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279706017pundouble meaning/ double sound
279706018motifanything repeated in literature
279706019juxtapositionplacing two different things next to eachother to emphasize the difference
279706020blank verseunrhymed iambic pentameter
279706021sonneta poem of 14 lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes in english, typically having ten syllables per line
279706022metonymyclosely related
279706023personificationhuman characteristics to something nonhuman
279706024paradoxsomething contradictory but shows truth
279706025oxymorona figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
279706026alliterationrepeated introductory sounds
279706027dynamic charactercharacter that changes
279706028static charactercharacter that doesn't change
279706029couplettwo lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, forming a unit
279706030quatraina stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes
279706031dictionthe choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing
279706032foilsame situation as the main character but acts differently
279706033toneattitude of the author toward his subject
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