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4323185264Allegorya figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures and events.0
4323186768Alliterationa stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.1
4323186769Allusiona brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.2
4323187653Ambiguitya word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning.3
4323187654Anachronisman error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece4
4323191733Analogya comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it.5
4323192459Anapesta poetic device defined as a metrical foot in a line of a poem stressed (/) stressed(/) unstressed (U)6
4323192460Anaphorathe deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect7
4323193537Antagonista character or a group of characters which stand in opposition to the protagonist or the main character.8
4323193538Anticlimaxa disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events9
4323193539Anti-heroa central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes.10
4323195012Apostrophea figure of speech sometimes represented by exclamation that detaches himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech.11
4323195013Archetypea typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature.12
4323196007Asidea remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.13
4323196008Assonancewhen two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.14
4323201148Ballada poem that is typically arranged in quatrains with the rhyme scheme (A-B-A-B) (C-D-C-D) (E-F-E-F) (G-H-G-H) (I-I)15
4323201149Bildungsromanliterary device that focuses on the coming-of-age story of the main character16
4323202096Caesuraa break between words within a metrical foot.17
4323202899Catharsisan emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of liberation from anxiety and stress.18
4323202900Climaxa structural part of a plot and is at times referred to as a crisis.19
4323203884Closed FormA type of form or structure in poetry characterized by regularity and consistency in elements such as rhyme20
4323203885Conceitan extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem.21

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