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9321599138AccentRefers to the stressed portion of a word0
9321599139Allegorya story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning1
9321599140AlliterationThe repetition of initial consonant sounds2
9321599141AllusionA reference to another work or famous figure3
9321599142AnachronismA misplacement in time4
9321599143AnalogyA comparison, usually involving different things5
9321599144AntagonistThe force or character opposing the protagonist6
9321599145AntecedentThe word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to7
9321599146AnthropomorphismWhen a nonhuman is given human characteristics, behavior, or motivation8
9321599147AnticlimaxA disappointing end to an exciting series of events9
9321599148ApostropheA figure of speech wherein the speaker talks directly to something that is nonhuman10
9321599149ArchaismThe use of deliberately old-fashioned language11
9321599150ArchetypeA recurrent symbol in mythic literature12
9321599151AssonanceThe repeated use of vowel sounds13
9321599152AtmosphereThe tone or mood in a literary work14
9321599153BalladA narrative poem, usually in regular meter and rhyme, typically having a naive folksy quality15
9321599154BathosWhen writing strains for grandeur it can't support and tries to jerk tears from every moment16
9321599155Blank versePoetry in unrhymed lines of usually iambic pentameter17
9321599156BombastPretentious language18
9321599157BildungsromanA novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education19
9321599158CaesuraA break in the middle of a poetic line20
9321599159CacophonyUsing deliberately harsh, awkward sounds21
9321599160CadenceThe beat or rhythm of a poem in a general sense22

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