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Structure

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the organisation of a story’s various elements, including plot, characters, and themes

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Tone

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the writer’s attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience

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Simile

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a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

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Satire

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the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues

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Rhetoric

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the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

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Personification

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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

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Paradox

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a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one’s expectation

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Oxymoron

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a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

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Onomatopoeia

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the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

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Metaphor

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a figure of speech that implicitly compares two unrelated things, typically by stating that one thing is another

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Irony

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the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

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Imagery

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visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work

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Hyperbole

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exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

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Figurative Language

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the use of words in a way that deviates from the conventional order and meaning in order to convey a complicated meaning, colorful writing, clarity, or evocative comparison

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Empathy

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the ability to understand and share the feelings of another

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Diction

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the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

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Consonance

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the recurrence of similar-sounding consonants in close proximity, especially in prosody.

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Connotation

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an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning

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Conceit

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an ingenious or fanciful comparison or metaphor.

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Comedy

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the humorous or amusing aspects of something.

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Colloquialism

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a word or phrase that is not formal or literary and is used in ordinary or familiar conversation

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Cliche

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a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought

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Assonance

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resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels, but not consonants (e.g. sonnet, porridge ), but also from the use of identical consonants with different vowels (e.g. killed, cold, culled )

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Antithesis

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a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.

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Ambiguity

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the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness

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Allusion

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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

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Alliteration

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

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the organisation of a story’s various elements, including plot, characters, and themes

A

Structure

29
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the writer’s attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience

A

Tone

30
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a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

A

Simile

31
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the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues

A

Satire

32
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the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

A

Rhetoric

33
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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

A

Personification

34
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a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one’s expectation

A

Paradox

35
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a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

A

Oxymoron

36
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the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

A

Onomatopoeia

37
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a figure of speech that implicitly compares two unrelated things, typically by stating that one thing is another

A

Metaphor

38
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the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

A

Irony

39
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visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work

A

Imagery

40
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exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

A

Hyperbole

41
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the use of words in a way that deviates from the conventional order and meaning in order to convey a complicated meaning, colorful writing, clarity, or evocative comparison

A

Figurative Language

42
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the ability to understand and share the feelings of another

A

Empathy

43
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the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

A

Diction

44
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the recurrence of similar-sounding consonants in close proximity, especially in prosody.

A

Consonance

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an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning

A

Connotation

46
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an ingenious or fanciful comparison or metaphor.

A

Conceit

47
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the humorous or amusing aspects of something.

A

Comedy

48
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a word or phrase that is not formal or literary and is used in ordinary or familiar conversation

A

Colloquialism

49
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a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought

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Cliche

50
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resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels, but not consonants (e.g. sonnet, porridge ), but also from the use of identical consonants with different vowels (e.g. killed, cold, culled )

A

Assonance

51
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a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.

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Antithesis

52
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the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness

A

Ambiguity

53
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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

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Allusion

54
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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

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Alliteration

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