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| 6668681489 | 50. Roman a clef | A novel in which historical events and actual people are written about under the pretense of being fiction. | 0 | |
| 6668687745 | 51. Romance | romantic stories with chivalrous feats of heroes and knights, describes chivalry and courtly love, comprising stories, which deal legends of duty, courage, boldness, battles and rescue of damsels in distress. | 1 | |
| 6668694859 | 52. Sarcasm | meant to mock with often satirical or ironic remarks with a purpose to amuse and hurt someone or some section of society simultaneously. | 2 | |
| 6668708172 | 53. Satire | expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. | 3 | |
| 6693017920 | 87. Tropes | Ways in which a word's literal meaning may be turned to mean something else (for example, figurative language.) | 4 | |
| 6693021010 | 88. Schemes | Terms referring to the shape/construct of sentences. (Asyndeton, polysyndeton, balanced sentence) | 5 | |
| 6693021011 | 89. Rhetoric | Effective use of language using different methods (generating ethos, facts and statistics, figurative language) to get your own point across. | 6 | |
| 6693023658 | 90. Consonance | Shelly sells sea shells by the sea shore. | 7 | |
| 6693023659 | 91. Similie | You are like the ocean - deep and mysterious. | 8 | |
| 6693025701 | 92. Metaphor | He drowned in a sea of grief. | 9 | |
| 6693025702 | 93. Personification | The trees whispered in the breeze. | 10 | |
| 6693029556 | 94. Onomatopoeia | This occurs when a word imitates a sound in real life. | 11 | |
| 6693029557 | 95. Hyperbole | I'm starving! | 12 | |
| 6693033137 | 96. Understatement | "'Tis but a scratch." | 13 | |
| 6693033138 | 97. Paradox | I am nobody. | 14 | |
| 6693033139 | 98. Oxymoron | She chose the jumbo shrimp to eat today. | 15 | |
| 6693025698 | 66. Antecedent | a word or pronoun in a line or sentence that refers to an earlier word | 16 | |
| 6693035523 | 99. Pun | The two pianists had a good marriage. They always were in a chord. | 17 | |
| 6693045179 | 68. attitude | perspective or tone the writer adopts in a certain work, the way a writer develops his characters, describes his stories and designs his narratives | 18 | |
| 6693050878 | 69. Balance | Two segments which are equal in length, grammatical structure and meaning "Buy a bucket of chicken and have a barrel of fun" | 19 | |
| 6693055445 | 70. comic relief | inclusion of a humorous character, scene, or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work | 20 | |
| 6693058696 | 71. connective tissue | on the contrary however consequently for instance for example | 21 | |
| 6693062914 | 72. dialect | language used by the people of a specific area, class, district or any other group of people | 22 | |
| 6693066680 | 73. discourse | a discussion on a specific topic discussion between the author and his/her audience | 23 | |
| 6693070328 | 74. epigraph | the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme, which belongs to another writer | 24 | |
| 6693202094 | Euphemism | Refers to polite indirect expressions which replace harsh, impolite, or unpleasant words | 25 | |
| 6693227679 | Parable | A short story typically with a moral lesson at the end using symbolic imagery and metaphors | 26 | |
| 6693260314 | Understatement | Employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is | 27 | |
| 6693268905 | Epigram | A Memorable brief interesting and surprising satirical statement | 28 | |
| 6693278552 | Epitaph | An inscription written on a grave to pay tribute to the deceased | 29 | |
| 6693041745 | 67. Anecdote | a short and interesting tale or story to demonstrate some point and make readers laugh | 30 | |
| 6692980611 | 54. Sequel | A novel incorporating the same characters and often the same setting as a previous novel. | 31 | |
| 6692991605 | 55. Setting | The total environment for the action of a fictional work. Setting includes time period , the place, the historical milieu, as well as the social, political, and perhaps even spiritual realities. | 32 | |
| 6692997759 | 56. Simile | makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things | 33 | |
| 6693001477 | 57. Style | the way a writer writes and it is the technique which an individual author uses in his writing. It can also be described as a voice that readers listen to when they read the work of a writer. | 34 | |
| 6693006540 | 58. Subplot | A subordinate or minor collection of events in a novel or drama, having some connection with the main plot, acting as foils to, commentary on, complications of, or support to the theme of, the main plot. | 35 | |
| 6693021521 | 62. Travesty | a crude form of burlesque in which the original subject matter is changed little but is transformed into something ridiculous through incongruous language and style. | 36 | |
| 6693009464 | 59. Symbol | signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. | 37 | |
| 6693012321 | 60. Synecdoche | a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part. | 38 | |
| 6693015767 | 61. Tone | an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience, which conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject. | 39 | |
| 6692985311 | 63. Understatement | employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is | 40 | |
| 6693017070 | 64. Verisimilitude | likeness to truth | 41 | |
| 6693020791 | 65. Zeugma | a word, usually a verb or adjective, that applies to more than one noun | 42 | |
| 6704264388 | diction | A style of writing determined by the choice of words | 43 | |
| 6704266997 | syntax | determines how the chosen words are used to form a sentence | 44 | |
| 6704271255 | Tone | An attitude of a writer toward a subject matter or an audience which conveyed through choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject | 45 | |
| 6704285624 | Figures of Speech | A word or phrase that has a meaning something different than its literal meaning, using a metaphor or simile that is designed to further explain a concept | 46 | |
| 6704293836 | Modes of Discourse | The variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of language-based communication, particularly writing and speaking | 47 | |
| 6704306502 | Aims of Discourser | the intent may be to delight entertain persuade inform demonstrate, embodies in the work | 48 |
