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| 6411600905 | Allegory | Device of using character and/or story elements symbollically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning | 0 | |
| 6411600906 | Alliteration | Repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in neighboring words | 1 | |
| 6411600907 | Allusion | Reference to something which is commonly known | 2 | |
| 6411600908 | Anaphora | Device of repetition, same expression is repeated at the beginning or two or more lines | 3 | |
| 6411600909 | Antecedent | Word, phrase, clause referred to by a pronoun | 4 | |
| 6411600910 | Antithesis | Two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed; creates a definite and systematic relationship between ideas | 5 | |
| 6411600911 | Apostrophe | Figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction that cannot answer back | 6 | |
| 6411600912 | Asyndeton | Omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses for an effect of inpremeditated multiplicity | 7 | |
| 6411600913 | Atmosphere | Emotional mood created by entirety of literary work | 8 | |
| 6411600914 | Chiasmus | Successive phrases or clauses parallel in syntax but reverse in order of the analogous words | 9 | |
| 6411600915 | Colloquial | Use of slang or informalities in speech or writing | 10 | |
| 6411600916 | Conceit | Fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar object | 11 | |
| 6411600917 | Connotation | Non-literal associative meaning of a word | 12 | |
| 6411600918 | Denotation | Strict, literal dictionary definition of a word; devoid of emotion | 13 | |
| 6411600919 | Diacope | Repetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase | 14 | |
| 6411600920 | Didactic | Having the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles | 15 | |
| 6411600921 | Enumeration | Figure of amplification in which a subject is divided into constituent parts or details; listing or detailing parts of something | 16 | |
| 6411600922 | Expletive | Figure of emphasis in which a single word or short phrase is used to lend emphasis to the words on the other side of the explative (Ex: in fact) | 17 | |
| 6411600923 | Extended metaphor | Metaphor developed at great length | 18 | |
| 6411600924 | Generic conventions | traditions for each genre, they are the conventions that define a genre | 19 | |
| 6429979080 | genre | major category into which a literary work fits; basically divided into prose, poetry, and drama | 20 | |
| 6430071115 | homily | serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice; literally means "sermon" | 21 | |
| 6430075081 | hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration or overstatement | 22 | |
| 6430077490 | hypophora | one or more questions is/are asked and then ANSWERED, often by the same one that raised the question | 23 | |
| 6430082252 | imagery | sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions; physically, it appeals to the 5 senses | 24 | |
| 6430087835 | inference/infer | Act of drawing a reasonable conclusion from the information presented | 25 | |
| 6430089670 | invective | emotionally violent, verbal denunciation, or attach using strong abusive language | 26 | |
| 6430092467 | irony | contrast between what is stated and what is really meant; three major types: verbal, dramatic, and situational | 27 | |
| 6430097199 | juxtaposition | two words, phrases, images, or ideas are placed close together or side-by-side for comparison or contrast | 28 | |
| 6430100686 | litotes | figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite; something is true because the opposite is false | 29 | |
| 6430105624 | loose sentence | A sentence structure where the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses; often seems informal, relaxed, and conversational | 30 | |
| 6430108880 | metaphor | Figurative language with an implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the others | 31 | |
| 6430111463 | metonymy | Figurative language where the name of one object is substituted for that of another closed associated with it; means "changed label" | 32 | |
| 6430115303 | mood | Writing characteristic with two major forms: grammatical and literary; grammatical comes in the form of indicative, subjective, or imperative while literary is the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work | 33 | |
| 6430131945 | narrative | telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events | 34 | |
| 6430134303 | onomatopoeia | figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words; ex: buzz | 35 | |
| 6430139063 | oxymoron | figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox; ex: jumbo shrimp | 36 | |
| 6430143673 | paradox | Figure of thought that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity | 37 | |
| 6430146483 | parallelism | grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity; means "beside one another" | 38 | |
| 6430151655 | parody | work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule; distorts or exaggerates distinctive features of the original | 39 | |
| 6430157463 | pedantic | adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish | 40 | |
| 6430160625 | periodic sentence | 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; adds emphasis and structural variety | 41 | |
| 6430167303 | personification | Figure of speech where the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions | 42 | |
| 6430170728 | polysyndeton | figure of addition and emphasis which intentionally employs a series of conjunctions not normally found in successive words, phrases, or clauses; deliberate and excessive use of conjunctions in successive words or clauses | 43 | |
| 6430181336 | point of view | perspective from which a story is told; appears as first person or third person and third person comes in the form of omniscient or limited | 44 | |
| 6430185985 | prose | major division of genre that refers to fictions and non-fictions including all its forms | 45 | |
| 6430192579 | rhetoric | principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively | 46 | |
| 6430194577 | rhetorical modes | describes the variety, the conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing; four most common modes: exposition, argumentation, description, and narration | 47 | |
| 6430200532 | rhetorical question | used for effect, emphasis, provocation, or for drawing a conclusionary statement from the fact at hand; differs from hypophora in that it is not answered by the writer because the answer is meant to be obvious | 48 | |
| 6430211526 | sarcasm | bitter caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something; can be witty and insightful or simply cruel; means "to tear flesh" | 49 | |
| 6430216864 | satire | work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule; more of a style of writing than a purpose for writing; uses: irony, wit, parody, caricature, hyperbole, understatement, and sarcasm | 50 | |
| 6430229013 | style | evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices; classification of authors to a group and comparison of an author to similar authors | 51 | |
| 6437931995 | syllogism | deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises, a major and a minor, that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion | 52 | |
| 6437936793 | symbolism | anything that represents itself and stands for something else; three categories: natural, conventional, and literary | 53 | |
| 6437942126 | syndecdoche | Figurative language, a type of metaphor in which either a single part is used to represent the whole or the whole is used to represent a single part | 54 | |
| 6437954599 | syntax | the way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences; differs from diction in that it refers to groups of words while diction refers to individual word choices | 55 | |
| 6437961504 | theme | central idea or message of a work | 56 | |
| 6437963296 | thesis | sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position | 57 | |
| 6437969007 | tone | describes the author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both; easier to determine in spoken language than written word | 58 | |
| 6437976383 | transition | word or phrase that links different ideas | 59 | |
| 6437977983 | understatement | ironic minimizing of fact; presents something as less significant than it is | 60 | |
| 6437983802 | undertone | attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of the piece | 61 | |
| 6437985973 | wit | the modern usage means intellectually amazing language that surprises and delights; originally meant basic understanding | 62 |
