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| 6552951024 | Antithesis | A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words, clauses, or sentences, as in the following: "they promised freedom but provided slavery" | 0 | |
| 6552967261 | Cacophony | Grating, inharmonious sounds | 1 | |
| 6552983820 | Caricature | a grotesque or exaggerated likeness of striking qualities in persons and things | 2 | |
| 6552992797 | Conceit | A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea, often stated in figurative language | 3 | |
| 6553024779 | Genre | A term used to describe literary forms, such as novel, play, and essay | 4 | |
| 6553029725 | Harangue | A forceful sermon, lecture, or tirade | 5 | |
| 6553034581 | irony | A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated,often implying ridicule or light sarcasm; a state of affairs or events that is the reverse of what might have been expected | 6 | |
| 6553047359 | Dramatic Irony | A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character | 7 | |
| 6553052030 | Elegy | A poem or prose selection that laments or meditates on the passing or death of someone or something of value. the adjective describing an elegy is elegiac. | 8 | |
| 6553068201 | Narrative | A form of verse or prose (both fiction and nonfiction) that tells a story. A storyteller may use any number of narrative devices, such as skipping back and forth in time, ordering events chronologically, and ordering events to lead up to a suspenseful climax | 9 | |
| 6553088101 | Omniscient narrator | A narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding and insight of characters, setting background, and all other elements of the story | 10 | |
| 6553097268 | Mood | The emotional tone or prevailing atmosphere in a work of literature or other discourse. In grammar, mood refers to the intent of a particular sentence. The indicative mood is used for statements of fact; subjunctive mood is used to express doubt or a conditional attitude; sentences in the imperative mood gives commands | 11 | |
| 6553118009 | similie | A figurative comparison using the words like or as Example: she sings like a canary | 12 | |
| 6553121836 | Stream of consciousness | A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow thoughts in the human mind. | 13 | |
| 6553130554 | Point of view | The relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to a subject of discourse. A matter discussed in the first person has an internal point of view, an observer uses an external point of view. | 14 | |
| 6553154326 | Pun | A humorous play on words, using similar-sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings | 15 | |
| 6553159527 | realism | The depiction of people, things, and events as they really are without idealization, or ecaggeration for effect. | 16 | |
| 6553182257 | Rhyme | The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals, used mostly in poetry but not unheard of in prose. | 17 | |
| 6553191786 | Verbal Irony | A discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words | 18 | |
| 6553199246 | Prefix: Bene | Good / well | 19 | |
| 6553202777 | Prefix: Mal/e | Bad, ill, wrong | 20 | |
| 6553901556 | Symbolism | The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object. Ex: the American flag may symbolize freedom, the fifty states, and the American way of life, among many other things | 21 |