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10934913862Ballad meterfour-line stanza rhymed abcb with 4 feet in lines 1 and 3 feet in lines 2 and 40
10934927201Grotesquecharacterized by distortions or incongruities1
12496436746Antecedentword, phrase or clause2
12496440911Ellipsisomission of a word or several words necessary construction that is still understandable3
12496449308Tetrameterline of 4 feet4
12496462675Clausegroup of words containing subject and verb that maybe a complete sentence5
12496472227Periodic sentencesentence grammatically complete only at the end6
12496483396Parallel structuresimilar grammatical structure within a sentence or a paragraph7
12496487086Syntaxstructure of a sentence8
12496492008Pentameterline containing 5 feet9
12496498602Imperativemood of a verb that gives an order10
12496509666Terza Rima3 lined stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc11
12496525863Digressionmaterial unrelated to subject of a work12
12496530649Dictionword choice13
12496533841Parodyimitates style normally in comics14
12496538797Epigrampithy saying often using contrast15
12496553784Jargonspecial language of a profession or group16
12496561998Soliloquyspeech in which a character who is alone speaks their thoughts aloud.17

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