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8142890532AllusionA reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art0
8142890533ApostropheA figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman1
8142890534Asidea line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage2
8142890535Consonancethe repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words3
8142890536Enjambmentthe continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.4
8142890537Euphonya succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose; the opposite of cacophony5
8142890538Internal rhymeRhyme that occurs within a single line of poetry6
8142890539JuxtapositionPlacement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts7
8142890540MeterA regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry8
8142890541Monologuea long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.9
8142890542ParallelismSimilarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses10
8142890543PunsImagery - Play on words, double meaning.11
8142890544SoliloquyA long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage12
8142890545Sonneta verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme13
8142890546Tragic heroA protagonist with a fatal flaw which eventually leads to his demise14
8142890547Verbal IronyThe contrast between what is said and what is actually meant.15
8142890548VerseMetrical language; the opposite of prose16
8142938867Prosewritten or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. Any material that is not written in a regular meter like poetry17
8344336700archetypean original model on which something is patterned18
8344362459Realism19th century artistic movement whose aim was to represent the world as it is19
8344390284hero's journeyArchetype that shows a heroes growth into greatness a set of steps taken by the protagonist leads him to the fullfillment of a quest20
8344402304monomyththe hero's journey archetype that appears in all cultures21
8344423005reversalthe point in a story when the protagonist's fortunes turn in an unexpected direction22
8344458353themeCentral idea of a work of literature23
8344469990motifa unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work24

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