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| 54705019 | Connotation | The associations or moods attached to a word. Words generally are negative, positive, or neutral. | |
| 54705020 | Consonance | The repetiton of a sequence of two or more consonants but with a change in the intervening vowl. | |
| 54705021 | Couplet | A pair of rhymed lines. | |
| 54705022 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word. | |
| 54705023 | Dialect | A regional speech pattern. | |
| 54705024 | Diction | Word choice; the specific words an author uses in his or her writing. | |
| 54705025 | Elegy | A formal meditative poem or lament for the dead | |
| 54705026 | Ellipses | Three dots that indicate words have been left oiut of a quotation. Also used to create suspense. | |
| 54705027 | Epistrophe | The ending of a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word or words, used to emphasize the word or group of words for emotional impact. | |
| 54705028 | Euphemism | To use an inoffensive or more socially acceptable word for something that could be inappropriate or offensice to some. | |
| 54705029 | Carpe Diem | Latin for "Seize the day." | |
| 54705030 | Foil | A minor character whose situation or actions parallel those of a major character and thus by contrast set off or illuminate the major character. |
