6671011573 | Elergy | A sad poem usually to express praise to a dead person. | 0 | |
6671011574 | Seset | 2nd part of a sonnet | 1 | |
6671011575 | Ode | To praise something you love | 2 | |
6671011576 | Euphony | Pleasing to the ear | 3 | |
6671011577 | Motif | A symbol of great importance | 4 | |
6671358895 | Syneconde | Giving the part for the whole | 5 | |
6671358896 | Allusion | Reference to well known being or event | 6 | |
6671358897 | Motif | A symbol or reoccurring image | 7 | |
6671358898 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration | 8 | |
6671358899 | Oxymoron | An apparent contradiction | 9 | |
6671358900 | Syntax | Sentence or phrase structure | 10 | |
6671358901 | Parallelism | Repetition or similar syntax style | 11 | |
6671358902 | Analogy | Extended comparison | 12 | |
6671358903 | Alliteration | Repetitive sound or rhyme | 13 | |
6671358904 | Cacophony | Harsh sound | 14 | |
6671358905 | Naturalism | Extreme realism | 15 | |
6671358906 | Farce | Crude often obscene literature | 16 | |
6671358907 | Anaphora | Repetition of certain words | 17 | |
6671358908 | Cliche | Word that loses meaning due to overuse | 18 | |
6671358909 | Couplet | Two consecutive rhymes in a poem | 19 | |
6671358910 | Diction | Writers choice of words | 20 | |
6671358911 | Elegy | A poem of mourning | 21 | |
6671358912 | Idyll | Extremely happy and idled. | 22 | |
6671358913 | Ode | Prove you love something | 23 | |
6671358914 | Quatrain | A use of 4 lines in a poem usually with alternative rhymes | 24 | |
6671358915 | Parable | A short story | 25 | |
6671358916 | Seset | Second part of a sonnet | 26 | |
6671358917 | Lyric poetry | A type of poetry that expresses emotions | 27 | |
6671358918 | Modernism | Bold new styles of writing developed in the 20th century | 28 | |
6671358919 | Realisn | Depicts life how it really is developed in the 19th century | 29 | |
6671822756 | Foil | A character in contrast to another | 30 | |
6671822757 | Satire | A type of writing that makes fun of a particular topic | 31 | |
6671822758 | Denotation | Direct meaning of something | 32 | |
6671822759 | Connotation | Indirect or Symbolic meaning of something | 33 | |
6671822760 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds in an essay | 34 | |
6671822761 | Dissonance | Harsh sounds in a novel or poem | 35 | |
6671822762 | Eulogy | A formal speech respecting someone who has died | 36 | |
6671822763 | sarcasm | harsh, cutting language or tone intended to ridicule | 37 | |
6671822764 | surrealism | an artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control | 38 | |
6671822765 | vernacular | the everyday speech of a particular country or region, often involving nonstandard usage | 39 |
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