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| 7914552519 | paradox | It is a contradictory statement or proposition | 0 | |
| 7914552520 | apostrophe | an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) or thing (typically one that is personified) | 1 | |
| 7914558496 | anaphora | is the repetition of a certain word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines of writing or speech | 2 | |
| 7914562452 | alliteration | literary device that repeats a speech sound in a sequence of words that are close to each other. | 3 | |
| 7914562453 | understatement | A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is. A statement which lessens or minimizes the importance of what is meant. Restraint or lack of emphasis in expression, as for rhetorical effect. | 4 | |
| 7914567196 | rhyming couplets | is two line of the same length that rhyme and complete one thought | 5 | |
| 7914569974 | visual imagery | the elements in a poem that spark off the senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste) | 6 | |
| 7914570044 | auditory imagery | to use figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. | 7 | |
| 7914573741 | enjambment | is incomplete syntax at the end of a line; the meaning runs over from one poetic line to the next, without terminal punctuation | 8 | |
| 7914578806 | variable rhythm | IDK | 9 | |
| 7914582038 | lament | nonnarrative poem expressing deep grief or sorrow over a personal loss. | 10 | |
| 7914582039 | incongruous | means out of place — something that doesn't fit in its location or situation. | 11 | |
| 7914584052 | fleeting | passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory: | 12 | |
| 7914591154 | dearth | a scarcity or lack of something. | 13 |
