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4389465934AllegoryNarrative with multiple levels of meaning0
4389465935AllusionReferences (historical biblical etc)1
4389465936AnecdoteBrief story or tale2
4389465937AntagonistForce opposing main character3
4389465938ArchetypeReoccurring patters (characters actions themes etc)4
4389465939BalladNarrative poem originally meant to be sung5
4389465940Blank verseUnrhymed in iambic pentameter6
4389465941CaricatureExaggeration of a characters feature7
4389465942ColloquialOrdinary language8
4389465943ConceitComparison of two unlikely things9
4389465944ConnotationsMeaning suggested by a word other than the literal definition10
4389465945CoupletTwo paired lines of poetry11
4389486194ElegyPoetic lament upon death of a particular person12
4389486195ExpositionIntroduction of characters or distinctions at the start of a story or play13
4389486196FableLegend or short moral story which often uses animals14
4389486197FarceUse of humor in a story15
4389486198In media resStarting story in the middle of an action16
4389543145JuxtaposeTo place side by side17
4389543146LyricShort poem with intense personal emotional rather than a description of the situation18
4389543147OdeLyric poem with elaborate structure praising something19
4389543148OxymoronHumorous combining two contradictory elements20
4389543149ParableShort fiction illustrating explicit moral lesson through analogy21
4389543150ParadoxSeemingly contradictory statement that may be true22
4389543151PastoralWork describing simple life of country folks23
4389543152RefrainRepeated stanza or line24
4389543153SatireLiterary work that ridicules human failings25
4389543154SynecdocheWhen a part is used to signify a whole26
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