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| 2785197752 | Adage | a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth. | 0 | |
| 2785197946 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 1 | |
| 2785356839 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 2 | |
| 2785357244 | Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. | 3 | |
| 2785403700 | Ambiguity | uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language. | 4 | |
| 2785403701 | Analogy | a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification. | 5 | |
| 2785404255 | Anaphora | the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they. | 6 | |
| 2785404476 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. | 7 | |
| 2785406261 | Antecedent (grammar term) | preceding in time or order; previous or preexisting. | 8 | |
| 2785406262 | Antimetabole | the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed order | 9 | |
| 2785406549 | Antithesis | figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other | 10 | |
| 2785408600 | Apostrophe (literary) | a figure of speech in which the poet addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing | 11 | |
| 2785408980 | Appositive | a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it | 12 | |
| 2785408981 | Archetype | a very typical example of a certain person or thing. | 13 | |
| 2785409253 | Argument | an exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one. | 14 | |
| 2785410530 | Asyndeton | the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. | 15 | |
| 2785410531 | Audience | the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting. | 16 | |
| 2785412161 | Cacophony | a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds. | 17 | |
| 2785412800 | Characterization | A description of qualities or peculiarities: a list of places of interest, with brief characterizations of each | 18 | |
| 2785412801 | Circumlocution | the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive. | 19 | |
| 2785413252 | Climax | The climax or turning point of a narrative work is its point of highest tension or drama or when the action starts in which the solution is given. Climax is a literary element | 20 | |
| 2785413253 | Colloquial | used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary. | 21 | |
| 2785413993 | Concession | a thing that is granted, especially in response to demands; a thing conceded | 22 | |
| 2785413994 | Conceit | a fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor. | 23 | |
| 2785414606 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning | 24 | |
| 2785432171 | Context | the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect | 25 | |
| 2785432172 | Counter Argument | an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument. | 26 | |
| 2785432851 | Cumulative sentence | begins with a main clause that is followed by phrases and/or clauses that modify the main clause. | 27 | |
| 2793079518 | Denotation | the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. | 28 | |
| 2793084861 | Denouement | the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved. | 29 | |
| 2793085260 | Detail | an individual feature, fact, or item. | 30 | |
| 2793086216 | Diction | reference to the prevailing standards of proper writing and speech and is seen as the mark of quality of the writing. | 31 | |
| 2793086337 | Elegy | poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. | 32 | |
| 2793086338 | Ellipsis | a series of dots that usually indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning. | 33 | |
| 2793086808 | Epic | long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation. | 34 | |
| 2793086809 | Ethos | an appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader | 35 | |
| 2793087150 | Euphemism | mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. | 36 | |
| 2793087151 | Exposition | a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory. | 37 | |
| 2793087316 | Foreshadowing | be a warning or indication of (a future event). | 38 | |
| 2793087317 | Genre | a specific type of music, film, or writing | 39 | |
| 2793087625 | Horative sentence | A type of sentence that is meant to express. strong encouragement . | 40 | |
| 2793087626 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 41 | |
| 2793088162 | Imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. | 42 | |
| 2793088163 | Imperative sentence | omething absolutely has to be done and cannot be put off | 43 | |
| 2793088491 | Inversion | A change in the natural word order. YODA | 44 | |
| 2793090754 | Irony (verbal) | a comment that conveys a different meaning than what it may seem to be. | 45 | |
| 2793090755 | Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. | 46 | |
| 2793091102 | Litotes | ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary | 47 | |
| 2793097183 | Logos | an appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason. | 48 | |
| 2793105761 | Metaphor | a figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing for rhetorical effect, thus highlighting the similarities between the two. | 49 | |
| 2793106138 | Metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant | 50 | |
| 2793106301 | Mood | a temporary state of mind or feeling. | 51 | |
| 2793107649 | Motif | a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition | 52 | |
| 2793107886 | Myth | a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. | 53 | |
| 2793107887 | Narrative | a spoken or written account of connected events; a story | 54 | |
| 2793108391 | Non Sequitur | a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement. | 55 | |
| 2793108392 | Occasion | What you are writing the poem for. | 56 | |
| 2793111458 | Onomatopoeia | the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named | 57 | |
| 2793111459 | Organization | Any order in which something is written. | 58 | |
| 2793111807 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 59 | |
| 2793111971 | Pace | The speed in which a narrator tells a story | 60 | |
| 2793111972 | Parable | a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels. | 61 | |
| 2793112849 | Paradox | a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory. | 62 | |
| 2793112850 | Parallel Structure | he repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence | 63 | |
| 2793113180 | Parody | an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. | 64 | |
| 2793113874 | Pastoral | a work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life. | 65 | |
| 2793115159 | Pathos | an appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response. | 66 | |
| 2793115522 | Periodic Sentence | a stylistic device employed at the sentence level, described as one that is not complete grammatically or semantically before the final clause or phrase. | 67 | |
| 2793115979 | Persona | a social role or a character played by an actor | 68 | |
| 2793116652 | Personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. | 69 | |
| 2793116653 | Point of View | a particular attitude or way of considering a matter. | 70 | |
| 2793117018 | Polemic | a particular attitude or way of considering a matter. | 71 | |
| 2793117019 | Propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. | 72 | |
| 2793117354 | Prose | written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. | 73 | |
| 2793117683 | Purpose | he reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists. | 74 | |
| 2793117684 | Refutation | a noun that means evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something | 75 | |
| 2793117981 | Repetition | the action of repeating something that has already been said or written. | 76 | |
| 2793117982 | Rhetoric | the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. | 77 | |
| 2793118969 | Rhetorical Appeals | Ethos, Pathos and Logos | 78 | |
| 2793119531 | Rhetorical Question | a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point rather than to elicit an answer | 79 | |
| 2793119851 | Rhetorical Triangle | the three persuasive strategies make up the rhetorical triangle. | 80 | |
| 2793120364 | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | 81 | |
| 2793120581 | Simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid | 82 | |
| 2793120743 | Soliloquy | an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. | 83 | |
| 2793122469 | Symbolism | the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. | 84 | |
| 2793122695 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 85 | |
| 2793122696 | Syllogism | an instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises), each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion | 86 | |
| 2793123515 | Syntax | the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 87 | |
| 2793123950 | Thesis | a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved. | 88 | |
| 2793123951 | Tone | the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. | 89 | |
| 2793124200 | Transition | the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another. | 90 | |
| 2793124201 | Voice | express (something) in words. | 91 | |
| 2793124665 | Zeugma | a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses | 92 |
