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| 4733127052 | Allegory | a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another; a symbolic narrative | 0 | |
| 4733130179 | Alliteration | the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group | 1 | |
| 4733130888 | Allusion | a metaphor or parable; a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication | 2 | |
| 4733133853 | Analogy | a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based | 3 | |
| 4733134672 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences | 4 | |
| 4733135281 | Aphorism | a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation | 5 | |
| 4733136989 | Apostrophe | Used in poetry when a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present in the poem | 6 | |
| 4733139926 | Archetype | the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype | 7 | |
| 4733143607 | Assonance | also known as a vowel rhyme for it is a rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in stressed syllables of the rhyming words | 8 | |
| 4733146424 | Blank Verse | A poem with no rhyme but with an iambic pentameter | 9 | |
| 4733148663 | Caesura | A pause in a line of poetry that is formed by the rhythms of natural speech rather than by metrics | 10 | |
| 4733151724 | Conceit | two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors | 11 | |
| 4733152642 | Connotation | meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly | 12 | |
| 4733154637 | Consonance | repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase | 13 | |
| 4733156013 | Couplet | having two successive rhyming lines in a verse and has the same meter to form a complete thought | 14 | |
| 4733160316 | Denotation | literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings | 15 | |
| 4733161173 | Diction | style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer | 16 | |
| 4733162066 | Epic | a long narrative poem written in elevated style, in which heroes of great historical or legendary importance perform valorous deeds | 17 | |
| 4733163801 | Epithet | application of a word or phrase to someone that describes that person's attributes or qualities | 18 | |
| 4733164573 | Exposition | used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters and more to the audience or readers | 19 | |
| 4733166696 | Figurative Language | language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation | 20 | |
| 4733169202 | Hyperbole | an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis | 21 | |
| 4733170094 | Iambic Pentameter | in a line of poetry, an iamb is a foot or beat consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, or a short syllable followed by a long syllable | 22 | |
| 4733171443 | Imagery | language and description that appeals to our five senses | 23 | |
| 4733172554 | Inverted Sentence | the predicate (verb) comes before the subject (noun) | 24 | |
| 4733173648 | Irony | contrast or incongruity between expectation for a situation and what is reality | 25 | |
| 4733174568 | Kenning | two-word phrase that describes an object through metaphors (whale-road means the sea) | 26 | |
| 4733176578 | Metonymy | word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word (the pen is mightier than the sword) | 27 | |
| 4733177538 | Narrative | works that provide an account of connected event | 28 | |
| 4733178126 | Octave | Verse form consisting of eight lines of iambic pentameter | 29 | |
| 4733179400 | Oral Literature | broad term which may include ritual texts, curative chants, epic poems, musical genres, folk tales, creation tales, songs, myths, spells, legends, ect. | 30 | |
| 4733180840 | Oxymoron | two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect (Cruel kindness) | 31 | |
| 4733182052 | Parable | a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson | 32 | |
| 4733183450 | Paradox | a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth | 33 | |
| 4733185072 | Parallelism | use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter | 34 | |
| 4733186716 | Pathos | an appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response | 35 | |
| 4733188089 | Quatrain | verse with four lines | 36 | |
| 4733189000 | Repetition | repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer | 37 | |
| 4733189686 | Rhetoric | technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form | 38 | |
| 4733190491 | Satire | technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule | 39 | |
| 4733193409 | Scansion | refers to the process of analyzing a poem's meter | 40 | |
| 4733193984 | Sestet | specifically describes the last six lines of an Italian sonnet | 41 | |
| 4733197023 | Syncope | the contraction or the shortening of a word by omitting sounds, syllables, or letters from the middle of the word | 42 | |
| 4733198221 | Synecdoche | a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part | 43 | |
| 4733200085 | Active Voice | the subject is doing the actiion | 44 | |
| 4733200393 | Passive Voice | the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb | 45 | |
| 4733201572 | Simple Sentence | one independent clause which contains one subject | 46 | |
| 4733202950 | Compound Sentence | at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction | 47 | |
| 4733204558 | Complex Sentence | contains one main clause or independent clause and at least one subordinate clause or dependent clause | 48 |
