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| 6925495747 | Allegory | a story in which the narrative/characters carry an underlying symbolic, metaphorical or possibly an ethical meaning | 0 | |
| 6925515684 | Alliteration | the repetition of one or more initial consonant in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose. writers use this for ornament or for emphasis | 1 | |
| 7328111119 | Allusion | a reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea | 2 | |
| 7328111120 | Analogy | a comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things | 3 | |
| 7328114659 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines | 4 | |
| 7328116955 | Apostrophe | Addressing something nonhuman as if it were human Example: Death, be not proud . . . | 5 | |
| 7328120815 | Archetype | Original model an abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model/form | 6 | |
| 7328120816 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 7 | |
| 7328123775 | Blank Verse | Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter | 8 | |
| 7328125246 | Conceit | extended metaphor | 9 | |
| 7328128574 | Connotation | All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests | 10 | |
| 7328130860 | Consonance | the repetition of consonant sounds | 11 | |
| 7328130861 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 12 | |
| 7328132690 | Dialect | A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. | 13 | |
| 7328134777 | Didactic | author attempts to educate or instruct the reader | 14 | |
| 7328134778 | Dissonance | harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds | 15 | |
| 7328136514 | Elegy | a sad or mournful poem | 16 | |
| 7328139301 | End-stopped line | a line of poetry that ends with a period, comma, or semi-colon | 17 | |
| 7328139302 | Enjambment | In poetry, the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them | 18 | |
| 7328142072 | Epiphany | A moment of sudden revelation or insight | 19 | |
| 7328145798 | Figurative Language | language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors. writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally | 20 | |
| 7328146999 | Free Verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme | 21 | |
| 7328148890 | Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration | 22 | |
| 7328148891 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 23 | |
| 7328150926 | Irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning | 24 | |
| 7328153545 | Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences | 25 | |
| 7328153546 | Metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared. A comparison without using like or as | 26 | |
| 7328156457 | Metonymy | Using a single feature to represent the whole Crown - in place of a royal person The White House - in place of the President or others who work there | 27 | |
| 7328156458 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 28 | |
| 7328158283 | Motif | A recurring theme, subject or idea | 29 |
