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| 38321122 | colloquial | informal expression associated with every day speech | |
| 38321123 | comic relief | the interruption of a serious work, esp. a tragedy, by a short, humorous episode | |
| 38321124 | confidante | a minor character or secondary character in a literary wrok in whom the protagonist confides, revealing his or her state of mind | |
| 38321125 | end rhyme | a rhyme occurring at the end of verse lines | |
| 38321126 | elegy | a formal lyrical poem lamenting the death of a loved one or of a public figure; OR it can reflect on a serious, solemn subject | |
| 38321127 | dramatic irony | the audience or reader knows more than the characters do | |
| 38321128 | epic | a long narrative poem with grand language and concerning a hero of national importance | |
| 38321129 | conventional character | stereotyped or easily recognized character | |
| 38321130 | didactic | instructive and designed to teach | |
| 38321131 | consonance | repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds in words in close proximity; vowel sounds are different | |
| 38321132 | dissonance | harsh sounds or rhythms | |
| 38321133 | distortion | altering the ordinary; twisting expectations; all done for effect | |
| 38321134 | denotation | dictionary definition of a word | |
| 38321135 | connotation | feelings and emotions associated with words | |
| 38321136 | conceit | an extended or elaborate metaphor | |
| 38321137 | dialogue | spoken exhanges between or among characters | |
| 38321138 | epigram | a short poem with a witty turn or thought; a witty and condensed expression | |
| 38321139 | enjambment | a line of poetry that runs from the end of one line to the next without punctuation, pause | |
| 38321140 | conflict | opposition between characters; protagonist vs. antagonist; man vs. man etc. | |
| 38321141 | couplet | a pair of rhyming verse lines, usually of the same length |
