7202396613 | Repition | the repeating of a word or phrase within a poem or a prose piece to create a sense of rhythm | 0 | |
7202396614 | Allegory | story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events... | 1 | |
7202396615 | Irony | a discrepancy between appearances and reality | 2 | |
7202397365 | Metaphor | a figure of speech that makes a comparison between tow unlike things (does not use like or as) | 3 | |
7202397366 | Similie | a comparison of two unlike things (uses like or as) | 4 | |
7202401091 | Symbol | a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something | 5 | |
7202401092 | Allusion | reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, etc | 6 | |
7202401611 | Romanticism | Nature and love were major themes; gothic literature also was written during this period | 7 | |
7202403587 | Foreshadow | the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot | 8 | |
7202407106 | Free Verse | poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme | 9 | |
7202426451 | Imagery | the use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation | 10 | |
7202427369 | Tone | the attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience | 11 |
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