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| 7487099847 | didactic verse | term for a poem that teaches almost preaches | 0 | |
| 7487112474 | dionysian | pertaining to the base side of man | 1 | |
| 7487126881 | drama | story performed by actors on a stage | 2 | |
| 7487148295 | dramatic irony | irony in which the character uses words which mean one thing to them but another to those who understand the situation better | 3 | |
| 7487179982 | dramatic monologue | poem that reveals a "soul in action" through the speech of one character in a dramatic situation | 4 | |
| 7519047417 | dystopia | opposite of a utopia, controlled world where pain exists instead of pleasure | 5 | |
| 7519052886 | elegy | lyrical poem about death | 6 | |
| 7519060465 | empathy | feelings of pity and understanding for a character | 7 | |
| 7519064572 | end rhyme | schematic rhyme that comes at the ends of lines of verse | 8 | |
| 7519075563 | end stop line | line of verse which both grammatical structure & sense reach completion at the end of a line | 9 | |
| 7519090079 | enjambment | line of verse that carries over into next line without a pause of any kind | 10 | |
| 7519095298 | envelope method | begins and ends with same setting and/or narrator(s); middle is a flashback | 11 | |
| 7519109564 | epic | a long narrative, adventures of a hero whom rests the fate of a nation | 12 | |
| 7519115544 | epigram | a witty saying, usually at the end of a poem, about 2 lines long | 13 | |
| 7519131615 | epigraph | brief quotation at the beginning of a book or chapter | 14 | |
| 7519139981 | epiphany | an awakening; sudden understanding or burst of insight; key moments in greek plays | 15 | |
| 7519151363 | epitaph | an engraving on a tombstone | 16 | |
| 7519154843 | epithet | nickname or appellation | 17 | |
| 7519159498 | euphemism | substitute words that sound better than another; use of inoffensive or neutral words to describe to describe harsher, more serious concepts | 18 | |
| 7519191712 | euphony | quality of style marked by pleasing, harmonious sounds, the opposite of cacophony | 19 | |
| 7519196941 | existentialism | term applies to a group of attitudes which emphasize existence rather than essence | 20 | |
| 7519208349 | exposition | the introductory material which sets the tone, gives the setting, introduces characters, and supplies necessary facts | 21 | |
| 7519219997 | eye rhyme | form of rhyme where look is more important than sound | 22 | |
| 7519236506 | fable | story written to make a moral point, using animals as characters | 23 | |
| 7519254641 | fairy tale | fictional tale, marked by fantasy and magic, often appealing to imagination | 24 | |
| 7519261172 | falling action | everything that happens in a plot between the climax or crisis and the denouement | 25 | |
| 7519269432 | false dichotomy | two extremes in a continuum of intermediate possibilities | 26 | |
| 7519279019 | fantasy | imaginative writing; author breaks away from reality | 27 | |
| 7519285209 | farce | totally ridiculous comedy | 28 | |
| 7519288827 | feminine rhyme | double rhyme(ex. resenting/consenting) | 29 |
