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| 7315088466 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning | 0 | |
| 7315088467 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words | 1 | |
| 7315088468 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly know, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art | 2 | |
| 7315088469 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage | 3 | |
| 7315090407 | Analogy | A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanantion or clarification | 4 | |
| 7315090408 | Anaphora | The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 5 | |
| 7315090409 | Anastrophe | The order of the noun and adjective are exchanged | 6 | |
| 7315092246 | Anecdote | A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 7 | |
| 7315092247 | Antagonist | A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or somethin; an adversary | 8 | |
| 7315078570 | Antithesis | A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. | 9 | |
| 7315078571 | Antihero | literary device used by writers for a prominent character in a play or book that has characteristics oppose to that of a conventional hero. | 10 | |
| 7315081009 | Anthropomorphism | A literary device that can be defined as a technique in which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions or entire behavior to animals, non-human beings, natural phenomena or objects. | 11 | |
| 7315081010 | Aphorism | A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner. | 12 | |
| 7315082736 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech sometimes represented by exclamation "O". | 13 | |
| 7315082737 | Apposition | When a noun or a word is followed by another noun or phrase that renames or identifies it, this is called appositive. | 14 | |
| 7315082738 | Assonance | Assonance takes place when two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds. | 15 | |
| 7315084358 | Asyndeton | A stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases and in the sentence, yet maintain grammatical accuracy. | 16 | |
| 7315086093 | Balance | Having a sentence with two parts, equal in length, structure, and meaning. | 17 | |
| 7429588422 | Characterization | The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character | 18 | |
| 7429593855 | Indirect Characterizations | The author reveals to the reader what the character is like by describing how the character looks and dresses, by letting the reader hear what the character says, by revealing the character's private thoughts and feelings, by revealing the character effect on other people (showing how other characters feel or behave toward the character), or by showing the character in action. Common in modern literature. | 19 | |
| 7429611052 | Direct Characterization | The author tells us directly what the character is like; sneaky, generous, mean to pets and so on. Romantic style literature relied more heavily on this form | 20 | |
| 7429624299 | Static character | Is one who does not change much in the course of a story. | 21 | |
| 7429661147 | Dynamic character | is one who changes in some important way as a result of the story's action | 22 | |
| 7429664947 | Flat character | has only one or two personality traits. They are one-dimensional, like a piece of cardboard. They can be summed up in one phrase | 23 | |
| 7429676146 | Round character | has more dimensions to their personalities - they are complex, just a real people are. | 24 | |
| 7429680553 | Chiasmus | In poetry, a type of rhetorical balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed. Coleridge "Flowers are lovely, love is flowerlike." In prose it is called antimetabole | 25 | |
| 7429698928 | Cliche | is a word or phrase, often a figure of speech, that has become lifeless because of overuse. Avoid cliches like the plague. | 26 | |
| 7429704364 | Colloquialism | a word or phrase in everyday use in conversation and informal writing but is inappropriate for formal situations. | 27 | |
| 7731084635 | Comedy | a story that ends with a happy resolution if the conflicts faced by the main character or characters | 28 | |
| 7731084636 | Conceit | an elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different. Often an extended metaphor. | 29 | |
| 7731084637 | Confessional Poetry | a twentieth-century term used to describe poetry that uses intimate material from the poet's life. | 30 | |
| 7731101171 | Conflict | the struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story. | 31 | |
| 7731104397 | External Conflict | conflicts can exist between two people, between a person and nature or a machine or between a person a whole society. | 32 | |
| 7731104398 | Internal Conflict | a conflict can be internal, involving opposing forces within a person's mind. | 33 | |
| 7731104399 | Connotation | the associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase, in addition to its strict dictionary definition. | 34 | |
| 7731106611 | Couplet | two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry. | 35 | |
| 7731106612 | Dialect | a way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or of the inhabitants of a certain geographical area. | 36 | |
| 7731109185 | Diction | a speaker or writer's choice of words. | 37 | |
| 7906415895 | Didactic | form of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking | 38 | |
