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7245270885Antithesisthe juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas0
7245274727Antagonistany force that is in opposition to the main character1
7245282048Couplettwo rhyming lines of iambic pentameter that together present a single idea or connection2
7245284862Formal Dictionlanguage that is lofty, dignified, and impersonal3
7245286336Conceita comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature; in particular, an extended metaphor within a poem4
7245288937Informal Dictionlanguage that is not as lofty or impersonal as formal diction; similar to everyday speech5
7245291511Consonancethe repetition of a sequence of two or more consonants, but with a change in the intervening vowels6
7245292368Allegorya prose or poetic narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance; often is a universal symbol or personified abstraction7
7245296100Tonethe attitude a literary work takes toward its subject and theme8
7245297360Connotationwhat is suggested by a word, apart from what it explictly describes9
7245305727Protagonistthe main character in a work who may or may not be heroic10
7245307130Shakespearean Sonneta sonnet form divided into three quatrains and one couplet; also called an English sonnet11
7245308387Speakerthe person, not necessarily the author, who is the voice of the poem12

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