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| 40305852 | litotes | negative understatement that affirms an idea | |
| 40305853 | internal rhyme | rhyme that occurs with a sound in the middle of a line and the end of the same line | |
| 40305854 | metaphor | direct comparison of two dissimilar things | |
| 40305855 | imagery | words or phrases that appeal to sight, sound, touch, smell, or taste | |
| 40305856 | heroic couplet | a rhymed couplet in iambic pentameter | |
| 40305857 | foil | a character who serves to contrast, enhance, or draw attention to another character for comparison | |
| 40305858 | figurative language | language that uses figures of speech such as hyperbole, understatement, similes, metaphors, etc. | |
| 40305859 | euphemism | substitution of an inoffensive word or phrase for one that would be harsh or perhaps embarrassing | |
| 40305860 | euphony | a pleasant or harmonious sound of words or groups of words | |
| 40305861 | flashback | a narrative interruption that introduces a past action or image | |
| 40305862 | free verse | poetry that does not have defined form, rhyme or meter | |
| 40305863 | fable | a simple, symbolic story usually using animals as characters | |
| 40305864 | exact rhyme | rhyme in which both the vowels and consonants rhyme; also called perfect rhyme | |
| 40305865 | grotesque | the strange and bizarre; can be characters, settings, or events that are distorted; often part of the Gothic style | |
| 40305866 | expository | writing that gives information or explanation; the opening part of a drama or story | |
| 40305867 | invective | an insult, written or spoken, usually using epithets | |
| 40305868 | masculine rhyme | rhyme in which there is one syllable that rhymes at the end of a line | |
| 40305869 | feminine rhyme | a double rhyme; a rhyme of two syllables | |
| 40305870 | malapropism | confused, inaccurate and comical misuse of a long word or a group of words | |
| 40305871 | jargon | specialized language, usually of a profession | |
| 40305872 | juxtoposition | placing words, phrases, characters, etc. in close proximity for comparison or ironic effect | |
| 40305873 | image | mental impression created by words; usually used represent ideas |
