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| 4758404399 | Legend | a widely told tale about the past, one that may have a foundation in fact | 0 | |
| 4758404400 | Limerick | a type of poem that consists of two lines of rhymed anapestic trimeter, two lines of rhymed anapestic dimeter, and an additional line of anapestic trimeter, the last word of which is the same as, or rhymes with, the last word of the first line. | 1 | |
| 4758404401 | Line | unit of poetic verse. When writing verse in prose, use a / to indicate when lines change. | 2 | |
| 4758404402 | Melodrama | a play based upon a dramatic plot and developed sensationally; a type of drama related to tragedy but featuring sensational incidents, emphasizing plot at the expense of characterization, relying on cruder conflicts (virtuous protagonist versus villainous antagonist), and having a happy ending in which good triumphs over evil. | 3 | |
| 4758404403 | Metaphor | a figure of speech wherein a comparison is made between two unlike quantities without the use of the words "like" or "as." | 4 | |
| 4758404404 | Metaphysical | of, from, of relating to forces or being outside the natural world | 5 | |
| 4758404405 | Meter | the rhythmical pattern of a poem; classified according to both to its pattern and the number of feet to the line. | 6 | |
| 4758404406 | Metonomy | Substituting a word naming an object for another word closely associated with it. | 7 | |
| 4758404407 | Microcosm | a small "world" that stands for the larger one: In Lord of the Flies, the island is representative of the world's political realm | 8 | |
| 4758404408 | Mixed Metaphor | a metaphor whose elements are either incongruent or contradictory by the use of incompatible identifications, such as "the dog pulled in its horns" or "to take arms against a sea of troubles." | 9 |
