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100

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


Cliche

100

Be a warning or indication of (a future event).


Foreshadowing

100

The creation or construction of a fictional character.


Characterization

100

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


Alliteration

100

A comparison between two things, typically for explanation or clarification.


Analogy

200

Relating to the logical discussion of ideas and opinions.


Dialect

200

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.


Connotation

200

Expressing one's meaning is done using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.


Irony

200

An account that is fanciful and difficult to believe.


Tall Tale

200

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.


Diction

300

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.


Satire

300

A word, name, or expression used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated.

Metonym

300

a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.


Motif

300

Characters that are mostly one-dimensional and don't have a lot of backstory or depth.

Flat character

300

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.


Free Verse

400

The state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings.


Conciousness

400
Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.




Couplet

400

The action of inverting something or the state of being inverted.


Inversion

400
A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.




Quatrain

400

A humorous or mocking imitation of something, using the same form as the original.

Parody

500

A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).


Oxymoron

500

The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effects.


Juxtaposition

500
Ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary (e.g., you won't be sorry, meaning you'll be glad ).




Litotes

500


The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.




Epistrophe

500

The language or dialect is spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.


Vernacular