| 9752076978 | Pun | a play on words | | 0 |
| 9752078485 | Metonomy | the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part | | 1 |
| 9752081982 | Litotes | (meiosis) a form of understatement which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis "it's not the best weather today" | | 2 |
| 9752104168 | Oxymoron | a term consisting of contradictory statements juxtaposed | | 3 |
| 9752111849 | Personification | a Figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics | | 4 |
| 9752114237 | Rhetorical Question | a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a response | | 5 |
| 9752122224 | Hyperbole | overstatement; exaggeration for rhetoric effect | | 6 |
| 9752124345 | synechdoche | a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part | | 7 |
| 9752126085 | Apostrophe | a speaker addresses a person or personified thing as not present | | 8 |
| 9752128164 | Irony | a mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated; often implying ridicule | | 9 |
| 9752132363 | Rhetorical Fragment | sentence fragment used deliberately for a persuasive purpose or to create a desired efffect | | 10 |
| 9752134890 | Paradox | occurs when elements of a statement contradict eachother | | 11 |
| 9752143594 | Onomatopoeia | the use of words which mimic the sound they describe | | 12 |
| 9752145044 | Euphemism | a mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term | | 13 |
| 9752146557 | Metaphor | a figure of speech that compares unlike objects | | 14 |
| 9752150298 | simile | A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared with "like" or "as" | | 15 |
| 9752153604 | Parallelism | the repetition of syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect | | 16 |
| 9752182724 | Chiasmus | a reversal in order of words in two otherwise parallelism phrases; ex: "He went to the country. tho the town she went" | | 17 |
| 9752186771 | Climax | the high point or turning point of a story or play | | 18 |
| 9752189357 | Epanalepsis | a repetition of a word or a phrase with intervening words setting off the repetition, sometimes occurring with a phrase used both at the beginning and end of a sentence | | 19 |
| 9752198796 | Antithesis | a rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of grammatical arrangement of words, clauses, or sentences | | 20 |
| 9752202518 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses or sentences | | 21 |
| 9752205281 | Zeugma | the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way, ex: "to wage war and peace" | | 22 |
| 9752209166 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order | | 23 |
| 9752218200 | Anastrophe | inverted word order from what one expects | | 24 |
| 9752219657 | Apposition | A word or phrase placed next to another word in order to define or identify it | | 25 |
| 9752224141 | Parenthesis | an explanatory or qualifying word clause or sentence inserted into a passage | | 26 |
| 9752226097 | Asyndeton | using no conjunctions to create an effect | | 27 |
| 9752228898 | Polysyndeton | using many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect | | 28 |
| 9752231027 | Ellipsis | omitting a word implied by the previous clause | | 29 |
| 9752233002 | Anadiplosis | repeating a word from the beginning of a clause at the end | | 30 |
| 9752234609 | Polyptoton | a rhetorical repetition of the same root word | | 31 |
| 9752236958 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | | 32 |
| 9752240674 | Alliteration | Repetition of a sound in multiple words | | 33 |
| 9752242375 | Assonance | repetition of the vowel of diphthong in in non rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be noticeable | | 34 |
| 9752247160 | Consonance | Repetition of consonant sounds | | 35 |
| 9752248932 | Abstraction | words or phrases that name things not knowable through senses such as (touch smell taste sight) | | 36 |
| 9752250993 | Allegory | a story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic, metaphorical, or possible ethical meaning | | 37 |
| 9752254355 | Allusion | A reference to a person place or event well known meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea | | 38 |
| 9752256204 | Anachronism | A person, scene, event, or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set | | 39 |
| 9752261694 | Analogy | a comparison that points out similarities between dissimilar things | | 40 |
| 9752267211 | Anecdote | a brief, revealing account of an individual account of an individual person or incident | | 41 |
| 9752271242 | Aphorism | a statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise or witty manner | | 42 |
| 9752274600 | Archetype | a typical character, an action, or a situation that seems to represent universal pattern of human nature | | 43 |
