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| 7764230137 | anecdote | a brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature. | 0 | |
| 7764234312 | perspective | a character's view of the situation or events in the story | 1 | |
| 7764243805 | aphorism | a concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief. The writings of Benjamin Franklin contain many aphorisms, such as, "Early to be and early to rise. Make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." | 2 | |
| 7764264648 | contradiction | a direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency | 3 | |
| 7764270795 | apostrophe | a figure of speech in which a person, thing, or abstract quality is addressed as if present; for example, the invocation to the muses usually found in epic poetry. | 4 | |
| 7764285502 | oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements, as in "jumbo shrimp" or "deafening silence." | 5 | |
| 7764299597 | allusion | a figure of speech which makes brief, even casual references to a historical, biblical, or literary, etc. figure, event, or object to create a resonance in the reader or to apply a symbolic meaning to the characteror object of which the allusion consists. | 6 | |
| 7764336098 | syllogism | a form of deduction. an extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument. It onsists of two premises and one conclusion. | 7 | |
| 7764367051 | satire | a literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness. | 8 | |
| 7764374343 | bildungsroman | a novel or story whose theme is the moral or psychological growth of the main character. | 9 | |
| 7764385007 | devices | a particular word pattern or combination of words used in a literary work to evoke a desired effect or arouse a desired reaction in the reader. | 10 | |
| 7764395609 | foil | a person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast. | 11 | |
| 7764401915 | epistolary | a piece of literature contained in or carried on by letters. | 12 | |
| 7764408194 | epitaph | a piece of writing in praise of a deceased person | 13 | |
| 7764422132 | parody | a satirical imitation of a work of art for purpose of ridiculing its style or subject. | 14 | |
| 7764433497 | delayed sentence | a sentence that withholds its main idea until the end. For example: Just as he bent to tie his shoe, a car hit him. | 15 | |
| 7764448851 | sarcasm | a sharp, caustic remark. a form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually bitterly or harshly critical. For example, a coach saying to a player who misses the ball, "Nice catch." | 16 | |
| 7764467123 | expletive | a single word or short phrase intended to emphasize surrounding words. Commonly, expletives are set off by commas. Examples: in fact, of course, after all, certainly. | 17 | |
| 7764485550 | irony | a situation or statement characterized by a significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant. it is frequently humorous and can be sarcastic when using words to imply the opposite of what they normally mean. | 18 | |
| 7764518339 | eulogy | a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing: an oration in honor of a deceased person. | 19 | |
| 7764528292 | paradox | a statement that seems contradictory, but is actually true. | 20 | |
| 7764533528 | epiphany | a sudden or intuitive insight or perception into the reality or essential meaning of something usually brought on by a simple or common occurrence or experience. | 21 | |
| 7764547188 | onomatopoeia | a word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes, such as buzz or hiss. | 22 | |
| 7764558034 | diction | an author's choice of words to convey a tone or effect. | 23 | |
| 7764566577 | utopia | an imaginary place of ideal perfection. The opposite of dystopia, an imaginary place where people live dehumanized, often fearful lives. | 24 | |
| 7764579607 | hyperbole | an overstatement characterized by exaggerated language | 25 | |
| 7764586504 | deus ex machina | as in Greek theatre, use of an artificial device or contrived solution to solve a difficult situation, usually introduced suddenly and unexpectedly. | 26 | |
| 7764600798 | antagonist | Character or force in a literary work that opposes the main character, or protagonist | 27 | |
| 7764611210 | analogy | comparison of two things that are alike in some respects. Metaphors and similes are both types of analogy. | 28 | |
| 7764619864 | inductive | conclusion or type of reasoning whereby observation or information about a part of a class is applied to the class ass a whole. The reasoning begins with two premises and ends with a probable conclusion (may or may not be true) | 29 |
