6691966290 | Adage | A proverb or short statement expressing a general truth | 0 | |
6691966291 | Elegy | A sad poem, usually written to praise and express sorrow for someone who is dead | 1 | |
6691966292 | Kenning | A compound expression in Old English and Old Norse poetry with metaphorical meaning | 2 | |
6691966293 | Vicarious | Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person | 3 | |
6691966294 | Ambiguity | The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness | 4 | |
6691966295 | Epigram | A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way. A short poem | 5 | |
6691966296 | Hamartia | A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine. | 6 | |
6691966297 | Lampoon | Publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm. | 7 | |
6691966298 | Trope | A figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression | 8 | |
6691966299 | Bathos | An effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous | 9 | |
6691966300 | Euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. | 10 | |
6691966301 | Motif | A decorative design or pattern | 11 | |
6691966302 | Hubris | Excessive pride or self-confidence | 12 | |
6691966303 | Pastoral | Concerning or appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance | 13 | |
6691966304 | Bombast | High-sounding language with little meaning used to impress people | 14 | |
6691966305 | Farcd | A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization ludicrously | 15 | |
6691966306 | Non-sequitur | A conclusion of statement that does not logically follow the previous argument or statement | 16 | |
6691966307 | Anachorism | A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned | 17 | |
6691966308 | Canon | Part of the story in an individual universe of that story | 18 | |
6691966309 | Harangu | A lengthy or expressive speech | 19 |
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