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6301727862AnaphoraRepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses0
6301763551CaesuraA pause in the middle of a line1
6301769094CatharsisThe release of emotions through art (emotional cleansing, as in a tragedy)2
6301779657ConnotationSecondary or implied meaning of a word3
6301784711DenotationThe literal meaning of he word4
6301788553DenouementFinal outcome of the story5
6301793132Deus ex machinaResolution of the plot by chance or coincidence6
6301804932Feminine rhymeLines rhymed by their two final syllables7
6301810946HamartiaTragic flaw that causes a hero's downfall8
6301825069Masculine rhymeA line ending on the final stressed syllable9
6301831484ApostropheDirect address to reader10
6301840354ScansionAnalysis of verse into metrical patterns11
6301847708SynecdocheA figure of speech where the part represents the whole or vice versa12
6301857331SynesthesiaDescribing one kind of sensation with another (sweet sound, loud color)13
6301862885ToneAttitude the author takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character14
6301871070EpistropheA repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses15
6301877935MetonymyThe substitution of an object for that of the thing meant (white house for government, etc. )16
6301893265ChiasmusA reversal in word order of words in two otherwise parallel sentences17
6301899920ParallelismThe use of similar grammatical functions or word order in multiple sentences18
6301908331PolysyndetonThe repetition of conjunctions in a sentence19
6301909874AsyndetonThe omission of conjunctions in a sentence20
6301915116ArchetypeA symbol found in many cultures21

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