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| 7597514427 | Ad Hominem Argument | from the latin meaning, "to or against the man". attacking the character of the arguer rather than the argument itself. |  | 0 |
| 7597514428 | Alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words |  | 1 |
| 7597514429 | Allusion | a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. "it alludes to" |  | 2 |
| 7597514430 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses/lines. |  | 3 |
| 7597514431 | Antithesis | opposites |  | 4 |
| 7597514432 | Apostrophe | an address to a dead or absent person, or personification as if he or she were present. (She's with us) |  | 5 |
| 7597514433 | Assonance | repetition of vowel sounds. |  | 6 |
| 7597514434 | Asyndeton | without using "AND, BUT, FOR" etc. between words example: "it's a bird, it's a plane, it's superman!" | 7 | |
| 7597514435 | Ballad | a poem which recounts a narrative story in the form of a song, ((usually sad))... |  | 8 |
| 7597514436 | Bathos | insincere or overdone sentimentality. excessive pathos. |  | 9 |
| 7597514437 | Blank Verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter. |  | 10 |
| 7597514438 | Caesura | pause in line of poetry, dictated by rhythm. example: "a little learning.....is a dangerous thing." |  | 11 |
| 7597514439 | Conceit ((Metaphysical)) | opposites in a metaphor |  | 12 |
| 7597514440 | Consonance | repetition of consonant sounds. |  | 13 |
| 7597514441 | Couplet | two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme. |  | 14 |
| 7597514442 | Denouement | events following the climax or falling action of the story; the outcome / resolution. ((DOWN/DONE)) |  | 15 |
| 7597514443 | Deus Ex Machina | from latin, meaning "god from a machine". refers to a highly impossible / artificial resolutions of conflicts. |  | 16 |
| 7597514444 | Diction | word choice. |  | 17 |
| 7597514445 | Dissonance | unpleasant or unharmonious sound. |  | 18 |
| 7597514446 | Doggerel | poorly written poetry, usually comedic. |  | 19 |
| 7597514447 | Elegy | elegiac: when the tone of the poem is sad. a dignified poem that is serious and reflective. |  | 20 |
| 7597514448 | End-stopped Line | a line that ends with a natural speech pause, usually marked by punctuation. example: bright star |  | 21 |
| 7597514449 | Enjabment | run-on line. (jab, jab, jab) |  | 22 |
| 7597514450 | Epic | a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds. |  | 23 |
| 7597514451 | Epic ((Homeric)) Simile | extended simile. |  | 24 |
| 7597514452 | Epigram | a witty comment. (instagram) |  | 25 |
| 7597514453 | Epilogue | short speech at conclusion of dramatic work. |  | 26 |
| 7597514454 | Epiphany | a moment of sudden revelation or insight. |  | 27 |
| 7597514455 | Epistrophy | repetition at the end of lines. example: "i swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." |  | 28 |
| 7597514456 | Epitaph | a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone. |  | 29 |
| 7597514457 | Epithet | a descriptive name. example: "magic johnson" |  | 30 |
| 7597514458 | Eulogy | a speech in praise of someone. |  | 31 |
| 7619378444 | Fable | a story which illustrates a moral truth. example: tortoise and the hare. |  | 32 |
| 7619381577 | Figurative Language | A phrase which implies something deeper than its surface. |  | 33 |
| 7619420344 | Foot | The various forms of foot notes, which includes, Iamb, Trochee, Anapest, Dactyl, Spondee and Pyrrhic. |  | 34 |
| 7619438753 | Form | fixed metrical arrangment. | 35 | |
| 7619439871 | Free Verse | uncommon meter / rhythm and line length. like a conversation. |  | 36 |
| 7619443970 | Gallows Humor | dark jokes. |  | 37 |
| 7619447556 | Genre | a division or type of literature. |  | 38 |
| 7619453924 | Half Rhyme + Near Rhyme + Slant Rhyme | imperfect rhyme due to consonance. | 39 | |
| 7619460410 | Heroic Couplet | a couplet specifically following the form of iambic pentameter. | 40 | |
| 7619489851 | Hyperbole | exaggeration. example: "chipotle has the best tacos in the whole world." |  | 41 |
| 7619493407 | Imagery | description that appeals to the senses ((sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)). |  | 42 |
