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| 2840733602 | Allusion | A reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work. | 0 | |
| 2840735695 | Attitude | The disposition toward or opinion of a subject by a speaker, author, or character. | 1 | |
| 2840738457 | details | the individual items or parts that make up a larger picture or story. | 2 | |
| 2840740157 | devices of sound | the techniques of deploying the sound of words, especially in poetry. (ex. rhyme, alliteration, assonance, consonance, and onomatopoeia) | 3 | |
| 2840742664 | diction | word choice | 4 | |
| 2840743565 | figurative language | writing that uses figures of speech, such as metaphor, simile, and irony (oppose to literal language) | 5 | |
| 2840745424 | imagery | the images created by a literary work; the sensory details of a work; the figurative language of a work. | 6 | |
| 2840747132 | irony | a figure of speech in which the intended meaning and the actual meaning differ, characteristically using praise to indicate blame or using blame to indicate praise; a pattern of words that runs away from direct statement of its obvious meaning. | 7 | |
| 2840752795 | metaphor | a figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparison term like "as", "like", or "than". | 8 | |
| 2840756132 | narrative techniques | The methods involved in telling a story; the procedures used by a writer of stories or accounts. | 9 | |
| 2840757898 | omniscient point of view | the vantage point of a story in which the narrator can know, see, and report whatever he or she chooses. | 10 | |
| 2840759417 | point of view | any of several vantage points from which a story is told. It may be omniscient, limited to several characters, or to just a single character. | 11 | |
| 2840762034 | resources of language | A general phrase fro the linguistic devices or techniques that a writer can use. | 12 | |
| 2840764249 | rhetorical techniques | the devices used in effective or persuasive language. | 13 | |
| 2840765070 | satire | Writing that uses ridicule to arouse a reader's disapproval of the subject. | 14 | |
| 2840767128 | setting | the background of a story; the physical location of a play, story, or novel. | 15 | |
| 2840769535 | simile | A directly expressed comparison; a figure of speech comparing two objects, usually with "like", "as", or "than". | 16 | |
| 2840770976 | strategy | the management of language for a specific effect; the planned placing of elements to achieve an effect. | 17 | |
| 2840773198 | structure | the arrangement of materials within a work; the relationship of the parts of a work to the whole; the logical divisions of a work. | 18 | |
| 2840804563 | style | the mode of expression in language; the characteristic manner of expression of an author. | 19 | |
| 2840807610 | symbol | Something that is simultaneously itself and also a sign of something else. | 20 | |
| 2840808768 | syntax | the structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence. | 21 | |
| 2840810653 | theme | The main thought expressed by a work | 22 | |
| 2840811375 | tone | the manner in which an author expresses his ot her attitude; the intonation of the voice that expresses meaning. | 23 | |
| 2840814879 | allegory | A story in which the people, things, and events have another extended, frequently abstract, meaning. | 24 | |
| 2840815934 | ambiguity | Multiple meanings that a literary work may communicate, especially when two meanings are incompatible. | 25 | |
| 2841358999 | apostrophe | Direct adress, usually to someone or something that is not present. | 26 | |
| 2841361410 | connotation | the implications of a word or phrase, or the emotions associated with it, as opposed to its exact meaning. | 27 | |
| 2841362989 | convention | a device of style or subject matter that is used so often that it becomes a recognized means of expression | 28 | |
| 2841364787 | denotation | the specific, literal meaning of a word to be found in a dictionary, as opposed to connotation | 29 | |
| 2841367023 | didactic | explicitly instructive. | 30 | |
| 2841367988 | digression | the inclusion of material unrelated to the actual subject of a work. | 31 | |
| 2841369323 | epigram | a pithy saying, often employing contrast. it is also a verse form, which is usually brief and pointed. | 32 | |
| 2841372135 | euphemism | a figure of speech utilizing indirection to avoid offensive bluntness, such as "deceased" for "dead" or "remains" for "corpse" | 33 | |
| 2841374968 | grotesque | characterized by distortions or incongrueties | 34 | |
