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| 10976608880 | free verse | poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme | 0 | |
| 10976608881 | hyperbole | a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement, for effect | 1 | |
| 10976608882 | idiom | a common expression that has a meaning particular to a language or region | 2 | |
| 10976608883 | imagery | text that creates a mental picture and appeals to the senses | 3 | |
| 10976608884 | irony | a discrepancy between appearances and reality | 4 | |
| 10976608885 | verbal irony | occurs when someone says one thing, but means something else | 5 | |
| 10976608886 | situational irony | takes place when there is a discrepancy between what is expected to happen or what would be appropriate to happen and what actually happens | 6 | |
| 10976608887 | dramatic irony | so called because it is often used on stage; a character in the play or story thinks one thing is true, but the audience or reader knows better | 7 | |
| 10976608888 | juxtaposition | poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another, creating an effect of surprise and wit | 8 | |
| 10976608889 | litotes | a deliberate understatement, often expressed negatively | 9 | |
| 10976608890 | lyric poem | a poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of the speaker | 10 | |
| 10976608891 | metaphor | a comparison of 2 unlike things without using "like" or "as" | 11 | |
| 10976608892 | extended metaphor | metaphor that is extended or developed as far as the writer wants to take it | 12 | |
| 10976608893 | meter | the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem | 13 | |
| 10976608894 | metonymy | figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing, is referred to by something closely associated with it | 14 | |
| 10976608895 | monologue | a long uninterrupted speech performed by a single character | 15 | |
| 10976608896 | mood | an atmosphere created by a writer's diction and the details selected | 16 | |
| 10976608897 | motif | a recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation used throughout a work | 17 | |
| 10976608898 | onomatopoeia | the use of words that mimic the sounds they describe | 18 | |
| 10976608899 | oxymoron | figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase | 19 | |
| 10976608900 | parable | relatively short story that teaches a moral, or lesson about how to lead a good life | 20 | |
| 10976608901 | paradox | a statement that appears self-contradictory, but that reveals a kind of truth | 21 | |
| 10976608902 | parody | a work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the writer's style | 22 | |
| 10976608903 | personification | a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 23 | |
| 10976608904 | plot | the series of related events in a story or play, sometimes called the storyline | 24 | |
| 10976608905 | exposition | introduces characters, situation, setting | 25 | |
| 10976608906 | rising action | complications in conflict and situations (may introduce new ones as well) | 26 | |
| 10976608907 | climax | that point in a plot that creates the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest; also called turning point | 27 | |
| 10976608908 | falling action | events following the climax in a narrative | 28 | |
| 10976608909 | resolution | the conclusion of a story, when all or most of the conflicts have been settled; often called the denouement | 29 |