| 7619496321 | Internal Rhyme | when the last syllables in a line rhyme. example: green eggs and ham. |  | 43 |
| 7619501958 | Verbal Irony | attitude opposite to what is literally stated. example: "can't wait to get a root canal!" |  | 44 |
| 7619509629 | Dramatic Irony | when the audience knows more than the characters. |  | 45 |
| 7619513670 | Situational Irony | circumstances are opposite of whats expected. |  | 46 |
| 7619518425 | Litotes | a form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite. example: "that's not bad!" |  | 47 |
| 7619526192 | Meiosis | extreme understatment. example: "i've been hit!!!" |  | 48 |
| 7619531632 | Lyric | a short poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker. |  | 49 |
| 7619535788 | Metaphor | a comparison without using like or as. |  | 50 |
| 7619540238 | Metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it. example: "the white house decided..." |  | 51 |
| 7619545873 | Meter | a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. |  | 52 |
| 7619548701 | Motif | a recurring theme, subject or idea. example: the green light. |  | 53 |
| 7619568214 | Narrative Verse | poetry which tells a story. |  | 54 |
| 7619570200 | Ode | a serious poem which treats an elevated subject in a dignified and calm manner; a tribute. |  | 55 |
| 7619576838 | Onomatopoeia | a word that imitates the sound it represents. example: "ouch!" |  | 56 |
| 7619579340 | Ottava Rima | 8 lines - Iambic Pentameter. (ABABABCC) |  | 57 |
| 7619584614 | Oxymoron | two words that go together but have opposite meanings. |  | 58 |
| 7619587842 | Paradox | a contradiction or dilemma. example: "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times." |  | 59 |
| 7619593509 | Pastoral | a poem about shepherds. |  | 60 |
| 7619596477 | Pathetic Fallacy | attributing human qualities to a force of nature. |  | 61 |
| 7619604553 | Pathos | a quality that evokes pity or sadness. |  | 62 |
| 7619606725 | Persona | a facade which the author assumes to speak to the audience. |  | 63 |
| 7619611280 | Personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea. |  | 64 |
| 7619614966 | Petrarchan (Italian) Sonnet | 14 lines - divided into 2 parts. (first) octave: ABBAABBA (second) sestet: CDECDE / CDCDCD |  | 65 |
| 7619625400 | Polysyndeton | deliberate use of many conjunctions. |  | 66 |
| 7619629435 | Quatrain | four line stanza. QUAD. |  | 67 |
| 7619633495 | Repetition | repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis. |  | 68 |
| 7619635279 | Rhyme Royal | 7 line stanza in iambic pentameter ((ABABBCC)) |  | 69 |
| 7619637995 | Scansion | the analysis of poetic meter using symbols. |  | 70 |
| 7619642126 | Shakespearian Sonnet | 14 lines. Iambic Pentameter. ABAB-CDCD-EFEF-GG. |  | 71 |
| 7619645372 | Simile | comparison using like or as. |  | 72 |
| 7619647495 | Spenserian Sonnet | ABAB-BCBC-CDCD-EE. | 73 | |
| 7619650635 | Stanza | a group of lines in a poem. |  | 74 |
| 7619653298 | Stichomythia | when characters go back and forth with short lines of dialogue. |  | 75 |
| 7619656014 | Style | a basic and distinctive mode of expression. | 76 | |
| 7619657641 | Syllogism | a form of deductive reasoning with a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. |  | 77 |
| 7619660588 | Symbol | anything that stands for or represents something else. |  | 78 |
| 7619662255 | Synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another. |  | 79 |
| 7619665678 | Synecdoche | using one part of an object to represent the entire object. |  | 80 |
| 7619669070 | Syntax | sentence structure. |  | 81 |
| 7619670045 | Tercet | a three-line stanza. |  | 82 |
| 7619671461 | Terza Rima | A three-line stanza rhymed ABA-BCB-CDC. |  | 83 |
| 7619673884 | Tone | the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. |  | 84 |
| 7619675850 | Triplet | three lines that rhyme. |  | 85 |
| 7619678203 | Trope | a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression. | | 86 |
| 7619681235 | Villanelle | 5 Tercets and a Quatrain, all with two lines. |  | 87 |
| 7619684927 | Volta | the turn of thought or argument in the beginning of a sonnet. |  | 88 |
| 7619687807 | you're amazing! | yay! |  | 89 |
