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| 10245706939 | Allegory | A story in which each aspect (character, object, or action) of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself. Examples: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; Biblical stories such as the book of Revelation; Dante's Inferno. | 0 | |
| 10296381997 | Alliteration | the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in successive words | 1 | |
| 10296386331 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 2 | |
| 10245706940 | Anecdote | A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event Examples: whenever you tell your friends something funny / scary / etc. that happened to you or someone else. | 3 | |
| 10245706941 | Annotation | Notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographical data. | 4 | |
| 10245706943 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer. Example: "Science! True daughter of Old Time thou art!" | 5 | |
| 10245706945 | Cacophony; Dissonance | harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose; the opposite of euphony. | 6 | |
| 10245706946 | Caricature | A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's or thing's distinctive physical features or other characteristics. | 7 | |
| 10245706947 | Colloquialism | A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in casual or informal register | 8 | |
| 10245706948 | Coherence; Unity | quality of a piece of writing in which *all* the parts develop the main idea or organizing principle | 9 | |
| 10245706949 | Concrete Language | Language that describes specific, observable things, people, or places, rather than ideas or qualities. | 10 | |
| 10245736170 | Abstract Language | language that describes things we cannot observe concretely (love, peace, democracy, ruination) | 11 | |
| 10296378460 | Analysis | an examination of parts of a whole and an explanation of how those parts work together to achieve a purpose | 12 | |
| 10245706950 | Connotation | An idea or feeling that a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning. Example: "slim" has a positive connotation, whereas "scrawny" has a negative, sickly connotation | 13 | |
| 10245706951 | Consonance | Concordant or harmonious combination of tones that provides a sense of relaxation and stability in music | 14 | |
| 10245706954 | Denotation | literal meaning of a word as defined | 15 | |
| 10245706955 | Diction | Author's choice of words | 16 | |
| 10245706958 | Epigraph | a quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme. | 17 | |
| 10245706959 | Ethos (Aristotelian appeal) | Appeals to an audience's sense of morality/trust; Achieved by projecting an image of credibility which supports the author's position | 18 | |
| 10245706960 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant Examples: "restroom" instead of "toilet"; "passed away" instead of "died" | 19 | |
| 10245706963 | Generalization | A conclusion, drawn from specific information, that is used to make a broad statement about a topic or person. | 20 | |
| 10245706967 | Imagery | Language that appeals to one or more of the five senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell. For example, this image—"the fish's slippery, shiny scales"—appeals to the senses of sight and touch. The words help us to picture the fish and to imagine how it would feel if we touched it. | 21 | |
| 10245706969 | Jargon | Language only used by a certain group; technical terminology; gibberish | 22 | |
| 10296370697 | Kairos (Aristotelian appeal) | Appeals to correct / advantageous timing | 23 | |
| 10245706970 | Logos (Aristotelian appeal) | Appeals to logic | 24 | |
| 10245706971 | Lyrical | Expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like | 25 | |
| 10245706973 | Mood | Feeling that the audience feels when reading / viewing / listening to the work | 26 | |
| 10245706975 | Objectivity | An impersonal presentation of events and characters. It is a writer's attempt to remove himself or herself from any subjective, personal involvement in a story. Hard news journalism is frequently prized for its objectivity, although even fictional stories can be told without a writer rendering personal judgment. | 27 | |
| 10245706976 | Oversimplification | When a writer obscures or denies the complexity of the issues in an argument | 28 | |
| 10245706977 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 29 | |
| 10245706978 | Pacing | the movement of a literary piece from one point to another | 30 | |
| 10245706979 | Parable | A metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life and told in a simple story or riddle; it uses comparisons to teach a lesson | 31 | |
| 10245706980 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 32 | |
| 10245706981 | Parallelism | Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other | 33 | |
| 10245706982 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 34 | |
| 10245706983 | Pathos (Aristotelian appeal) | Appeals to emotion | 35 | |
| 10245706984 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 36 | |
| 10296380510 | Personification | A) giving human characteristics to something that is not human B) representing an abstract quality in human form | 37 | |
| 10245706986 | Regionalism | literature that emphasizes a specific geographic setting and that reproduces the speech, behavior, and attitudes of the people who live in that region. | 38 | |
| 10245706987 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 39 | |
| 10296374546 | Rhetoric | the art of persuasion, especially the use of rhetorical strategies and literary devices to persuade an audience | 40 | |
| 10245706989 | Rhetorical Question | A question asked merely for effect and not requiring an answer | 41 | |
| 10245706990 | Sarcasm | A type of verbal irony in which, under the guise of praise, a caustic and bitter expression of strong and personal disapproval is given. Sarcasm is personal, jeering, and intended to hurt. | 42 | |
| 10245706991 | Satire | A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way. It doesn't simply abuse (as in invective) or get personal (as in sarcasm). | 43 | |
| 10245706992 | Speaker | A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing | 44 | |
| 10245706993 | Stereotype | A generalization about a group of people in which certain traits are assigned to virtually all members of the group, regardless of actual variation among the members | 45 | |
| 10245706994 | Style | A basic and distinctive mode of expression. | 46 | |
| 10245706995 | Subjectivity | a personal presentation of events and characters, influenced by the author's feelings and opinions | 47 | |
| 10296376288 | Summary | a shorter restatement of the main ideas | 48 | |
| 10245706997 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole. "All hands on deck" is an example. | 49 | |
| 10245707000 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 50 | |
| 10245707001 | Theme | A topic of discussion or writing; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work. | 51 | |
| 10245707002 | Thesis | Focus statement of an essay; premise statement upon which the point of view or discussion in the essay is based. | 52 | |
| 10245707003 | Tone | Attitude of the author toward the subject. It is revealed by his or her linguistic choices (diction, syntax, rhetorical devices) | 53 | |
| 10245707004 | Transition | A word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph | 54 | |
| 10245707005 | Understatement | A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means; the opposite of exaggeration. | 55 | |
| 10245707008 | Inference | a conclusion one can draw from the presented details | 56 | |
| 10245707009 | Invective | a verbally abusive attack | 57 | |
| 10245707011 | Hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration in order to create humor or emphasis (Example: He was so hungry he could have eaten a horse.) | 58 | |
| 10245707012 | Description | the picturing in words of something or someone through detailed observation of color, motion, sound, taste, smell, and touch; one of the four modes of discourse | 59 |
