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| 10683196511 | Allegory | A narrative or description having a second or symbolic meaning beneath the surface one | 0 | |
| 10683196512 | Allusion | A reference, explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature or history | 1 | |
| 10683196513 | Anecdote | A short account of an interesting or humorous incident | 2 | |
| 10683196514 | Artistic unity | That condition of a successful literary work whereby all its elements work together for the achievement of its central purpose | 3 | |
| 10683196515 | Cacophony | A harsh, discordant, unpleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds | 4 | |
| 10683196516 | Euphony | A smooth, pleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds | 5 | |
| 10683196517 | Genre | A type or class, as poetry, drama, etc. | 6 | |
| 10683196518 | Imagery | The representation through language of sensory experience | 7 | |
| 10683196519 | Mood | The pervading impression of a work | 8 | |
| 10683196520 | Moral | A rule of conduct or maxim for living expressed or implied as the "point" of a literary work. Compare Theme. | 9 | |
| 10683196521 | Prose | Non-metrical language; the opposite of verse | 10 | |
| 10683196522 | Theme | The main idea, or message, of a literary work. Themes often explore timeless and universal ideas and may be implied rather than stated explicitly. (It is a complete sentence, not one word.) | 11 | |
| 10683196523 | Tone | The writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject, the audience, or herself or himself; the emotional coloring, or emotional meaning, of a work | 12 | |
| 10683196524 | Topic | The subject matter or area of a literary work. Not to be confused with theme. | 13 | |
| 10683196525 | Setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs | 14 | |
| 10683196526 | Symbol | (literary) Something that means more than what it is; an object, person, situation, or action that in addition to its literal meaning suggests other meanings as well, a figure of speech which may be read both literally and figuratively. | 15 | |
| 10683196527 | Verse | Metrical language; the opposite of prose | 16 | |
| 10683196528 | Voice | The distinctive style or manner of expression of an author or a character in a book | 17 |
