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| 7375771507 | absolute | a word free from limitations or qualifications ("best, "all", "unique", "perfect") | 0 | |
| 7375779665 | adage | a familiar proverb or wise saying | 1 | |
| 7375782940 | allegory | a literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | 2 | |
| 7375789613 | alliteration | the repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words | 3 | |
| 7375801652 | analogy | a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 4 | |
| 7388259529 | anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | 5 | |
| 7388259530 | anecdote | a brief area rife that focuses on a particular incident or event | 6 | |
| 7437343937 | antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers | 7 | |
| 7437343938 | antithesis | a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced | 8 | |
| 7437343939 | aphorism | A concise statement that expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance | 9 | |
| 7437343940 | apostrophe | a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction | 10 | |
| 7437343941 | archetype | a detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response | 11 | |
| 7437343942 | argument | a statement of the meaning or main point of a literary work | 12 | |
| 7437343943 | asyndeton | a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | 13 | |
| 7437343944 | balanced sentence | a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast | 14 | |
| 7437343945 | bathos | insincere or overt sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to evoke pity | 15 | |
| 7437343946 | chiasmus | a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed (susan walked in, and out rushed mary) | 16 | |
| 7437343947 | cliché | an expression that has been overused to the extent that it's freshness has worn off | 17 | |
| 7437343948 | climax | the point of highest interest in a literary work | 18 | |
| 7437343949 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 19 | |
| 7437343950 | complex sentence | a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 20 | |
| 7437343951 | comping sentence | a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions | 21 | |
| 7437343952 | conceit | A fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor | 22 | |
| 7437343953 | concrete details | details that relate to or describe actual, specific things or events | 23 | |
| 7437343954 | connotation | an implied or associative meaning of a word | 24 | |
| 7437547722 | cumulative sentence | a sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases | 25 | |
| 7437547723 | declarative sentence | a sentence that makes a statement or declaration | 26 | |
| 7437547724 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 27 | |
| 7437547725 | dialect | a variety of speech characterized by its own particular grammar or pronunciation, often associated with a particular geographical region | 28 | |
| 7437547726 | dialogue | a conversation between two or more people | 29 | |
| 7437547727 | diction | the word choices made by a writer | 30 | |
| 7437547728 | didactic | having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing | 31 | |
| 7437547729 | dissonance | harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds | 32 | |
| 7437547730 | elegy | a formal poem presenting a meditation on death or another solemn theme | 33 | |
| 7437547731 | ellipsis | the omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from the context (some people prefer cats; others, dogs) | 34 | |
| 7437547732 | epic | a long narrative poem written in elevated style which presents the adventures of characters of high position and episodes that are important to the history of a race or nation | 35 | |
| 7437718930 | epigram | a brief, pithy, and often paradoxical saying | 36 | |
| 7437718931 | epigraph | a saying or statement on the title page of a work, or used as a heading for a chapter or other section of work | 37 | |
| 7437718932 | epiphany | A moment of sudden revelation or insight | 38 | |
| 7437718933 | epitaph | an inscription on a tombstone of burial place | 39 | |
| 7437718934 | epithet | a term used to point out a characteristic of a person. homeric epithets are often compound adjectives that become an almost formulaic part of a name. epithets can be abusice or offensive but are not so by definition. | 40 | |
| 7437718935 | eulogy | a formal speech praising a person who has died | 41 | |
| 7437718936 | Euphamism | an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 42 | |
| 7437718937 | exclamatory sentence | a sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark | 43 | |
| 7437718938 | expletive | an interjection to lend emphasis; sometimes a profanity | 44 | |
| 7437718939 | fable | a brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters | 45 | |
| 7437718940 | fantasy | a story that concerns an unreal world or contains unreal characters; a fantasy may be merely whimsical, or it may present a serious point | 46 |
