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| 6696362795 | Allegory | A narrative in which objects, characters, and actions are equated with meanings that lies outside the narrative itself. | 0 | |
| 6696369752 | Chiasmus | A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the parts reversed. | 1 | |
| 6696374094 | Conceit | A far-fetched comparison between two seemingly unlike things; an extended metaphor that gains appeal from its unusual or extraordinary comparison. | 2 | |
| 6696377365 | Enjambment | In poetry, when one line ends without a pause and continues into the next line for its meaning. This is also called a run-on line. | 3 | |
| 6696386483 | Encomium | A tribute or eulogy in prose or verse glorifying people, objects, ideas, or events. | 4 | |
| 6696395552 | Pastoral | Writing that expresses a romanticized fondness for the peace and simplicity of rustic existence, especially that of shepherds | 5 | |
| 6696402076 | Litote | Affirmation of an idea by using a negative understatement. The opposite of hyperbole | 6 | |
| 6696406383 | Zeugma | A single word standing in the same grammatical relation to two other terms, but with some alteration in its meaning | 7 | |
| 6706823545 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech where one part represents the entire object, or vice versa | 8 | |
| 6706828593 | Burlesque | An extended comic imitation of someone or something in which s/he is put into incongruous situations and made to look ridiculous | 9 | |
| 6706845279 | Paean | A joyful song, usually in praise of something or someone | 10 | |
| 6706851584 | Melodrama | An exaggerated type of literature in which the characters are all good or evil. | 11 | |
| 6706857299 | Prosody | The systematic study of versification; including meter, rhyme, and stanza forms | 12 | |
| 6706869493 | Encomium | A tribute or eulogy in prose or verse glorifying people, objects, ideas, or events. | 13 | |
| 6706874360 | Coordination | The grammatical connection of two or more ideas to give them equal emphasis and importance. | 14 |
