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7862876206Rhetorical stanceLanguage that conveys a speaker's attitude or opinion with regard to particular subject0
7862876707RhymeThe repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals, used mostly in poetry1
7862877530Rhyme schemeThe pattern of rhymes within a given poem2
7862877890RhythmThe pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry3
7862880787Roman a clefFrench for a novel in which historical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction4
7862881340RomanceAn extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places5
7862881875SarcasmA sharp, caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt6
7862883595SatireA literary style used to poke fun at, attack or ridicule an idea or vice, often for the purpose of inducing change7
7862886361ScanThe act of determining the meter of a poetic line. If a verse doesn't "scan", its meter is irregular (Pattern is called scansion)8
7862889594SentimentA synonym for view or feeling, also a tender emotion in literature9
7862890484SentimentalA term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience ; also nauseatingly nostalgic10
7862891496SettingThe total environment for the action in a novel or play. It includes time, place, historical, milieu and social circumstances11
7862893016SimileA figurative comparison using the words like or as12
7862893656SonnetA popular form of verse consisting of 14 lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme. (Shakespeare wrote what has become known as Elizabethan sonnet; Other follow a form called Italian sonnet, attributed to Petrarch)13
7862896471StanzaA group of 2 or more lines in poetry combines according to subject matter, rhyme, or some other plan14
7862896889Stream of consciousnessA style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind.15
7862899780StyleThe manner in which an author uses and arranges words, shapes, ideas, forms sentences, and creates a structure to convey ideas16
7862900342SubplotA subordinate or minor collection of events in a novel or play, usually connected to the main plot17
7862901008SubtextThe implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work of literature18
7862901456SymbolismThe use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object.19
7862902890SynecdocheA figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole (fifty masts for fifty ships) or the whole signifies the part (days for life); when the name of a material stands for the thing itself (pigskin for football)20

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