5220530703 | abstract | refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images (ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places) | 0 | |
5220547685 | alliteration | the practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same sound | 1 | |
5220556249 | anecdote | a short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point | 2 | |
5220561614 | apostrophe | a form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present and the inanimate, as if animate | 3 | |
5220570022 | caricature | descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates specific features, most often of a person's appearance or a facet of personality | 4 | |
5220581339 | concrete language | describes specific, observable things, people, or places, rather than ideas or qualities | 5 | |
5220591247 | denotation | literal meaning of a word as defined | 6 | |
5220594443 | dissonance | harsh or grating sounds that do not go together | 7 | |
5220641232 | exigence | the situation (reason) that has prompted an author, speaker, etc., to produce a piece of rhetoric | 8 | |
5220654618 | foreshadowing | the use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future actions | 9 | |
5220657303 | homily | a "sermon"; informally it can include serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice | 10 | |
5220664665 | inference | a conclusion one can draw from the presented details | 11 |
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