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| 2861696677 | Absolute | A word free from limitations and qualifications.(Ex: "best", "all", "unique") | 0 | |
| 2861698812 | Adage | A familiar word or wise saying | 1 | |
| 2861702248 | Ad Hominem argument | An argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue. (Ex: tumblr) | 2 | |
| 2861714629 | Allegory | A literary work in which characters, objets, or actions, represent abstractions | 3 | |
| 2861716685 | Alliteration | The repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words | 4 | |
| 2861721536 | Allusion | a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical, that the author assumes the reader will recognize | 5 | |
| 2861723626 | Analogy | a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 6 | |
| 2861724843 | Anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | 7 | |
| 2861727996 | Anecdote | a brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event | 8 | |
| 2861736878 | Antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause, to which a pronoun refers | 9 | |
| 2861738170 | Antithesis | a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced | 10 | |
| 2861739482 | Aphorism | a concise statement that expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance | 11 | |
| 2861741722 | Apostrohophe | a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some other abstraction | 12 | |
| 2861744967 | Archetype | a detail, image, or character type, that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response. | 13 | |
| 2861748707 | Argument | a statement of the meaning or main point of a literary work | 14 | |
| 2861749972 | Asyndeton | a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | 15 | |
| 2861752348 | Balanced Sentence | a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast | 16 | |
| 2861754576 | Bathos | insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to evoke pity | 17 | |
| 2861756850 | Chasmus | a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reverses (Ex: "Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.") | 18 | |
| 2861760736 | Cliché | an expression that has been overused to the extent that it's freshness has worn off | 19 | |
| 2861762917 | Climax | the point of highest interest in a literary work. That point in a plot that creates the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest; usually the point at which the conflict is resolved. The culmination of a running theme or plot in a literary work. | 20 | |
| 2861765997 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 21 | |
| 2861767660 | Complex Sentence | a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 22 | |
| 2861778128 | Compound Sentence | a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjuctions | 23 | |
| 2861782068 | Conceit | a fanciful, particularly clever, extended metaphor | 24 | |
| 2861783460 | Concrete Details | details that relate to or describe actual, specific, things or events | 25 | |
| 2861785242 | Connotation | the implied or associative meaning of a word | 26 | |
| 2861787503 | Cumulative Sentence | a sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases | 27 | |
| 2861791438 | Declarative Sentence | a sentence that makes a statement or declaration | 28 | |
| 2861793300 | Deductive Reasoning | reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (Ex: The sun rises every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on tuesday morning.) | 29 | |
| 2861804458 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 30 | |
| 2861804473 | Dialect | a variety of speech characterized by its own particular grammar or pronunciation, often associated with a particular geographical region | 31 | |
| 2861807090 | Dialogue | conversation between two or more people | 32 | |
| 2861808375 | Diction | the word choices made by a writer | 33 | |
| 2861812313 | Didactic | having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing | 34 | |
| 2861813344 | Dilemma | a situation that requires a person to decide between two equally attractive or equally unattractive alternatives | 35 | |
| 2861815647 | Dissonance | harsh, inharmonious, or discordant, sounds | 36 | |
| 2861816878 | Elegy | a formal poem presenting a meditation on death or another solemn theme | 37 | |
| 2861817718 | Ellipsis | the omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from context (Ex: some people prefer cats; others, dogs.") | 38 | |
| 2861820908 | Epic | a long narrative poem written in an elevated style which presents the adventures of characters of high position and episodes that are important to the history of a race or nation | 39 | |
| 2861825255 | Epigram | a brief, pithy, and often paradoxical, saying | 40 | |
| 2861836072 | Epigraph | a saying or statement on the title page of a work, or used as a heading for a chapter or other section of a work | 41 | |
| 2861837826 | Epiphany | a moment of sudden revelation or insight | 42 | |
| 2861838585 | Epitaph | an inscription on a tombstone or burial place | 43 | |
| 2861840776 | Epithet | an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. | 44 | |
| 2861845408 | Eulogy | a formal speech praising a person who has died | 45 | |
| 2861846233 | Euphemism | an indirect, less offensive, way of saying something that is considered unpleasant (Ex: literally any comment that you make sound sexual. "something unpleasant". please.) | 46 | |
| 2861851336 | Exclamatory Sentence | a sentence expressing a strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark | 47 | |
| 2861856130 | Expletive | an interjection to lend emphasis; sometimes a profanity | 48 | |
| 2861856835 | Fable | a brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters | 49 | |
| 2861861281 | Fantasy | a story that concerns an unreal world or contains unreal characters | 50 | |
| 2861863478 | Figurative Language | language employing one or more figures of speech (aka: simile, metaphor, imagery, etc.) | 51 | |
| 2861870078 | Flashback | the insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative | 52 | |
| 2861874154 | Flat Character | a character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story | 53 | |
| 2861875327 | Foreshadowing | the presentation of a material in such a way that the reader is prepared for what is to come later in the work | 54 | |
| 2861878067 | Frame Device | a story within a story (Ex: the Canterbury tales) | 55 | |
| 2861880735 | Genre | a major category or type of literature | 56 | |
| 2861883623 | Homily | a sermon, or a moralistic lecture | 57 | |
| 2861884530 | Hubris | excessive pride or arrogance (that usually results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy) | 58 | |
| 2861888760 | Hyperbole | intentional exaggeration to create an effect | 59 | |
| 2861890083 | Hypothetical Question | a question that raises a hypothesis, conjecture, or supposition | 60 | |
| 2861891788 | Idiom | an expression in a given language that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of the words in the expression; or, a regional speech or dialect | 61 |
