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| 3426209427 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction | 0 | |
| 3426209428 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause, referred to by a pronoun | 1 | |
| 3426209429 | Oxymoron | Figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox | 2 | |
| 3426209430 | Didactic | Literally means "teaching" | 3 | |
| 3426209431 | Mood | The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work | 4 | |
| 3426209432 | Extended Metaphor | A metaphor developed to great length, occurring frequently in or through out a work | 5 | |
| 3426209433 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions | 6 | |
| 3426209434 | Polysyndeton | The use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted | 7 | |
| 3426209435 | Colloquial | The use of slang or in-formalities in speech or writing | 8 | |
| 3426209436 | Generic conventions | This term describes traditions in each genre | 9 | |
| 3426209437 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. | 10 | |
| 3426209438 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words | 11 | |
| 3426209439 | Homily | Literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk , speech or lecture with it | 12 | |
| 3426209440 | Figurative Language | Writing or Speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. | 13 | |
| 3426209441 | Parallelism | Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity. | 14 | |
| 3426209442 | Irony | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true. | 15 | |
| 3426209443 | Allegory | The device of using character and?or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning | 16 | |
| 3426209444 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or a surprisingly analogy seemingly dissimilar objects | 17 | |
| 3426209445 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal enunciation or attack using strong abusive language | 18 | |
| 3426209446 | Denotation | The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude or color. | 19 | |
| 3426209447 | Figure of Speech | A device used to produce figurative language | 20 | |
| 3426209448 | Isocolon | A succession of clauses of approximately equal length and corresponding structure | 21 | |
| 3426209449 | Diction | Refers to the writer's choice | 22 | |
| 3426209450 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them | 23 | |
| 3426209451 | Verbal irony | Intended meaning of a statement differs from the meaning that words appear to express | 24 | |
| 3426209452 | Situational Irony | Involves an incongruity between what is expected ot intended and what actually occurs | 25 | |
| 3426209453 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 26 | |
| 3426209454 | Euphorism | From the Greek word for "good speech," a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept | 27 | |
| 3426209455 | Clause | Contains subject and verb | 28 | |
| 3426209456 | Paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. | 29 | |
| 3426209457 | Aphorism | Terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principal | 30 | |
| 3426209458 | Connotation | The non-literal associative meaning of a word; the implies, suggested meaning | 31 | |
| 3426209459 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement | 32 | |
| 3426209460 | Dramatic Irony | The audience knows more about present or future circumstances than a character in the story | 33 | |
| 3426209461 | Genre | The major category into which a literary work fits | 34 | |
| 3426209462 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference something which is presumably commonly known | 35 | |
| 3426209463 | Asyndeton | Lack of conjunction | 36 | |
| 3426209464 | Anaphora | The exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences | 37 | |
| 3426209465 | Onomatopoeia | A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words | 38 | |
| 3426209466 | Sarcasm | Involves bitter, caustic language that is mean to hurt or ridicule someone or something | 39 | |
| 3426209467 | Point of View | In literature, the perspective from which a story is told | 40 | |
| 3426209468 | Prose | One of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to function and non-fiction, including all its forms. In prose the printer determines the length of the line; in poetry, the poet determines the length of the line. | 41 | |
| 3426209469 | Rhetoric | From the Greek word for "orator," this term describes the principals governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively | 42 | |
| 3426209470 | Epistrophe | The opposite of anaphora, repetition at the end of successive clauses. | 43 | |
| 3426209471 | Satire | A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. Is though provoking and insightful about the human conditions | 44 | |
| 3426209472 | Semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another. | 45 | |
| 3426209473 | Syllogism | From the Greek word for "reckoning together," a syllogism is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (the first one called "major: and the second "minor:) that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion | 46 | |
| 3426209474 | Trope | An artful variation form expected modes of expression of though and ideas, use of the word in a sense other that its proper or literal one. | 47 | |
| 3426209475 | Understatement | The ironic minimizing of fact, presents something as less significant than it is. | 48 | |
| 3426209476 | Antithesis | the opposition or contrast ideas; the direct opposite | 49 | |
| 3426209477 | Caricature | A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics | 50 | |
| 3426209478 | Litote | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite. Litote is the opposite of Hyperbole | 51 | |
| 3426209479 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or, occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part. | 52 | |
| 3426209480 | Synesthesia | When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another. | 53 | |
| 3426209481 | Wit | In modern usage, intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights. A witty statement is humorous, while suggesting the speaker's verbal power in creating ingenious and perceptive remarks | 54 | |
| 3426209482 | Pun | A play on words that often has a comic effect. Associated with wit and cleverness. The multiple meanings , either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence or passage. | 55 | |
| 3426209483 | Bathos | Insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to invoke pity | 56 | |
| 3426209484 | Chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed. | 57 | |
| 3426209485 | Epithet | A term used to point out a characteristic of a person. Can be abusive, or offensive, but are not so by definition. | 58 | |
| 3426209486 | Zeugma | The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way. | 59 |
