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8807430731AllusionA reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art0
8807430732ApostropheA figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman1
8807430733Asidea line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage2
8807430734Consonancethe repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words3
8807430735Enjambmentthe continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.4
8807430736Euphonya succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose; the opposite of cacophony5
8807430737Internal rhymeRhyme that occurs within a single line of poetry6
8807430738JuxtapositionPlacement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts7
8807430739MeterA regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry8
8807430740Monologuea long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.9
8807430741ParallelismSimilarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses10
8807430742PunsImagery - Play on words, double meaning.11
8807430743SoliloquyA long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage12
8807430744Sonneta verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme13
8807430745Tragic heroA protagonist with a fatal flaw which eventually leads to his demise14
8807430746Verbal IronyThe contrast between what is said and what is actually meant.15
8807430747VerseMetrical language; the opposite of prose16
8807430748Prosewritten or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. Any material that is not written in a regular meter like poetry17
8807430749archetypean original model on which something is patterned18
8807430750Realism19th century artistic movement whose aim was to represent the world as it is19
8807430751hero'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
8807430752monomyththe hero's journey archetype that appears in all cultures21
8807430753reversalthe point in a story when the protagonist's fortunes turn in an unexpected direction22
8807430754themeCentral idea of a work of literature23
8807430755motifa unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work24

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