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| 10183298798 | Enjabament | The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. | 0 | |
| 10183303102 | Pastoral | A work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life. | 1 | |
| 10183354800 | Apostrophe | An exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) or thing (typically one that is personified). | 2 | |
| 10183363193 | Blank Verse | Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter. | 3 | |
| 10183369728 | Couplet | Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. | 4 | |
| 10183381494 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. | 5 | |
| 10183401368 | Allusion | An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. | 6 | |
| 10183405707 | Conceit | A fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor. | 7 | |
| 10183425050 | In Medias Res | Into the middle of a narrative; without preamble. | 8 | |
| 10183434163 | Satire | The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | 9 | |
| 10183435839 | Free Verse | Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. | 10 | |
| 10183442358 | Hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 11 | |
| 10183447351 | Iambic Pentameter | A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable. | 12 | |
| 10183452219 | Imagery | Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. | 13 | |
| 10183457108 | Consonance | The recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity. | 14 | |
| 10183463798 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. | 15 | |
| 10183465527 | Allegory | A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 16 | |
| 10183467396 | Tone | The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. | 17 | |
| 10183474273 | Quatrain | A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes. | 18 | |
| 10183486590 | Simile | A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. | 19 | |
| 10183493135 | Personification | The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. | 20 | |
| 10183495535 | Sonnet | A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. | 21 | |
| 10183499189 | Symbolism | The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. | 22 | |
| 10183514871 | Synesthesia | The production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body. | 23 | |
| 10183524223 | Meter | The rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the number and length of feet in a line. | 24 |
