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| 9710944853 | Loose Sentence | main idea is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases | 0 | |
| 9711059491 | Lyric poetry | emotional song-like poetry | 1 | |
| 9711071007 | Maxim | Saying or proverb expressing common wisdom truth | 2 | |
| 9711071008 | Melodrama | a literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response | 3 | |
| 9711074489 | Metaphor | A figure of speech that compares unlike objects | 4 | |
| 9711076845 | Metaphysical poetry | The work of poets / uses elaborate conceits / highly intellectual / expresses the complexities of love and life | 5 | |
| 9711076846 | Meter | The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry | 6 | |
| 9711078925 | Metonymy | A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated | 7 | |
| 9711080621 | Middle English | The language spoken in English roughly between 1150 and 1500 A.D | 8 | |
| 9711080622 | Mock Epic | A parody of traditional epic form | 9 | |
| 9711082275 | Mode | The general form, pattern, and manner of expression of a work of literature | 10 | |
| 9711082276 | Montage | A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea | 11 | |
| 9711082277 | Mood | The emotional tone in a work of literature | 12 | |
| 9711082278 | Moral | A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature | 13 | |
| 9711084333 | Motif | A phrase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature | 14 | |
| 9711084334 | Muse | The imagery source of inspiration for an artist or writer | 15 | |
| 9711084335 | Myth | Imaginary story that has become an accepted a part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society | 16 | |
| 9711087981 | Narrative | A form of verse or prose that tells a story | 17 |
