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Allegory (Latin/Greek)
/noun/
A story,poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Alliteration (Latin)/noun/
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Allusion (Latin) /noun/
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
Ambiguity (Latin) noun
The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness
Analogy(Latin/Greek) noun/
A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification
Antithesis (Greek/Latin)
/noun/
A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else
Colloquial (Latin)
/adjective/
(Of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation;not formal or literary
Connotation (Medieval Latin) /noun/
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
Denotation (late Latin)
/noun/
The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
Diction (Latin)
/noun/
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing
Extended Metaphor (old French) /noun/
A metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of literary work,especially a poem
Figurative language (Late Latin) /noun/
Language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors
Figure of speech (Various)
/noun/
A word or phase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect
Genre (French,English)
/noun/
A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature characterized by similarities in form,style,or subject matter
Imagery (Old French)
/noun/
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
Inference/infer (Medieval Latin)
/noun/
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
Irony/ironical (Greek)
/noun/
The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
Personification (French)
/noun/
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
Point of view (French/Latin)
/noun/
A particular attitude or way of considering a matter
Prose (Latin)
/noun/
Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure
Repetition (Latin)
/noun/
The action of repeating something that has already been said or written
Satire (Latin)
/noun/
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues
Semantics (Greek)
/noun/
The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning. There are a number of branches and subbranches of semantics, including formal semantics, which studies the logical aspects of meaning, such as sense, reference, implication, and logical form, lexical semantics, which studies word meanings and word relations, and conceptual semantics, which studies the cognitive structure of meaning
Symbolism (Greek)
/noun/
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
