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8491164544Allegorya story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning0
8491164545anachronismsomething located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred1
8491164546Antithesisa person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else2
8491164547SoliloquyA long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage3
8491164548Aside (n)a line spoken by a character that other characters on stage cannot hear.4
8491164549epic stylesustained elevation is used5
8491164550Gothic styleStyle of architecture developed to allow space for huge stained glass windows fro light6
8491164551Ballada type of poem that is meant to be sung and is both lyric and narrative in nature7
8491164552slant rhymetwo words that have some sound in common but do not rhyme exactly8
8491164553invocationthe act of appealing for help9
8491164554AsyndetonA construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions10
8491164555Polysyndetonthe use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural11
8491164556Litotesironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary12
8491164557Anaphorathe repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses13
8491164558periodic sentenceA sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.14
8493490719AlliterationRepetition of initial consonant sounds15
8493490720AssonanceRepetition of vowel sounds16
8493490721Consonancethe repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words17
8493490722end rhymeRhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry18
8493490723euphonypleasant, harmonious sound19
8493490724cacophonyharsh sounds20
8493490725eye rhymeWords that look alike but do not rhyme at all21
8493490726feminine rhymelines rhymed by their final two syllables22
8493490727masculine rhymeA rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable23
8493490728internal rhymea rhyme between words in the same line24
8493490729OnomatopoeiaA word that imitates the sound it represents.25
8493490730Scansionthe action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm26

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