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7438137503Parodyan imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect0
7438140212Pedantican adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish1
7438140213Periodic Sentencea sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end2
7438144245Periphrasisuse of excessive and longer words to convey a meaning which could have been conveyed with a shorter expression or in a few words3
7438147532Polysyndetona stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect4
7438153318Personificationnon-human objects are portrayed in such a way that we feel they have the ability to act like human beings5
7438153319Point of Viewangle of considering things, which shows us the opinion, or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation6
7438156849Quatraina verse with four lines, or even a full poem containing four lines, having an independent and separate theme7
7438163241Prosewritten or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure8
7438163587Rhetorictechnique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form9

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