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3350382674EnlightmentPotential of knowledge and reason to understand and change the world0
3350382675EpicTell a story of societies and heros1
3350382676EpigramMemorable brief satirical statement2
3350382677ExpositionIntroduce background information about events,settings, characters, etc3
3350382678EuphemismIdiomatic expression which loses its literal meaning and refers to something else in order to hide its unpleasantness4
3350382679EuphonyUse of words and phrases to create loveliness in the sounds they create5
3350382680FarceHighly exaggerated and funny situations aimed at entertaining the audience6
3350382681ForeshadowingWriter gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story7
3350382682Free verseDoesn't rhyme with fixed forms8
3350382683GothicMystery and supernatural horror9
3350397602ColloquialismUse of informal words10
3350399186ConceitExtended metaphor11
3350400431ConnotationImplied meaning12
3350402573DenotationDictionary meaning13
3350406363ConsonanceConsonant sound is repeated14
3350409068CoupletPair of lines in poem15
3350411139DialectLanguage used/how you talk16
3350415514DictionChoice of words and style17
3350417498Dramatic monologueCharacters speaks to a silent listener18
3350419642ElegyMournful poem19
3350422597EnjambmentMoving over from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark20
3350439286AssonanceResemblance of sounds21
3350441472AsyndetonConjunctions are omitted in a series of words22
3350444380AttitudeWay in which authors approach subject and situations23
3350446886BalladNarrative poem created by a poet in imitation of the old anonymous folk24
3350455022BildungsromanNovel that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of its main characters25
3350464355Blank verseA verse that has no rhyme scheme but does have a regular meter26
3350468434CacophonyHarsh or discordant sounds27
3350471648CaricatureDescription of a person using exaggeration of some characters and over simplification of others28
3350480613ChiasmusReversing the order of words in the sound of a two parallel phrases29
3350485219ClassicismStyle of writing that consciously emulates the forms and subject matter of classical antiquity30
3350514564AestheticsLiterary work dealing with the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty31
3350519606AllegoryUsing materials forms to represent an abstract or spiritual meaning32
3350523283AlliterationSame consonant sounds repeated in a sentence or words starting with the same letter multiple times33
3350529035AllusionReferencing another literary work in a writing34
3350531923AnaphoraUsing the same combination of words to start sentences in a row35
3350536708AncedoteA short story in a writing36
3350538328AntagonistA character that does against the main character in writing37
3350545221AntithesisWords that are opposite of each other that are next to each other38
3350549491ApostropheWhen a character of a poem says something to someone who is not there39
3350553579ArchetypeAn original work that writers go of on to write their own writing40

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