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| 5632204403 | maxim | a simple and memorable line, quote or rule for taking action and leading a good life. Simply put, it is a thought with moralistic values that intends to motivate individuals | 0 | |
| 5632210820 | metonymy | figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated | 1 | |
| 5632216013 | mock heroic | of or relating to a form of satire in which trivial subjects, characters, and events are treated in the ceremonious manner and with the elevated language and elaborate devices characteristic of the heroic style | 2 | |
| 5632216014 | moralistic | characterized by or expressive of a concern with morality | 3 | |
| 5632220275 | motif | an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work | 4 | |
| 5632227533 | ode | form of poetry such as sonnet or elegy, etc. it is a literary technique that is lyrical in nature, but not very lengthy.a type of lyric poetry that sings the praises of the poem's subject | 5 | |
| 5632234293 | omniscient p.o.v | When a narrator has knowledge about all the characters in a narrative, it is all-knowing point of view | 6 | |
| 5632238094 | onomatopoeia | those words that resemble the sound that they represent. Onomatopoeias literally sound like what they mean | 7 | |
| 5632244202 | oratorical | relating to the art or practice of public speaking | 8 | |
| 5632248582 | oratory | the art of public speaking, especially in a formal and eloquent manner | 9 | |
| 5632248583 | ornate | elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so;embellished with rhetoric; florid or high-flown: | 10 | |
| 5632252778 | oxymoron | a figure of speech that puts together two seemingly contradictory words or phrases that actually end up making a whole lot of sense;is a combination of two contradictory or opposite word | 11 | |
| 5632258895 | ostentatious | characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others | 12 | |
| 5632261764 | parable | short, didactic tale meant to convey a moral lesson | 13 | |
| 5632264279 | paradox | a statement that contradicts itself and still seems true somehow; in literature are often less about logical conundrums and more about illuminating meaning;may consist of a sentence or even a group of sentences | 14 | |
| 5632264280 | parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 15 | |
| 5632268321 | parody | text that imitates another work or genre for the sake of a good, hearty laugh;aren't meant to incite some major social change, and they're not even meant to knock the original work down a notch | 16 | |
| 5632268322 | pastoral | all about glorifying the simple life, the rural life, the country life;were mostly about shepherds out shepherding | 17 | |
| 5632272027 | pedantic | someone who is concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, minute details in order to make an arrogant and ostentatious show of learning | 18 | |
| 5632272028 | pentameter | literary device that can be defined as a line in verse or poetry that has five strong metrical feet or beats | 19 |
