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6743469578AnagnorisisA moment of realization or recognition by the protagonist in literature0
6743484459AntithesisOpposite of something else1
6743488082AphorismShort phrase that expresses a wise idea2
6743498494ApostropheAddress a person who isn't there or an abstraction as if they are a person (death, be not proud)3
6743509950AssonanceTwo words repeat the same vowel sound4
6743512462Blank VerseUnrhymed iambic pentameter with rhymed couplets5
6743518143CacophonyHarsh, jarring noise6
6743519782CaesuraA natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line.7
6743519783Canonan established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature8
6743521312CholericEasily angered9
6743521313ConceitA fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor10
6743521314DidacticInstructive11
6743523207Dramatic IronyIrony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.12
6743528587EnjambmentA run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next.13
6743528588End-Stopped Linesthe line of verse ends with the end of the sentence14
6743528589EpigramA brief witty poem, often satirical.15
6743531094Epigraphquotation at the beginning of a literary work16
6743531095Epistlea letter or literary composition in letter form17
6743531096EpithetA descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something18
6743536862Gustatory Imagerytaste19
6743536863HubrisExcessive pride or self-confidence20
6743544405LitotesUnderstatement21
6743544406Malapropisma word humorously misused22
6743546896Olfactory Imagerysmell23
6743551964PastoralA work of literature dealing with rural life24
6743551965Phlegmaticcalm and unemotional in temperament25
6743556057Heroic CoupletIambic pentameter lines rhymed in pairs.26
6743556058SanguineOptimistic27
6743564473Situational IronyAn outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected28
6743564474Synecdochea figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa29
6743566837Tactile Imagerytouch30
6743566838TrochaicStressed, unstressed31
6743570566Zeugmause of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings32

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