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| 7536029669 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | 0 | |
| 7536046901 | Alliteration | The repitition of sounds, especially initial consonants in tow or more neighboring words | 1 | |
| 7537081726 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. | 2 | |
| 7537100292 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage | 3 | |
| 7537115395 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them | 4 | |
| 7537127194 | Anaphora | One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences. | 5 | |
| 7537139750 | Anecdote | A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. | 6 | |
| 7537149572 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | 7 | |
| 7537159540 | Antithesis | Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences. | 8 | |
| 7537181283 | Atmosphere | the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established party by setting and partly by the author's choice of objects the tare described | 9 | |
| 7537264999 | Chiasmus | a figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of analogous words | 10 | |
| 7537276681 | Clause | a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb | 11 | |
| 7537293099 | Colloquial/colloquialism | the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing | 12 | |
| 7537322850 | Connotation | The nonliteral associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning | 13 | |
| 7537328329 | Denotation | The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color | 14 | |
| 7537337657 | Diction | Related to style, the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness | 15 | |
| 7537350132 | Didactic | having the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles. | 16 | |
| 7537364981 | Expletive | Figure of emphasis in which a single word or short phrase, usually interrupting normal speech, is used to lend emphasis to the words on either side of the expletive | 17 | |
| 7537382330 | Euphemism | a more agreeably or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept | 18 | |
| 7537393744 | Exposition | In essays, one of the four chief types of composition, the others being argumentation, description, and narration | 19 | |
| 7537408621 | Genre | the major category into which a literary work fits | 20 | |
| 7537415955 | Homily | This term literally means "sermon", but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice | 21 | |
| 7537428602 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement | 22 | |
| 7548713885 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arrows emotion, or represent abstractions. | 23 | |
| 7548724466 | Invective | an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attach using strong, abusive language. | 24 | |
| 7548731199 | Irony/Ironic | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. | 25 | |
| 7548738434 | Juxtaposition | When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast. | 26 | |
| 7548751019 | Litotes | figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite | 27 | |
| 7548758470 | Metaphor | A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity. | 28 | |
| 7548771242 | Mood | Deals with verbal units and a speaker's attitude. | 29 | |
| 7548782708 | Onomatopoeia | A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words | 30 | |
| 7548787394 | Oxymoron | A figure os speech where the author groups apparently contradictory terms | 31 | |
| 7548796934 | 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 | 32 | |
| 7549127220 | Parallelism | Grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity. | 33 | |
| 7549135572 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 34 | |
| 7549148407 | Periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. | 35 | |
| 7549153233 | 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. | 36 | |
| 7549165575 | Predicate adjective | One type of subject complement is an adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb. | 37 | |
| 7549173529 | Predicate nominative | A second type of complement- a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that names the subject. | 38 | |
| 7549178445 | Prose | One of the major divisions of genre, refers to fiction and non-fiction, including all its forms. | 39 | |
| 7549185797 | Rhetoric | Describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively. | 40 | |
| 7549195138 | Sarcasm | Involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. | 41 | |
| 7549202938 | Satire | A work that targets human vice and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. | 42 | |
| 7549210967 | Subject complement | The word or clauses that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it. | 43 | |
| 7549220594 | Subordinate clause | Word group containing both a subject and verb, but cannot stand alone. | 44 | |
| 7549228278 | Syntax | The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences. | 45 | |
| 7549241724 | Tone | Describes the authors attitude toward his material, the audience, or both. | 46 | |
| 7549247256 | Transition | A word or phrase that links different ideas. | 47 | |
| 7549251999 | Understatement | The ironic minimizing of fact, presents something as less significant than it is. | 48 | |
| 7549256278 | Undertone | An attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of the piece. | 49 |