| 2841376228 | hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration, overstatement. | 35 | |
| 2841377210 | jargon | the specialized language of a profession or group | 36 | |
| 2841377677 | literal | the precise, explicit meaning; accurate to the letter; a matterof fact, as opposed to figurative language | 37 | |
| 2841379557 | lyrical | songlike; characterized by emotion, subjectivity, and imagination | 38 | |
| 2841380482 | oxymoron | a combinaiton or juxtaposition of opposites; a union of contradictory terms. | 39 | |
| 2841382140 | parable | a story designed to suggest a principle, to ilustrate a moral, or to answer a question. | 40 | |
| 2841383528 | paradox | a statement that seems to be self-contradictory but is, in fact, true. | 41 | |
| 2841384212 | parody | a composition that imitates the style of another composition, normally done for comic effect. | 42 | |
| 2841385889 | personification | A figurative use of language that endows the nonhuman (ideas, inanimate objects, animals, abstractions) with human characteristics. | 43 | |
| 2841388315 | reliability | a quality of some fictional narrators in whose words the reader can place the trust | 44 | |
| 2841390192 | rhetorical question | a question asked for effect, not in expectation of a reply | 45 | |
| 2841391670 | soliloquy | a speech in which a character who is alone speaks his or her thoughts aloud. | 46 | |
| 2841392302 | stereotype | a conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea | 47 | |
| 2841393030 | syllogism | a form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them. | 48 | |
| 2841394441 | thesis | the theme, meaning, or position that a writer endeavours to prove or support | 49 | |
| 2841396283 | alliteration | the repetition of similar or identical consonant sounds, normally at the beginning of words. | 50 | |
| 2841588575 | assonance | the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds | 51 | |
| 2841589534 | ballad meter | a four-line stanza rhymed abcb in which lines one and three have four feet and lines two and four have three feet | 52 | |
| 2841590982 | blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter | 53 | |
| 2841591908 | dactyl | a metrical foot of three syllables, including an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables | 54 | |
| 2841597189 | end-stopped | a line with a pause at the end | 55 | |
| 2841597821 | free-verse | poetry that is not written in a traditional meter but is still rhythmical | 56 | |
| 2841601189 | heroic couplet | two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa, bb, cc, usually containing a complete thought in the two-line unit | 57 | |
| 2841603656 | hexameter | a line containing six feet | 58 | |
| 2841604241 | iamb | a two-syllable foot with an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable | 59 | |
| 2841604969 | internal rhyme | rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end | 60 | |
| 2841606132 | onomatopeia | the use of words whose sound suggests their actual meaning | 61 | |
| 2841606966 | pentameter | a line containing five feet | 62 | |
| 2841607351 | rhyme royal | a seven-line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc, which was used by Chaucer and other medieval poets | 63 | |
| 2841609617 | sonnet | a poem written in ambic pentameter, normally composed of fourteen lines | 64 | |
| 2841610846 | stanza | a repeated grouping of three or more lines, usually with the same meter and rhyme scheme | 65 | |
| 2841615147 | terza rima | a three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc. | 66 | |
| 2841616424 | tetrameter | a line of four feet | 67 | |
| 2841617254 | antecedent | that which has gone before, especially the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers | 68 | |
| 2842895830 | clause | A group of words containing a subject and its verb that may or may not form a complete sentence | 69 | |
| 2842897850 | ellipsis | A phrase that omits some words that would be necessary for a complete construction, yet which is still understandable | 70 | |
| 2842899921 | imperative | the mood of a verb that gives an order. | 71 | |
| 2842900621 | modify | to restrict or limit in meaning | 72 | |
| 2842901727 | parallel structure | a similar grammatical structure within a sentence or within a paragraph | 73 | |
| 2842902600 | periodic sentence | a sentence that becomes grammatically complete only at the end (important idea at the end) | 74 | |
| 2842903815 | loose sentence | grammatically complete before the period (put the important idea first) | 75 | |
| 2842905494 | syntax | the structure of a sentence | 76 |
