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| 4828942450 | Allegory | A story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or generalization about life, often have a strong moral or lesson. | 0 | |
| 4828943689 | Alliteration | It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series. | 1 | |
| 4828944471 | Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. | 2 | |
| 4828949192 | Ambiguity | An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way. | 3 | |
| 4828949193 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 4 | |
| 4828950148 | Anaphora | The use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition | 5 | |
| 4828950149 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 6 | |
| 4828952972 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 7 | |
| 4828954650 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 8 | |
| 4828956249 | Atmosphere | The emotional tone or background that surrounds a scene | 9 | |
| 4828956250 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 10 | |
| 4828961392 | Colloquial/Colloquialism | A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation. | 11 | |
| 4828962332 | Coherence | A principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible. | 12 | |
| 4828963403 | Conceit | A fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor. | 13 | |
| 4828963404 | Connotation | An idea or feeling that a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 14 | |
| 4828971748 | Denotation | Literal meaning of a word | 15 | |
| 4828971749 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 16 | |
| 4828972657 | Didactic | A term used to describe fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking. | 17 | |
| 4828973261 | Euphemism | A polite or vague word or phrase used to replace another word or phrase that is thought of as too direct or rude. | 18 | |
| 4828976884 | Exposition | A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances. | 19 | |
| 4828977078 | Extended Metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 20 | |
| 4828979007 | Figurative Language | A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words. | 21 | |
| 4828988454 | Figure of Speech | A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things. Figures of speech include apotrophe, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, oxymoron, paradox, personification, simile, syneddoche, and understatement | 22 | |
| 4828991214 | Generic Conventions | Describes traditions for each genre. these conventions help to define each genre, for example, they differentiate between an essay and journalistic writing or an autobiography and political writing. | 23 | |
| 4828991215 | Genre | A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. | 24 | |
| 4828991852 | Homily | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | 25 | |
| 4829010074 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 26 | |
| 4829010693 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 27 | |
| 4829011541 | Inference/Infer | To draw reasonable conclusions from the information presented. | 28 | |
| 4829011542 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 29 | |
| 4829012568 | Irony/Ironic | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant; the difference between what appears to be and what actually is true.[three major types include: verbal, situational and dramatic]. | 30 | |
| 4829013063 | Loose Sentence | A complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows | 31 | |
| 4829017315 | Metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared. Not using like or as. | 32 | |
| 4829017913 | Metonymy | A term from the Greek meaning "changed label" or "substitute name," a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. | 33 | |
| 4829017923 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 34 | |
| 4829018929 | Narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. | 35 | |
| 4829020002 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 36 | |
| 4829021344 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 37 | |
| 4829022930 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 38 | |
| 4829023914 | Parallelism | Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other | 39 | |
| 4829023915 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 40 | |
| 4829024859 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 41 | |
| 4829026050 | Periodic Sentence | The opposite of loose sentence, a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. This independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone. The effect of a periodic sentence is to add emphasis and structural variety. It is also a much stronger sentence than the loose sentence. | 42 | |
| 4829026051 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 43 | |
| 4829027494 | Point of View | The perspective from which a story is told | 44 | |
| 4829028405 | Predicate Adjective | An adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject | 45 | |
| 4829030456 | Predicate Nominative | A noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject | 46 | |
| 4829030457 | Prose | Any writing that is not poetry | 47 | |
| 4829031366 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 48 | |
| 4829032246 | Rhetoric | The art of using language effectively and persuasively | 49 | |
| 4829036112 | Rhetorical Modes | This flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing. The four most common rhetorical modes (often referred to as "modes of discourse") are as follows: (1) The purpose of exposition (or expository writing) is to explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence, and appropriate discussion. (2) The purpose of argumentation is to prove the validity of an idea, or point of view, by presenting sound reasoning (3) The purpose of description is to recreate, invent, or visually present a person, place, event or action so that the reader can picture that being described. (4) The purpose of narration is to tell a story or narrate an event or series of events. This writing mode frequently uses the tools of descriptive writing. | 50 | |
| 4829036113 | Sarcasm | A mocking, often ironic or satirical remark. | 51 | |
| 4829036925 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct | 52 | |
| 4829036926 | Semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies the meanings of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another. | 53 | |
| 4829037767 | Style | An evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices. | 54 | |
| 4829038751 | Subject Complement | The word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject of the sentence by either (1) renaming it (the predicate nominative) or (2) describing it (the predicate adjective). | 55 | |
| 4829040077 | Subordinate Clause | Created by a subordinating conjunction, a clause that modifies an independent clause. | 56 | |
| 4829041077 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. | 57 | |
| 4829044028 | Symbol/Symbolism | Anything that represents or stands for something else. | 58 | |
| 4829044029 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. Sentence structure. | 59 | |
| 4829044631 | Theme | A topic of discussion or writing; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work. | 60 | |
| 4829044632 | Thesis | Focus statement of an essay; premise statement upon which the point of view or discussion in the essay is based. | 61 | |
| 4829045536 | Tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels. | 62 | |
| 4829045537 | Transition | A word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph | 63 | |
| 4829046951 | Understatement | The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 64 | |
| 4829046952 | Undertone | An attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of the piece. | 65 | |
| 4829048870 | Wit | Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights. Usually uses terse language that makes a pointed statement | 66 |
