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| 6126384094 | pathetic fallacy | The attribution of human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects or to nature; for example angry clouds; a cruel wind. | 0 | |
| 6126384095 | nationalism | A sense of national pride to such an extent of exalting one nation above all others | 1 | |
| 6126384096 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (such as "crown" for "royalty"). | 2 | |
| 6126384097 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs (meaning "Cleveland's Indians baseball team") | 3 | |
| 6126384098 | frame story | An introductory narrative within which one or more of the characters proceeds to tell a story | 4 | |
| 6126501480 | rhetoric | The art of using language effectively and persuasively | 5 | |
| 6126384099 | pathos | Appeal to emotion | 6 | |
| 6126384100 | logos | Appeal to logic | 7 | |
| 6126384101 | ethos | Appeals to an audience's sense of morality/trust; Achieved by projecting an image of credibility which supports the speaker's position | 8 | |
| 6126384103 | Metaphysical poetry | The work of poets, particularly those of the seventeenth century, that uses elaborate conceits, is highly intellectual, and expresses the complexities of love and life | 9 | |
| 6126384104 | conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 10 | |
| 6126384105 | enjambment | A run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next. | 11 | |
| 6126384107 | octave | Eight line stanza | 12 | |
| 6126384108 | sestet | six line stanza | 13 | |
| 6126384110 | quatrain | A four line stanza | 14 | |
| 6126384112 | couplet | Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme | 15 | |
| 6126384109 | volta, or turn | A shift in mood or argument, usually triggered by transitional word or phrase | 16 | |
| 6126384106 | Italian (or Petrarchan) Sonnet | a sonnet divided into an octave (rhyme scheme ABBAABBA or ABBACDDC) and a sestet (rhyme scheme CDECDE or CDCCDC) | 17 | |
| 6126384111 | English (or Shakespearian) Sonnet | a sonnet divided into three quatrains and a couple it. Rhyme scheme - abab cdcd efef gg | 18 | |
| 6189790608 | scansion | The analysis of a poem's meter. This is usually done by marking the stressed and unstressed syllables in each line and then based on the pattern of the stresses dividing the line into feet. | 19 |
