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2973557714Antithesisthe juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give the feeling of balance.0
2973557715Static CharacterA character that does not change throughout the story.1
2973557716Dramatic IronyTechnique in which the author lets the audience in on a character's situation while the character remains uninformed.2
2973557717HubrisExcessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist.3
2973557718Colloquialisma word or phrase used in informal/everyday conversation.4
2973557719AlliterationThe repetition of initial consonant sounds.5
2973557720ForeshadowingHints or clues about the end of the novel.6
2973557721Epistolary Novelthe narrative is conveyed by means of letters from one character to another.7
2973557722AssonanceThe repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sequence of nearby words.8
2973557723DoggerelCrude, simplistic verse, often in sing-song rhyme.9
2973557724ChiasmusA statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed.10
2973557725MalapropismA general term for the misuse of words, especially words that sound like other words.11
2973557726DialectA way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain group.12
2973557727DystopiaA work of literature that projects a future world, state, or situation in which the human condition is wholly degraded.13
2973557728MetonymySubstitution of the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself.14
2973557729ParadoxA self-contradictory statement that actually contains some truth.15
2973557730ApostropheCalling out to an object or an abstract idea.16
2973557731ElegyA lament over someone's death.17
2973557732Motifa recurring image, word, or idea throughout a work.18
2973557733Free VerseA broadly descriptive term for poetry that does not follow a regular metrical pattern or rhyme scheme.19

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