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4196457003Anthithesisa rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of grammatical arrangement of words clause or sentences example) they promised freedom but gave slavery0
4196464584Aphorisma shorty pith statement of generally accepted truth of sentiment Example all people should strive to learn before they die what they are running ffrom and to and why1
4196471980ApollianIn constrast to dionysian it reeres to most noble and golike qualities of human nature2
4196474613Apostrephea rhetorical device in which a speaker a dresses a person who is not present3
4196476967Archetyypeabstract or ideal conception4
4196481575Assonancethe repition of two or more vowwel sounds, he is as madd as a hatter5
4196486601ballada narative verse or poem that tells a story through singing or recitiation6
4196497464barda poet in olden times performer who told herioc stories with musical encompiant7
4196505738bathosoverdone sentimentaity8
4196507087bibliographylit of works cited9
4196508756bildungromana german word referring to a novel structure as a series of events that hero travels in quest of a goal.10
4196513055Blank versepoetry written in iambic pentameter11
4196515443bombastinflated pretentious language12
4196517135burlesquea work literate mnt to ridiicual a subjet a grotesque imitation13
4196523382cacophonygrating innharmonious sounds14
4196525468ceasuraq pase somewhere in the middle of a verse often marked by by punction the blood dimmed tide is looseed, and everywhere15
4196631360canonhe works consider most important in the national literature or period16

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