10720286487 | Sonnet | a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. | 0 | |
10720286488 | travesty | (n.) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; (v.) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion | 1 | |
10720286489 | Archaism | The use of deliberately old-fashioned language. | 2 | |
10720286490 | Foot | A metrical unit composed of stressed and unstressed syllables. | 3 | |
10720286491 | form | The form of a piece of writing is simply its structure, how it is constructed and organized. | 4 | |
10720286492 | structure | the arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work | 5 | |
10720286493 | Simile | A comparison of two unlike things using like or as | 6 | |
10720286494 | Pun | a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. | 7 | |
10720286495 | Gothic novel | A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action | 8 | |
10720286496 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 9 | |
10720286497 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 10 | |
10720286498 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 11 | |
10720286499 | euphony | pleasant, harmonious sound | 12 | |
10720286500 | masculine rhyme | rhyme that falls on the stressed and concluding syllables of the rhyme-words | 13 | |
10720286501 | Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. | 14 | |
10720286502 | Melodrama | A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response. | 15 | |
10720286503 | Couplet | two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. | 16 | |
10832968448 | Volta | the shift or point of dramatic change in a poem | 17 | |
10832968449 | Utopia | perfect society | 18 | |
10832968450 | Shakespearean sonnet | A fourteen line poem with a specific rhyme scheme | 19 | |
11113435152 | Antihero | Central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes. may lack courage, grace, intelligence, or moral scruples. | 20 | |
11113435153 | Nemisis | something causing pain or harm; enemy | 21 | |
11113435154 | cadence | rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words | 22 | |
11113435155 | requiem | a religious service or song for the deceased | 23 | |
11113435156 | bombast | arrogant, pompous language | 24 | |
11113435157 | chorus | A group of characters in Greek tragedy (and in later forms of drama), who comment on the action of a play without participation in it. | 25 | |
11113435158 | Meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | 26 | |
11113435159 | Rhyme | Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem. | 27 | |
11113435160 | Rythym | A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound. | 28 | |
11130940180 | bombast | arrogant, pompous language | 29 | |
11130940181 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 30 | |
11130940182 | dirge | a funeral hymn or mournful speech | 31 | |
11130940183 | interior monologue | a piece of writing expressing a character's inner thoughts | 32 | |
11130940184 | lampoon | a written satire used to ridicule or attack someone | 33 | |
11130940185 | Objectivity | treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices | 34 | |
11130940186 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 35 | |
11130940187 | requiem | A song or religious service for the dead or lost | 36 | |
11130940188 | Subjectivity | a personal presentation of events and characters, influenced by the author's feelings and opinions | 37 | |
11130940189 | Zeugma | use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings | 38 | |
11237203322 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 39 | |
11237203323 | Globe Theater | Shakespeare's theater | 40 | |
11237203324 | Inversion | inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order) | 41 | |
11237203325 | Metonym | a word, name, or expression used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated | 42 | |
11237203326 | Hubris | excessive pride or self-confidence | 43 | |
11237277880 | Aside | a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage | 44 | |
11302168445 | cacophony | A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds | 45 | |
11302168446 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 46 | |
11302168447 | Hubris | excessive pride | 47 | |
11302183244 | prallelism | 48 |
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