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| 2896319400 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning | 0 | |
| 2896319401 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words ("as in sea shells") | 1 | |
| 2896353313 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 2 | |
| 2896353314 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumable commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place or work of art-historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical. | 3 | |
| 2896355068 | Analogy | Similarity or comparison between two different things of the relationship between them. | 4 | |
| 2896356181 | Antecedant | the word, phrase, or clause refereed to by a pronoun | 5 | |
| 2896357829 | Antithesis | the opposition or contrast or ideas; the direct opposite | 6 | |
| 2896357830 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which express a general truth or a moral principal | 7 | |
| 2896359519 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly address an an absent or imaginary person or a personified attraction | 8 | |
| 2896359520 | Atmosphere | The emotional and created by the entirely of literary work, established partly by the setting | 9 | |
| 2896361743 | Caricature | A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical feature or other characteristic | 10 | |
| 2896361744 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and verb | 11 | |
| 2896366515 | Colloquial | The use of slang or in formalities in speech or writing | 12 | |
| 2896368731 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy | 13 | |
| 2896372012 | Connotation | The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning, emotions ideas, attitude | 14 | |
| 2896372013 | Denotation | The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid, of any emotion, attitude or color | 15 | |
| 2896374088 | Diction | refers to the writer's word choice | 16 | |
| 2896376455 | Didactic | The primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles | 17 | |
| 2896376456 | Euphemism | A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept | 18 | |
| 2896379358 | Extended Metaphor | a metaphor developed at great length | 19 |
