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| 225498328 | Allegory | A narrative or description having a second meaning beneath the surface one. A story in which characters, things, and events represent qualities or concepts. The interaction of these things is meant to reveal an abstraction or a truth. | 0 | |
| 225498329 | Alliteration | The repetition at close intervals of initial identical consonant sounds. Or vowel sounds in successive words or syllables that repeat. | 1 | |
| 225498330 | Allusion | An indirect reference to something with which the reader is expected to be familiar. Allusions are usually literary, historical, biblical, or mythological. | 2 | |
| 225498331 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. | 3 | |
| 225498332 | Apostrophe | An address to the dead as if living; to the inanimate as if animate; to the absent as if present; to the unborn as if alive. | 4 | |
| 225498333 | Archetype | Hero or villain or other type of character. | 5 | |
| 225498334 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity. "Fake" and "lake" denote rhyme. "Lake" and "fate" demonstrate assonance. | 6 | |
| 225498335 | Cacophony | The use of inharmonious sounds in close conjunction for effect. Opposite of euphony. | 7 | |
| 225498336 | Characterization | The method an author uses to develop characters in a work. Can be direct or indirect. | 8 | |
| 225498337 | Conceit | Unusual or surprising extended comparison between two very different things. A special kind of metaphor or complicated analogy. | 9 | |
| 225498338 | Connotation | Rather than the dictionary definition, the associations associated by a word. Implied meaning rather than literal meaning or denotation. | 10 | |
| 225498339 | Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity | 11 | |
| 225498340 | Diction | Word choice, particularly as an element of style. Different types and arrangements have significant effects on meaning. | 12 | |
| 225498341 | Dramatic Irony | When the reader is aware of an inconsistency between a fictional or nonfictional character's perception of a situation and the truth of that situation. | 13 | |
| 225498342 | Elegy | A formal sustained poem lamenting the death of a particular person. | 14 | |
| 225498343 | Epigraph | A quotation of aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of a theme. | 15 | |
| 225498344 | Epiphany | A major character's moment of realization or awareness. | 16 | |
| 225498345 | Euphemism | The use of a word or phrase that is less direct, but it is also considered less distasteful or less offensive than another. "He is at rest" instead of "He is dead." | 17 | |
| 225498346 | Euphony | The use of compatible, harmonious sounds to produce a pleasing, melodious effect. | 18 | |
| 225498347 | Figurative Language | A word or words that are inaccurate literally, but describe by calling to mind sensations or responses that the thing described evokes. Can be metaphors or similes. | 19 | |
| 225498348 | Figure of Speech | A form of expression in which words are used out of the usual sense in order to make the meaning more specific. | 20 | |
| 225498349 | Flat Character | A character constructed around a single idea or quality; a flat character is immediately recognizable. | 21 | |
| 225498350 | Foil | A character whose trains are the opposite of another and who thus points up the strengths and weaknesses of the other character. | 22 | |
| 225498351 | Grotesque | Refers to strangely unusual representations characterized by distortions or incongruities. The fiction of Edgar Allen Poe is often described as grotesque. | 23 | |
| 225498352 | Hyperbole | Conscious exaggeration used to heighten effect. Often humorous. | 24 | |
| 225498353 | Image | A word or group of words, either figurative or literal, used to describe a sensory experience or an object perceived by the senses. | 25 | |
| 225498354 | Imagery | The use of images, especially in a pattern of related images, often figurative, to create a strong unified sensory impression. | 26 | |
| 225498355 | Irony | When a ready is aware of a reality that differs from a character's perception of reality. The literal meaning of a writer's words may be verbal irony. It is a discrepancy between expectation and reality. | 27 | |
| 225498356 | Litotes | Opposite of hyperbole; understatement. | 28 | |
| 225498357 | Metaphor | A comparison of two things, often unrelated. | 29 | |
| 225498358 | Dead Metaphor | So overused that its original impact has been lost. | 30 | |
| 225498359 | Extended Metaphor | One developed at length and involves several points of comparison. | 31 | |
| 225498360 | Mixed Metaphor | When two metaphors are jumbled together, often illogically. | 32 | |
| 225498361 | Metonymy | Designation of one thing with something closely associated with it. Calling the king the CROWN. | 33 | |
| 225498362 | Mood | An atmosphere created by a writer's word choice (diction) and the details selected. Syntax is also a determiner of mood because sentence strength, length, and complexity affect pacing. | 34 | |
| 225498363 | Motif | A frequently recurrent character, incident, or concept in literature. | 35 | |
| 225498364 | Onomatopoeia | The use of a word whose pronunciation suggests its meaning. "Buzz." | 36 | |
| 225498365 | Oxymoron | A rhetorical antithesis. Juxtaposing two contradictory terms like "wise fool" or "deafening silence." | 37 | |
| 225498366 | Parable | A short story from which a lesson may be drawn. | 38 | |
| 225498367 | Paradox | A seemingly contradictory statement or situation which is actually true. This rhetorical device is often used for emphasis or simply to attract attention. | 39 | |
| 225498368 | Parody | An exaggerated imitation of a usually more serious work for humorous purposes. The writer of a parody used the quirks of style or the imitated piece in extreme or ridiculous ways. | 40 | |
| 225498369 | Persona | A writer often adopts a fictional voice to tell a story. Persona or voice is usually determined by a combination of subject matter and audience. | 41 | |
| 225498370 | Personification | Figurative language in which inanimate objects, animals, ideas, or abstractions are endowed with human traits or human form. | 42 | |
| 225498371 | Point of View | The perspective from which a fictional or nonfictional story is told. First-person (reliable or unreliable), second-person, and third-person (omniscient, objective, limited) point of view are commonly used. | 43 |
