 161821593 | theme | a central idea of a work | 59 | |
| 161821594 | thesis | In expository writing, the sentence or group of sentences that directly express the author's opinion, purpose, meaning or proposition | 60 | |
| 161821595 | tone | Similar to mood,thisdescribes the author's attitude toward his or her material, the audience, or both. | 61 | |
| 161821596 | understatement | the ironic minimalizing of fact, presents something as less significant than it is | 62 | |
| 161821597 | wit | in morderb usage, intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights | 63 |
