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| 14836128418 | Personification | A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions. | 0 | |
| 14836128419 | Simile | A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things. | 1 | |
| 14836128420 | Trope | The generic name for a figure of speech such as image, symbol, simile, and metaphor. | 2 | |
| 14836128440 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. | 3 | |
| 14836128421 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | 4 | |
| 14836128422 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. | 5 | |
| 14836128423 | Theme | The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. Usually it is unstated in fictional works, but in nonfiction, it may be directly stated, especially in expository or argumentative writing. | 6 | |
| 14836128424 | Archetype | An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form. | 7 | |
| 14836128425 | Extended metaphor | A series of comparisons between two unlike things. | 8 | |
| 14836128426 | Irony | The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. The difference between what appears to be and what actually is true. | 9 | |
| 14836128427 | Caricature | A grotesque or exaggerated likeness of striking qualities in persons and things. | 10 | |
| 14836128428 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. | 11 | |
| 14836128429 | Symbolism | The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object. | 12 | |
| 14836128430 | Figure of speech | A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things. | 13 | |
| 14836128431 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. | 14 | |
| 14836128432 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer. | 15 | |
| 14836128433 | Metaphor | A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity. | 16 | |
| 14836128434 | Burlesque | A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation. | 17 | |
| 14836128435 | Motif | A phrase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in an essay or other discourse. | 18 | |
| 14836128436 | Genre | Term used to describe literary forms, such as novel, play, essay, etc. | 19 | |
| 14836128437 | Figurative language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. | 20 | |
| 14836128438 | Synecdoche | A type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole, the whole for a part, or in short, any portion , section, or main quality for the whole or the thing itself (or vice versa). | 21 | |
| 14836128439 | Atmosphere | The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. | 22 |
