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| 11790739583 | Anapest | three-syllable foot, stress on third | 0 | |
| 11790779160 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 1 | |
| 11790807232 | cadence | rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words | 2 | |
| 11790811784 | Haiku | 3 unrhymed lines (5, 7, 5 syllable formation) usually focusing on nature | 3 | |
| 11790843612 | half rhyme | a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of ending consonants match, however the preceding vowel sounds do not match | 4 | |
| 11790849229 | internal rhyme | a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next. | 5 | |
| 11790857561 | Limerick | a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba | 6 | |
| 11790862831 | line break | Where a line of poetry ends | 7 | |
| 11790897915 | Meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | 8 | |
| 11790903314 | Pentameter | a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet | 9 | |
| 11790937243 | Repitition | Repeating a word, phrase, or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect | 10 | |
| 11790940803 | Rhyme | Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem. | 11 | |
| 11790978596 | Sonnet | a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. | 12 | |
| 11790998349 | iambic pentameter | a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable | 13 | |
| 11791009651 | Ballad | A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas, characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style. | 14 | |
| 11796143377 | Couplet | Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme | 15 | |
| 11796148361 | Quatrain | A four line stanza | 16 | |
| 11796157560 | Spondee | a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables | 17 | |
| 11796169755 | adage | a familiar proverb or wise saying | 18 | |
| 11796173588 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 19 | |
| 11796179532 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 20 | |
| 11796194222 | anagram | a word or phrase formed from another word or phrase by changing the order of the letters | 21 | |
| 11796202864 | anecdote | A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event. | 22 | |
| 11796208562 | Archetype | A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response | 23 | |
| 11796215952 | cacophony | A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds | 24 | |
| 11796226356 | Colloqialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 25 | |
| 11796237181 | Ellipsis | three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation | 26 | |
| 11796241820 | Fable | A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters | 27 | |
| 11796250347 | Genre | a major category or type of literature | 28 | |
| 11796255085 | Ode | A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject. | 29 | |
| 11796260129 | palindrome | A word or an expression that is spelled the same backward and forward | 30 | |
| 11796278238 | Parable | A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson | 31 | |
| 11796283925 | Parallelism | Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other | 32 | |
| 11796292055 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 33 | |
| 11796300535 | portmanteau | a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings | 34 | |
| 11796304887 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 35 | |
| 11796323468 | Soliloquy | an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. | 36 | |
| 11796327686 | Tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character | 37 | |
| 11796337380 | Tragicomedy | A drama combining elements of tragedy and comedy | 38 | |
| 11796343438 | Anti-climax | a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events | 39 | |
| 11796349553 | dynamic character | A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action | 40 | |
| 11796353539 | flat character | A character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story | 41 | |
| 11796357264 | epistolary | A piece of literature contained in or carried on by letters | 42 | |
| 11796365028 | Subplot | a minor plot that relates in some way to the main story | 43 |
