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7477417790satirea literary styles used to poke fun at, attack or ridicule an idea, vice, or foilable often to induce change0
7477420966allegorya story in which the narrative of the characters carry an underlying symbolic meaning1
7477421779ambiguitya vagueness of meaning to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation2
7477422727denouementthe resolution at the end of a play/work of fiction3
7477426928onomatopoeiawords whose sounds suggest their meaning4
7477436005apostropheaddressing a person or personified thing not present (talking TO the thing)5
7477436006assonancethe repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group6
7477437047cadencerise and fall of sound in poetry7
7477437048consonancerepetition of two or more consonant sounds n a group of words8
7477437463conceita witty or ingenious thought9
7477437464coupleta pair of rhyming lines in a poem10
7477438287disonance11
7477441048end-stopped12
7477441737enjambment13
7477442521euphemism14
7477442522euphony15
7477442991free verse16
7477442992syntax17

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