sources of definitions are The Princeton Review (TPR) and Barron's AP study guides. and class notes that Mr. Enns distributed :)
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| 4388223793 | abstract | an abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research | 0 | |
| 4388223804 | aphorism | a short, pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment | 1 | |
| 4388223806 | apostrophe | a locution that addresses a person/personified thing not present | 2 | |
| 4388223809 | ballad | a simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited; a long narrative poem, usually in very regular meter and rhyme, typically has a naive folksy quality | 3 | |
| 4388223815 | blank verse | poetry written in iambic pentameter, the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton. its lines generally do not rhyme | 4 | |
| 4388223828 | conceit | a witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea, often stated in figurative language; a startling or unusual metaphor, or a metaphor developed and expanded upon several lines | 5 | |
| 4388223851 | dirge | a song for the dead, its tone is typically slow, heavy, and melancholy | 6 | |
| 4388223856 | elegy | a poem or prose selection that laments or meditates on the passing/death of something/someone of value | 7 | |
| 4388223865 | epigram | a concise but ingenious, witty and thoughtful statement | 8 | |
| 4388223867 | epithet | an adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing | 9 | |
| 4388223869 | euphemism | a mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term | 10 | |
| 4388223888 | Gothic novel | a novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terror pervades the action. i.e. "Frankenstein" | 11 | |
| 4388223900 | kenning | a device employed in Anglo-Saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions/qualities, as in "ring-giver" for king and "wale-road" for ocean | 12 | |
| 4388223906 | lyric | personal, reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject; the word is used to describe tone, it refers to a sweet, emotional melodiousness | 13 | |
| 4388223922 | motif | a phrase, idea, event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature. | 14 | |
| 4388223927 | non sequitur | a statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before | 15 | |
| 4388223934 | parable | like a fable or an allegory, it's a story that instructs; a story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived | 16 | |
| 4388223943 | persona | the role/facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader, viewer, or the world at large; the narrator in a non-first-person novel | 17 | |
| 4388223958 | quatrain | a four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem | 18 |
