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| 213998155 | ad hominem | an argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue | |
| 213998156 | allegory | a literary work in which characters, objects, or actions | |
| 213998157 | alliteration | the repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words | |
| 213998158 | allusion | a reference to sth literary, mythological, or historical | |
| 213998159 | analogy | a comparison between two different things which are similar in some way | |
| 213998160 | anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | |
| 213998161 | anecdote | a brief personal narrative which focuses on a particular incident or event | |
| 213998162 | antithesis | a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced | |
| 213998163 | aphorism | a concise statement which expressed succintly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme and balance | |
| 213998164 | apostrophe | the act of speaking directly to an absent or imaginary person, or to some abstraction | |
| 213998165 | chiasmus | a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed | |
| 213998166 | colloquialism | informal words or expression not usually acceptable in writing form | |
| 213998167 | conceit | a fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor | |
| 213998168 | connotation | the implied or associative meaning of a word | |
| 213998169 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word | |
| 213998170 | diction | having to do with the word choices made by a writer | |
| 213998171 | didactic | sth which has its primary purpose to teach or instruct | |
| 213998172 | ellipsis | the omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from the context | |
| 213998173 | epiphany | a moment of sudden revelation or insight | |
| 213998174 | euphemism | an indirect, less offensive way of saying sth that is considered unpleasant | |
| 213998175 | genre | a major category or type of literature | |
| 213998176 | hyperbole | intentional exaggeration to create an effect | |
| 213998177 | imagery | concrete sensory details which contribute to the themes or ideas of a work | |
| 213998178 | invective | an intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack | |
| 213998179 | irony | a situation or statement where the truth is the opposite of the appearances | |
| 213998180 | litotes | a type of understatement in which sth affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite | |
| 213998181 | metaphor | a direct comparison of two different things which suggests they are somehow the same | |
| 213998182 | metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | |
| 213998183 | motif | a standard theme or dramtic situation which recurs in various works | |
| 213998184 | non sequitur | an inference that does not logically follow from the premise (s) | |
| 213998185 | onomatopoeia | a word formed from the imitation of natural sounds | |
| 213998186 | oxymoron | an expression in which two words that contradict each other are jointed | |
| 213998187 | paradox | an apparently contradicting statement which actually contains some truth | |
| 213998188 | parody | a humorous imitation of a serious work | |
| 213998189 | pathos | the quality in a work that prompts the reader to feel pity or sorrow | |
| 213998190 | pedantic | describing an excessive display of learning | |
| 213998191 | personification | endowing non human objects or creatures with human qualities or characteristics | |
| 213998192 | sarcasm | harsh, cutting language/ tone designed to ridicule | |
| 213998193 | satire | the use of humor to emphasize human weakness or imperfections in social institutions | |
| 213998194 | syllepsis | the linking of one word with two other words in two strikingly differently ways | |
| 213998195 | syllogism | a logical argument in which the conclusion is based on a major premise and a minor premise | |
| 213998196 | symbol | an object which is sth in itself yet is used to represent sth else | |
| 213998197 | synecdoche | using one part of an object to represent the entire object | |
| 213998198 | syntax | the manner in which words are arranged by a writer into sentences | |
| 213998199 | tautology | needless repetition which adds no meaning or understanding | |
| 213998200 | tone | the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience | |
| 213998201 | understatement | the deliberate representation of sth as less in magnitude than it really is | |
| 213998202 | style | the overall manner in which an individual writer expresses ideas |
