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| 105864369 | Allegory | The use of character and/or story elements to represent a larger idea (hope, freedom) | |
| 105864370 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sound | |
| 105864371 | Allusion | Reference to another work | |
| 105864372 | Ambiguity | Multiple meanings | |
| 105864373 | Anadiplosis | Repeating the last word of a phrase or clause | |
| 105864374 | Analogy | Similarity between two things, sometimes used to explain stuff | |
| 105864375 | Anaphora | Repeating the first word of a phrase or clause | |
| 105864376 | Antithesis | Establishes the contrasting nature of two ideas by juxtaposing them | |
| 105864377 | Aphorism | A statement of known authorship that says something considered to be "common knowledge" | |
| 105864378 | Apostrophe | An interruption of a speech to address an inanimate object (fate, liberty, love) | |
| 105864379 | Archetype | A basic form of a type of story or character | |
| 105864380 | Aside | Words spoken only to the audience or to a few characters while others are onstage | |
| 105864381 | Assonance | Repetition of similar vowel sounds in successive words (not sentences) | |
| 105864382 | Asyndeton | Omitting conjunctions between words | |
| 105864383 | Bildungsroman | A coming of age story | |
| 105864384 | Caricature | Exaggeration of physical features as a form of parody | |
| 105864385 | Carpe Diem | Sieze the day - a realization that life is short and we have to make the most of it | |
| 105864386 | Catharsis | Purification of emotions | |
| 105864387 | Catachresis | An exaggerated metaphor using words in an unusual way | |
| 105864388 | Cataloguing | Listing entities to show progression | |
| 105864389 | Chiasmus | Parallel structure in which the second part is in reverse order (learned unwillingly, gladly forgotten) | |
| 105864390 | Cliché | An old, tired, worn out, idea or expression | |
| 105864391 | Colloquial | The use of slang or informalities in writing | |
| 105864392 | Comedy | A work that amuses the audience and ends happily | |
| 105864393 | Connotation | Non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the suggested meaning | |
| 105864394 | Consonance | Correspondence of sounds in words or syllables, can be found anywhere in the word | |
| 105866582 | Denotation | The strict, literal definition of a word | |
| 105866583 | Diatribe | A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or some institution | |
| 105866584 | Didactic Literature | Literature designed to teach a moral | |
| 105866585 | Diction | The writer's word choice and style | |
| 105866586 | Ellipsis | The omission of one or more words that the reader can fill in | |
| 105866587 | Epanalepsis | The same word or phrase starts and ends a phrase or sentence | |
| 105866588 | Epistrophe | Repetition of the last part of a sentence or part of a sentence. "Of the people, by the people, for the people" | |
| 105866589 | Epithet | An adjective that qualifies a noun. "sneering contempt" | |
| 105866590 | Eponym | Using an name of a famous person to describe an attribute. "The man is a regular Einstein" | |
| 105866591 | Euphemism | A word used to avoid saying another word | |
| 105866592 | Figurative language | Language not intended to carry literal meaning | |
| 105866593 | Figure of speech | A device used to produce figurative language | |
| 105866594 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration to make a point | |
| 105866595 | Invective | Harsh denunciation of a person | |
| 105866596 | Irony | The contrast between what is stated and what is meant, 3 types: Verbal, Situational, Dramatic | |
| 105866597 | Isocolon | The same gramatical form is repeated multiple times, "I came, I saw, I conquered." | |
| 105866598 | Litotes | Understatement used to make a point | |
| 105866599 | Loose Sentence | Independent clause first, followed by dependent clauses. Thus, can end early. | |
| 106019997 | Metaphor | Figure of speech comparing two seemingly unlike things | |
| 106019998 | Motif | A theme repeated throughout a work | |
| 106019999 | Onomatopoeia | Imitating natural sounds in the form of words | |
| 106020000 | Oxymoron | A paradox (usually) reduced to two words; used to show complexities | |
| 106020001 | Paean | A song of praise or triumph. Does not literally have to be a song. | |
| 106020002 | Parable | A brief and simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson | |
| 106020003 | Paradox | A statement or expression that is self contradictory; used to provoke the reader into seeing things from another point of view | |
| 106020004 | Pathetic Fallacy | The writer treats inanimate or nonhuman objects as if they had human feelings (cruel winds, dancing flowers) | |
| 106020005 | Pedantic | An overly scholarly tone | |
| 106020006 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence in which the meaning is not completed until the end, usually because the independent clause is at the end. | |
| 106020007 | Polysyndeton | Adding additional conjunctions to make an effect of a very long list. | |
| 106020008 | Rhyme | The repetition of a similar sound in a work. | |
| 106020009 | Satire | Targeting human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule | |
| 106020010 | Sibilance | Consonant sounds that make a "hissing" sound | |
| 106020011 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | |
| 106020012 | Soliloquy | A speech given alone on the stage that expresses the private, inner thoughts of the character | |
| 106020013 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which the part is used to represent the whole, or occasionally, vice versa. "The White House said..." |