| 7906415896 | Elegy | a poem of mourning, usually about someone who has died. | 39 | |
| 7906420016 | Epanalepsis | device of repetition in which the same expression (single word or phrase) is repeated both at the beginning and at the end of the line, clause, or sentence. Voltaire: "Common sense is not so common" | 40 | |
| 7906435404 | Epic | a long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society. | 41 | |
| 7906435444 | Epigraph | a quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme | 42 | |
| 7906439526 | Epistrophe | A device of repetition in which the same expression (single word or phrase) is repeated at the end of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences (opposite of anaphora). | 43 | |
| 7906439527 | Epithet | An adjective or adjective phrase applied to a person or thing that is frequently used to emphasize a characteristic quality. "Father of our country" and "the great emancipator" are examples. | 44 | |
| 7906439528 | Essay | a short piece of nonfiction prose in which the writer discusses some aspect of a subject | 45 | |
| 7906445316 | Persuasion | relies more on emotional appeals than on facts | 46 | |
| 7906451679 | Argument | form of persuasion that appeals to reason instead of emotion to convince an audience to think or act in a certain way | 47 | |
| 7906451680 | Casual Relationship | form of argumentation in which the writer claims that one thing results from another, often used as part of a logical argument | 48 | |
| 7906454502 | Description | a form of disclosure that uses language to create a mood or emotion | 49 | |
| 7906454503 | Exposition | one of the four major forms of disclosure, in which something is explained or "set forth" | 50 | |
| 7906456456 | Narrative | the form of disclosure that tells about a series of events. | 51 | |
| 8240262702 | Imagery | the use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, or an experience | 52 | |
| 8240269133 | Inversion | the reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase | 53 | |
| 8240276104 | Irony | a discrepancy between appearances and reality | 54 | |
| 8240298527 | Verbal Irony | occurs when someone says one thing but really means something else | 55 | |
| 8240302698 | Situational Irony | takes place when there is a discrepancy between what is expected to happen, or what would be appropriate to happen, and what really does happen | 56 | |
| 8240315809 | Dramatic Irony | is so called because it is often used on stage. A character in the play or story thinks one thing is one, but the audience or reader knows better. | 57 | |
| 8240326876 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 58 | |
| 8240330626 | Litotes | Understatement | 59 | |
| 8240337955 | Local Color | a term applied to fiction or poetry which tends to place special emphasis on a particular setting, including its customs, clothing, dialect and landscape | 60 | |
| 8240380940 | Loose Sentence | A complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows | 61 | |
| 8561773876 | Lyric Poem | a poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of the speaker. A ballad tells a story. | 62 | |
| 8561779150 | Metaphor | a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of specific words of comparison | 63 | |
| 8561798159 | Implied Metaphor | Implies or suggests the comparison between the two thing without stating it directly | 64 | |
| 8561800300 | Extended Metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 65 | |
| 8561836755 | Dead Metaphor | is a metaphor that has been used so often that the comparison is no longer vivid | 66 | |
| 8561847495 | Mixed Metaphor | is a metaphor that has gotten out of control and mixes its terms so that they are visually or imaginatively incompatible | 67 | |
| 8561857979 | Metonymy | a figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing, is referred to by something closely associated with it. | 68 | |
| 8561884010 | Mood | an atmosphere created by a writer's diction and the details selected. | 69 | |
| 8561914362 | Motif | a recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation used throughout a work, unifying the work by tying the current situation to previous ones, or new ideas to the theme. | 70 | |
| 8561926342 | Motivation | the reasons for a character's behavior | 71 | |
| 8561936689 | Onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sounds echo their sense | 72 | |
| 8561940675 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase | 73 | |
| 8561950329 | Parable | a relatively short story that teaches a moral, or lesson about how to lead a good life | 74 | |
| 8561954628 | Paradox | a statement that appears self-contradictory, but that reveals a kind of music | 75 | |
| 8561959969 | Koan | is a paradox used in Zen Buddhism to gain intuitive knowledge | 76 | |
| 8673223711 | Lyric Poem | A poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of the speaker | 77 | |
| 8673237932 | Metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared. | 78 | |
| 8673246507 | Implied Metaphor | Implies or suggests the comparison between the two thing without stating it directly. | 79 | |
| 8673251971 | Extended Metaphor | A metaphor that continues beyond it's initial use, can be developed at great length | 80 | |
| 8673259493 | Dead Metaphor | A metaphor that has been used so often that the comparison is no longer vivid. | 81 |
