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| allusion | an indirect reference, often to a character or theme found in some work of literature |
| anecdote | a short autobiographical account or snippet from someone's past, usually humerous |
| catharsis | an emotional cleansing |
| euphemism | a more pleasant word or phrase that replaces another which is too direct, distasteful, or offensive |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| irony | an unexpected outcome or unanticipated twist of events presented in literature |
| metaphor | a figurative device in which a direct comparison is made |
| oxymoron | contradictory terms |
| parable | a brief story, to teach a lesson |
| parody | a work that imitates the style of another literary work |
| pathos | the quality of a piece of writing that evokes pity, sympathy, or other strong emotion |
| prose | writing that is not poetry or rhyming verse |
| satire | humorous, intended to ridicule public figures |
| vignette | a brief descriptive passage in writing |
| simile | comparison ot two things using like or as |
| cacophony | harsh, discordant sounds |
| circumlocution | roundabout or indirect manner |
| imagery | language that evokes one or all of the five senses |
| juxtaposition | when one theme or idea or person or whatever is parallel to another. |
| mood | the emotional attitude the author takes |
| onomatopoeia | a word that imitates the sound it represents |
| paradox | a kind of truth which at first seems contradictory |
| personification | giving human qualities to animals or objects |
| tone | the attitude a writer takes toward a subject or character |
| tragedy | evokingpity or terror |
