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9876680971AllegoryStory, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning0
9876691950AntithesisA person or thing that is the direct opposite or someone or something else1
9876697790UnderstatementThe presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is2
9876704431Heroic coupletsA pair of rhyming iambic pentameters3
9876712866Dramatic ironyIrony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play4
9876732199ApostropheSpeaking directly to someone not present5
9876739550AssonanceRepitition of the sound of a vowel in non rhyming stressed syllables6
9876748735SestinaA poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at line ends7
9876762944English sonnetAbab cdcd efef gg8
9876771364Italian sonnetAbba abba cdecde9
9876813130EnjambmentThe continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line10
9876830409EpithetAn adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned11
9876838822SynecdocheA figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole12
9876866118Iambic tetrameterFour iambic feet13
9876886592Iambic trimeterThree iambic units14
9876892037OmniscientKnowing everything15
9876896402CaesuraA pause in the middle of a line16
9876904791IdiomA group of words established by usage and having a meaning not deductible from those of the individual words (Rain cats and dogs)17
9876919059AnaphoraThe repition of the first part of the sentence18
9876926442MalapropismThe mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one19
9877034852DenouementFinal part of a play or movie20
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