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| 9418847625 | Abstract | An abstract style (in writing) is typically complex, discusses intagible qualities like good and evil, and seldom uses examples to support its points. | 0 | |
| 9418847626 | Academic | As an adjective describing style, this word means dry and theoretical writing. (When a piece of writing seems to be sucking all the life out of its subject with analysis, the writing is academic.) | 1 | |
| 9418894802 | Accent/emphasis | In poetry, accent refers to the stressed portion of a word. In "To be, or not to be," accents fall on the first "be" and "not." It sounds silly any other way. | 2 | |
| 9418894803 | Aesthetic(s) | Aesthetic can be used as an adjective meaning "appealing to the senses," Aesthetic judgement is a phrase synonymous with artistic judgement. As a noun, an aesthetic is a coherent sense of taste. The plural noun, aesthetics, is the study of beauty. | 3 | |
| 9418894804 | Allegory | An allegory is a story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself. Many fables have allegorical quality. | 4 | |
| 9419200797 | Inversion | Switching the customary order of elements in a sentence or phrase. (Like Yoda does!) | 5 | |
| 9419200798 | Irony | Irony comes in a variety of forms; it can be a type of usually humorous expression in which you say the opposite of what you intend humorous expression in which you say the opposite of what you intend (verbal irony.) | 6 | |
| 9419200799 | Lament | A passionate expression of grief or sorrow | 7 | |
| 9419200800 | Lampoon | To publicly criticize someone or something by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm. | 8 | |
| 9419200801 | Lyric | A type of poetry that explores the poet's personal interpretation of and feeling about the world. When the word "lyric is used to describe tone, it refers to a sweet, emotional, melodiousness. | 9 | |
| 9419125890 | Masculine Rhyme | A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable | 10 | |
| 9419125891 | Melodrama | A form of "cheesy" theater in which the hero is very, very good, the villain is very mean and rotten, and the hero nine is oh-so-pure. | 11 | |
| 9419125892 | Metaphor and Simile | A metaphor is a comparison or analogy that states one thing IS another. His eyes were biting coals. A similar is like a metaphor but soften s the comparison by using LIKE or AS. His eyes were like burning coals. | 12 | |
| 9419066543 | Metonymy | A word that is used to stand for something else with which it shares attributes or with which it is associated. For example, a herd of cows would be called 50 head of cattle. | 13 |