| 9752278234 | Catharsis | an emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal, or achieve a state of liberation from anxiety and stress | | 44 |
| 9752284586 | Cliche | refers to an expression that has been overused to the extent that it loses its original meaning or novelty | | 45 |
| 9752289300 | Colloquialism | the use of informal words, phrases, or even slang in a piece of writing | | 46 |
| 9752404780 | Conceit | a kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising clever way; extended metaphor | | 47 |
| 9752425981 | Didactic | works that often have morals to impart or are written to teach us something about religion, philosophy, history, or politics | | 48 |
| 9752452634 | Dramatic irony | a form of irony that is expressed through works structure; audience knows something characters don't | | 49 |
| 9752459849 | Elegy | poem or song written in honor of someone deceased | | 50 |
| 9752461250 | Epic simile | a comparison that may be as long as a dozen lines | | 51 |
| 9752462665 | Epigram | a memorable, brief, interesting and surprising satirical statement | | 52 |
| 9752472902 | Epithet | the application of a word or phrase to someone that describes that person's attributes or qualities | | 53 |
| 9752474831 | Eulogy | a formal speech praising a person who has died | | 54 |
| 9752476991 | Fable | succinct fictional story, in prose or verse that features talking animals gives moral lesson | | 55 |
| 9752480990 | Farce | type of comedy that makes use of exaggerated situation | | 56 |
| 9752532394 | Flat character | a character in fiction that does not change too much from the beginning to end | | 57 |
| 9752542596 | Foil | a character that shows qualities that are in contrast with qualities of another character | | 58 |
| 9752553365 | Hamaratia | a personal error in a protagonist's personality h=which brings about his tragic downfall | | 59 |
| 9752555888 | Hubris | pride | | 60 |
| 9752556890 | idiom | a set expression or a phrase compromising two or more words | | 61 |
| 9752560802 | Motif | any recurring element that has symbolic significance | | 62 |
| 9752567579 | Parable | Presents a short story typically with a moral lesson | | 63 |
| 9752569505 | parody | an imitation of a writer, artist, subject or genre in such a way as to make fun of or comment of the original work | | 64 |
| 9752591774 | Round characters | complex characters that undergo development | | 65 |
| 9752604429 | Satire | irony or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly | | 66 |
| 9752606310 | situational irony | irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended | | 67 |
| 9752620913 | Soliloquy | monologue given by character in a play who is alone on stage | | 68 |
| 9752623701 | symbolism | practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract | | 69 |
| 9752629708 | verbal irony | irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another | | 70 |
| 9752632065 | Vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country | | 71 |
| 9752633155 | volta | point of change in a poem | | 72 |
| 9752634059 | Reinassance | European literature which was influenced by intellectual and cultural tendencies | | 73 |
| 9752637387 | Naturalism | a style and theory of representation based on the accurate dedication | | 74 |
| 9752639110 | Romanticism | a movement that originated in the late 18th century emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and primacy of the individual | | 75 |
| 9752644930 | Transcendentalism | It taught divinity pervades all nature and humanity , in order to understand the nature of reality | | 76 |
| 9752649802 | Realism | attempt to represent subject matter truthfully | | 77 |
| 9752651578 | Modernism | aims to break break classical and traditional forms | | 78 |
| 9752653468 | Limited point of view | 3rd person, narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one characters | | 79 |
| 9752660648 | Omniscient point of view | narrator knows all the thoughts, actions and feeling of them characters | | 80 |
| 9752665842 | The other | the other lacks identity, propriety, purity, and literary | | 81 |
| 9752669038 | Byronic Hero | antihero; lacks hero qualities but evokes sympathy takes responsibility | | 82 |
| 9752671456 | Foil | a character show qualities in contrast of another | | 83 |
| 9752675283 | Antihero | a character that lacks heroic quality | | 84 |
| 9752737744 | Death of a Salesman | Arthur Miller | | 85 |
| 9752738760 | Paradise Lost | John Milton | | 86 |
| 9752740820 | Hamlet | William Shakespeare | | 87 |
| 9752742171 | Wuthering Heights | Emily Bronte | | 88 |
| 9752743148 | 1984 | George Orwell | | 89 |
