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| 13424265740 | Enjambment | continuation of a sentence from one line or couplet of a poem to the next line Ex: "Who took the khaki and the gun Instead of cap and gown." - (The Spires of Oxford) | 0 | |
| 13424278634 | Epic | a poem that celebrates the achievements of heroes and heroines Ex: The Odyssey | 1 | |
| 13424286452 | Falling Action | the part of plot structure after the climax is over | 2 | |
| 13424295422 | Foreshadowing | to hint at or to present an indication of the future beforehand Ex: | 3 | |
| 13424303858 | Hyperbole | Exaggerated statements Ex: I am so hungry right now that I can eat ten bowls of Pho | 4 | |
| 13424309016 | In medias res... | in the middle of the action (refers to opening a story in the middle of the action) Ex: | 5 | |
| 13424328706 | Litote | Emphasizing the object by conscious understatement Ex: Well, good job | 6 | |
| 13424341053 | Metaphor | one thing pictured as if it were something else (suggesting likeness between objects without using "like" or "as") Ex: The towers over there are mountains that block the sun from reaching to us | 7 | |
| 13424352659 | Meter | regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | 8 | |
| 13424369412 | Ode | a lyric poem that shows seriousness. It praises and exalts a person, characteristic, quality, or object Ex: | 9 | |
| 13424391262 | Onomatopoeia | words that capture sounds of what they describe Ex: Bum! Bam! | 10 | |
| 13424411391 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines contradictory elements Ex: jumbo shrimp | 11 | |
| 13424508805 | Paradox | a statement which seems to be contradicted by might be true Ex: War on Poverty | 12 | |
| 13424518720 | Parallel Structure | the use of similar forms for nouns, verbs, phrases, or thoughts Ex: Today, I went to school, played tennis, ate foods, studied | 13 | |
| 13424548314 | Juxtaposition | placing two items to creates an effect, a different, reveals an attitude, or accomplishes some purpose of the writer Ex: Juxtapose spring water and lake water to compare the cleanness | 14 | |
| 13455141137 | Metonymy | a figure of speech in which an attribute is used to name or designate something Ex: The pen is mightier than the sword | 15 |
