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Pertaining to the value of art for its own sake or for form.
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Aesthetic
Use of historically inaccurate details in a text.
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Anachronism
Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause. Answer
Anadoplosis
The regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses.
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Anaphora
The use of opposing or contrasting ideas in parallel grammatical forms of parts of speech.
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Antithesis
A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief.
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Aphorism
The practice of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses.
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Asyndeton
A novel or story whose theme is the moral or psychological growth of the main character.
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Bildungsroman
The works of an author that have been accepted as authentic.
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Canon
Seize the day.
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Carpe Diem
Purification or cleansing of the spirit through the emotions of pity and terror as a witness to a tragedy.
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Catharsis
Figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of parallel causes is reversed in the second.
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Chiasmus
Informal speech or writing, such as local or regional saying.
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Colloquial
The repetition of two or more consonants with a change in the intervening vowels, such as pitter-patter, splish-splash, and click-clack.
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Consonance
Process of reasoning in which a conclusion is determined from a set of given evidence.
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Deductive
The dictionary definition of a word; the direct and specific meaning.
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Denotation
The use of an artificial device or contrived solution to solve a difficult situation.
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Deus ex machina
Intended for teaching or to teach a moral lesson.
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Didactic
A format discussion of a subject.
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Discourse
Ghostly counterpart of a living person or an alter ego.
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Doppelganger
An imaginary place where people live dehumanized, often fearful lives.
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Dystopia
A poem or prose lamenting the death of a particular person.
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Elegy
A quote set at the beginning of a literary work or at its divisions to set the tone or suggest a theme.
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Epigraph
A piece of literature contained in or carried on by letters.
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Epistolary
The repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.
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Epistrophe
A piece of writing in praise of a deceased person.
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Epitaph
The moral element that determines a character’s actions, rather than thought or emotion.
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Ethos
The substitution of a milder or less direct expression for one that is harsh or blunt.
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Euphemism
A single word or short phrase intended to emphasize surrounding words.
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Expletive
An argument that isn’t valid.
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Fallacy
A person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast.
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Foil
Aristotle’s term for the main character’s tragic
flaw or error in judgment.
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Hamartia
A sentence or word that relays
a command.
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Imperative
Refers to opening a story in the middle of the
action.
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In Media Res
The use of angry and insulting language in satirical writing.
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Invective
Placing of two items side by side to create a certain effect, reveal an attitude, or accomplish some other purpose.
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Juxtaposition
The logical information Presented.
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Logos
Monitoring your own thoughts as you encounter ideas and facts presented to you in written form.
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Metacognition
Desire to return in thought or fact to a former time.
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Nostalgia
A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true.
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Paradox
The audience's anticipated emotional reaction
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Pathos