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5875247769allegoryevents in a story symbolize a deeper meaning0
5875247770allusionreference to literature or history1
5875247771caesurapause in a line of poetry2
5875247772connoteto suggest meanings in addition to the main meaning3
5875247773coupleta pair of rhyming lines of verse4
5875247774dramatic ironywhen a situation is understood by the reader and not the character5
5875247775discursivepassing aimlessly from one subject to another6
5875247776elegya mournful poem7
5875247777end-stopped-lineline of poetry ends with punctuation8
5875247778enjambmentsentence continuing to a poem's next line9
5875247779formstyle or shape of a poem10
5875247780hypotheticalsupposed; not well supported withe vidence11
5875247781interjectionsomething interjected as a remark12
5875247782juxtaposeto place side by side for the purpose of comparisson13
5875247783metaphorcomparisson with something unlike14
5875247784mock heroic styleimmitating that which is heroic15
5875247785moodthe feeling you get from a work16
5875247786paradoxcontradictory statement that may express truth17
5875247787parallel syntaxrepetition of words or phrases to emphasize a point18
5875247788pastoralpoem about the life of shepherds19
5875247789personificationgiving human qualities to an abstract object20
5875247790redundantunnecessary repetition21
5875247791rhetoricallanguage used for style or effect22
5875247792scansionthe process of measuring verse23
5875247793similecomparisson using like or as24
5875247794situational ironydifference between what's expected and what happens25
5875247795surrealismstresses the subconscious significance of imagery26
5875247796synecdocheusing part for the whole or a whole for the part27
5875247797syntaxpattern or formation of sentences and phrases28
5875247798thememeaning of the work as a whole29
5875247799tonethe author's attitude toward their subject30
5875247800verbal ironywhat is said is the opposite of what is meant31

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