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3669707856AllusionA reference0
3669707857AsideA speech (usually just a short comment) made by an actor to the audience, as though momentarily stepping outside of the action on stage.1
3669707858CoupletA pair of two lines in poetry2
3669707859CaesuraAn interruption or break3
3669707860DictionChoice of words in writing4
3669707861Enjambmentlines that end without punctuation and without completing a sentence or clause.5
3669707862Foota combination of stressed and unstressed syllables.6
3669707863Imageigurative and metaphorical language to improve the reader's experience through their senses.7
3669707864Iama literary device that can be defined as a foot containing unaccented and short syllables followed by a long and accented syllable in a single8
3669707865MetaphorA comparison not using like or as9
3669707866MetonymyA substitution for a name of something10
3669707867MeterA unit of rhythm in poetry11
3669707868MonologueA long speech by one actor12
3669707869PunPlay on words with a humorous effect13
3669707870PersonificationUsing attributes of living things to describe non living things14
3669707871SimileA comparison using "like" or "as"15
3669707872SymbolA thing that represents or stands for something else16
3669707873ToneGeneral character or attitude of a piece of writing17
3669707874SyntaxSentence structure18
3669707875SoliloquyActor speaking their thoughts out loud19
3669707876SonnetA poem of 14 lines using any number of rhyme schemes, has 10 syllables20
3669707877SestetLast six lines of a sonnet21
3669707878OctavePoem or stanza of eight lines22
3669707879QuatrainStanza of 4 lines23

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