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| 3109330659 | Allegory | A figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures and events. It can be employed in prose and poetry to tell a story with a purpose of teaching an idea and a principle or explaining an idea or a principle. The objective of its use is to preach some kind of a moral lesson. Example: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a religious _________ with Aslan as Christ and Edmund as Judas. | 0 | |
| 3109330660 | Allusion | brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. Example: "When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn't necessary." Scrooge was a stingy character from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol | 1 | |
| 3109331955 | Apostrophe | is a figure of speech in which the poet addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing Example: "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high" | 2 | |
| 3109331956 | Caricature | the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect. Example: "Her ears were smoking and her hair was on fire. Mom was mad." | 3 | |
| 3109334069 | Chiasmus | two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect. Ex: The corn was full of kernels and the colonels full of corn | 4 | |
| 3109336352 | Cliché | 5 | ||
| 3109336353 | Connotation | an additional meaning for a word or expression, apart from its explicit meaning Example: "Wall Street" literally means a street situated in Lower Manhattan, but connotatively it refers to wealth and power. | 6 | |
| 3109337950 | Contrast | difference(s) between two or more entities. Opposite of simile. Example: "Lenin was cruel, which Gladstone was not; Lenin had no respect for tradition, whereas Gladstone had a great deal..." | 7 | |
| 3109339389 | Denouement | the final outcome of the story, generally occurring after the climax of the plot Example: | 8 | |
| 3109339390 | Diction | choice of words, especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. | 9 | |
| 3109342434 | Didactic | Having the character or manner of a teacher or instructor; characterized by giving instruction; having the giving of instruction as its aim or object; instructive, perceptive | 10 | |
| 3109342435 | Empathy | The imaginative projection into another's feelings, a state of total identification with another's situation, condition, and thoughts. The action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without explicitly articulating these feelings | 11 | |
| 3109344678 | Genre | type of art, literature or music characterized by a specific form, content and style | 12 | |
| 3109344679 | Hyperbole | over-exaggeration for the purpose of creating emphasis or being humorous | 13 | |
| 3109346283 | Imagery | to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. | 14 | |
| 3109348721 | Interior Monologue | a piece of writing expressing a character's inner thoughts. | 15 | |
| 3109348722 | Malapropism | use of an incorrect word in place of a similar sounding word that results in a nonsensical and humorous expression. | 16 | |
| 3109350223 | Metaphor | figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action that it does not literally denote in order to imply a resemblance. Without using like or as | 17 | |
| 3109350224 | Narrator | the voice that an author takes on to tell a story. This voice can have a personality quite different from the author's. | 18 | |
| 3109351670 | Oxymoron | when two contradictory words are together in one phrase | 19 | |
| 3109353827 | Parallelism | refers to using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter | 20 | |
| 3109355975 | Pastoral | More generally, pastoral describes the simplicity, charm, and serenity attributed to country life, or any literary convention that places kindly, rural people in nature-centered activities | 21 | |
| 3109355976 | Pathos | is a quality of an experience in life or a work of art that stirs up emotions of pity, sympathy and sorrow | 22 | |
| 3109357740 | Personification | figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to an abstract quality, animal, or inanimate object | 23 | |
| 3109359806 | Realism | it refers generally to any artistic or literary portrayal of life in a faithful, accurate manner, unclouded by false ideals | 24 | |
| 3109359807 | Repetition | repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer. | 25 | |
| 3109361937 | Rhetorical Question | asked just for effect or to lay emphasis on some point discussed when no real answer is expected | 26 | |
| 3109361939 | Satire | is the use of different elements such as irony, sarcasm, humor and ridicule to criticize or mock the foolish behavior of others. | 27 | |
| 3109364754 | Simile | figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Uses like or as | 28 | |
| 3109364755 | Speaker | voice in a poem; the person or thing that is speaking | 29 | |
| 3109366316 | Symbol | literary device that contains several layers of meaning, often concealed at first sight, and is representative of several other aspects, concepts or traits than those that are visible in the literal translation alone | 30 | |
| 3109366317 | Tragic Hero | a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat | 31 | |
| 3109369245 | Understatement | a writer or speaker attributes less importance or conveys less passion than the subject would seem to demand | 32 |
