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| 9905448325 | paradox | a statement that seems self-contradictory or nonsensical on the surface but that, upon closer examination, may express an underlying truth | 0 | |
| 9905448326 | enjambent | a poetic statement that spans more than one line; their sense is not complete without the following line(s) | 1 | |
| 9905453223 | surrealism | a literary and artistic movement whose proponents view the unconscious as a source of imaginative expression and seek to liberate the mind | 2 | |
| 9905454775 | apostrophe | a literary device in which the speaker directly and often emotionally addresses a person who is dead or absent | 3 | |
| 9905457483 | catharsis | the emotional effect a tragic drama has on its audience. | 4 | |
| 9905459837 | conceit | a figure of speech involving an elaborate and often surprising comparison between two apparently highly dissimilar things | 5 | |
| 9905461749 | idyll | a narrative work, usually short, that depicts and exalts pastoral scenes and themes | 6 | |
| 9905463156 | lyric | a brief, imaginative and melodic poem characterized by the fervent expression of personal feelings of a single, first person speaker | 7 | |
| 9905464595 | leitmotif | an image or phrase that recurs throughout a work, each time evoking past associations in such a way as to be a unifying element | 8 | |
| 9905466382 | hegemony | the dominance or dominant influence of one nation, group, or class over another or others. | 9 | |
| 9905468269 | cliche | an expression used so often (and so often out of context) that it has lost its original impact | 10 | |
| 9905469977 | aubade | a lyric or song delivered at dawn, generally involving lovers who must part | 11 | |
| 9905471040 | aphorism | a concise, pointed statement that purports to reveal a truth or principle. | 12 | |
| 9905475529 | omniscient | point of view that permits the author to present not only external details but also inner thoughts of all the characters of a work. | 13 | |
| 9905477230 | stream of conciousness | a narrative mode featuring an individual's subjective, ongoing, and often jumbled mental observation and commentary | 14 |
