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8258200540Parody-satirical imitation0
8284805283Anaphora-repetiition of words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences1
8284840910Sonnets-poem of 14 lines -Italian: 8-6 -English/Shakesperean: 4-4-4-22
8284867144Allusion-reference to something else like bible, literary, mythological3
8284881687Extended Metaphor-comparison developed over many lines4
8284893489Indictment-formal charge or accusation5
8284896482Obliqueindirect6
8284899646Phillistineuncultured, boorish, tacky7
8284903238OstentationPretentious8
8284906589Didactic-intended to teach -can be preachy9
8284911592Vacillateto alternate or waver between different opinions10
8284925215Sardonicdarkly mocking11
8284925216Qualifyto restrict or modify12
8284929452Toneauthors attitude toward the subject13
8284934524Ironycontrast between expectation and actuality14
8284938652SyntaxWord order--arrangement of words, phrases, clasues15
8284943032Dictionword choice16
8284946419paradoxapparent contradiction that is nevertheless true17
8284953350Heroic Couplet2 lines rhyming iambic pentameter18
8284958762Blank Verseunrhymed iambic pentameter19
8284988014Free Versepoem that does not have regular rhyme or meter20
8284991775Epigraphquotation or short passage that precedes a work to suggest a theme or concern of the novel21
8284998576Pastoralidealized version of country life22
8285002345Elegypoetic lament for the dead23
8285008693Synesthesiastimulation of sense elicits another -fusion of the two24
8285025243Epistolaryliterary work in the form of letters ex: the color purple25

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