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10379169250ApollonianOpposite of Dionysian, refers to noble, godlike qualities of human nature/behaviour0
10379170882apostropheSpeaker addresses a person or personified thing that isn't present e.g., the streets of Manhattan, love, etc.1
10379172580bathosInsincere or overdone sentimentality2
10379174397bildungsromanStory with series of events where hero goes on a quest for a goal3
10379176147burlesqueliterature mean to ridicule/imitate4
10379178687caesurapause in the middle of a verse, usually with punctuation5
10379179559conceitwitty/ingenious thought, fanciful idea, usually in figurative language6
10379180804denoumentresolution that happens at the end of the work7
10379181496DionysianSensual, pleasure-seeking impulses8
10379183658Epigramconcise witty statement9
10379184876farcecomedy with nonsensical disregard for seriousness, although it has serious, scornful purpose10
10379188302in media resnarrative that starts at a critical point rather than beginning11
10379189880litoteUnderstatement using negative of contrary "not bad"12
10379243384moodThe emotional tone felt by the reader that is created from diction, detail, themes, settings, events, etc.13
10379246540toneauthor's attitude towards the subject14

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