4215681566 | anachronism | out of place time-wise; something modern in an old-fashioned scene | ![]() | 0 |
4215681567 | bathos | unearned pathos; trying too hard to evoke emotion | 1 | |
4215881306 | bombast | using big words to impress | 2 | |
4215883040 | caesura | pause in a line of poetry | ![]() | 3 |
4215886906 | cacophony | harsh sounds | ![]() | 4 |
4215895893 | canto | division of a long poem | 5 | |
4215900296 | catharsis | emotional release | ![]() | 6 |
4215906705 | conceit | unusual, extended metaphor | 7 | |
4215912639 | deus ex machina | greater power saves hopeless situation (i.e. huck happens to show up at tom's aunt's house) | ![]() | 8 |
4215923228 | decorum | proper behavior, speech | ![]() | 9 |
4215930937 | didactic | instructive | ![]() | 10 |
4215933520 | dirge | song for the dead | ![]() | 11 |
4215937906 | doggerel | simple, crude language | 12 | |
4215960341 | elegy | a poem of serious reflection for the dead. | 13 | |
4215975190 | enjambment | A line of verse that flows on into the next line without a pause. | ![]() | 14 |
4215979938 | epitaph | statement on grave | ![]() | 15 |
4215984158 | euphony | pleasant, harmonious sound | ![]() | 16 |
4215985909 | farce | comedy | ![]() | 17 |
4216011641 | hubris | pride/arrogance that leads to downfall (like Ck'o'yo magic) | 18 | |
4216016491 | lampoon | satire | ![]() | 19 |
4216018226 | lyric | A type of poetry that explores the poet's personal interpretation of and feelings about the world. | 20 | |
4216020123 | parable | fable | ![]() | 21 |
4216024316 | pastoral | relating to a shepherd | ![]() | 22 |
4216033758 | plaint | words expressing sorrow (complaint) | ![]() | 23 |
4216045628 | picaresque | adventurous rascal (huck finn) | 24 | |
4216054682 | rhapsody | passionate, loving verse | ![]() | 25 |
4216065938 | soliloquy | monologue | ![]() | 26 |
4216067373 | synecdoche | part represents the whole | ![]() | 27 |
4216081184 | truism | obvious truth | 28 | |
4216085993 | verisimilitude | appearance of realism | 29 |
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