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| 5202592598 | Understatement | A common figure of speech in which the literal sense of what is said fall short or under the magnitude of what is being talked about. | 0 | |
| 5202592599 | Allusion | A figure of speech that makes brief reference to a historical or literary figure event or object. Biblical allusions are frequent in English literature. | 1 | |
| 5202592600 | Poetic Drama | A term properly restricted to play as written to be acted. If a poem is written to be read only then is not considered poetic drama. | 2 | |
| 5202592601 | Paradox | A statement that although seemingly contradictory or absurd may actually be well-founded or true. "For when I am weak, I am strong" | 3 | |
| 5202592602 | Sentimentalism | The term used in two senses (1) an overindulgence in a motion or (2) an optimistic over emphasis of the goodness of humanity. | 4 | |
| 5202592603 | Subjective | A term for something expressive in a personal matter of inward convictions, believes, dreams, or ideals. Subjective writing is opposed to objective writing which is in personal and concrete. | 5 | |
| 5202592604 | Verisimilitude | The semblance of truth; the degree to which a work creates the appearance of the truth. Ex) "Gulliver Travels" achieves this due to the fact that it is one of the finest political satires. It creates a resemblance to reality. | 6 | |
| 5202592605 | Tragedy | It concerns, in general, the effort to exemplify what has been called "the tragic sense of life" that is, human beings are inevitably doomed through their own failures and weaknesses. | 7 | |
| 5202592606 | Tragic Flaw | The theory that there is a flaw in the tragic hero that causes his or her downfall. Many characters in Shakespearean drama as exhibit tragic flaws such as Hamlet's inability to act | 8 | |
| 5202592607 | Lyric Poem | A brief subjective poem strongly marked by imagination, Melody, and a motion and creating a single, unified impression. | 9 |
