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| 5310401079 | alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds | 0 | |
| 5310401080 | allusion | a reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 1 | |
| 5310401081 | anaphora | emphasis on words or phrases by repeating them at the beginning of nearby clauses | 2 | |
| 5310401082 | anastrophe | the inversion of the natural order of words or phrases | 3 | |
| 5310401083 | apostrophe | a figure of speech in which someone absent, dead, or nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present | 4 | |
| 5310401084 | assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity to each other | 5 | |
| 5310401085 | allegory | a poem in the form of a narrative or story that has a second meaning beneath the surface meaning | 6 | |
| 5310401086 | iamb | rythmic unit based on stressed and unstressed syllables (two syllables) | 7 | |
| 5310401087 | iambic pentameter | line of poetry with five iambs (ten syllables) | 8 | |
| 5310401088 | couplet | two lines of poetry which rhymes | 9 | |
| 5310401089 | heroic couplet | two lines of iambic pentameter that rhyme | 10 | |
| 5310401090 | blank verse | unrhymed verse often in iambic pentameter | 11 | |
| 5310401091 | quatrain | a stanza with four lines | 12 | |
| 5310401092 | terset | a three line stanza | 13 | |
| 5310401093 | motonomy | part of something that represents something bigger (ex. lend me your ears) | 14 | |
| 5310401094 | free verse | poetry with no particular meter or rhyme scheme | 15 | |
| 5310401095 | paradox | a statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements, but on a closer inspection may be true | 16 | |
| 5310401096 | enjabment | the running over of the structure of a line of a couplet into the next verse | 17 | |
| 5310401097 | end stopped | a line of verse that has punctuation at the end | 18 | |
| 5310401098 | caesura | a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse | 19 | |
| 5310401099 | imagery | description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 20 | |
| 5310401100 | irony | a contrast or discrepancy between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen | 21 | |
| 5310401101 | situational irony | irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected | 22 | |
| 5310401102 | dramatic irony | irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play | 23 | |
| 5310401104 | consonance | Repetition of consonant sounds, not necessarily at beginning of word | 24 | |
| 5310401105 | hyperbole | purposeful exaggeration for effect | 25 | |
| 5310401106 | tone | a writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels. | 26 | |
| 5310401107 | sonnet | a lyric poem of fourteen lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to certain definite patterns. It usually expresses a single, complete idea or thought with a reversal, twist, or change of direction in the concluding lines | 27 | |
| 5310401108 | point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 28 | |
| 5310401109 | characterization | a method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits | 29 | |
| 5310401110 | direct characterization | the author directly states a character's traits | 30 | |
| 5310401111 | indirect characterization | author subtly reveals the character through actions and interactions | 31 | |
| 5310401113 | conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 32 | |
| 5310401115 | Italian sonnet | Divided into 8 lines and 6 lines; marks a shift in poem | 33 | |
| 5310401116 | English sonnet | Divided into 3 quatrains and 2 lines; marks a shift | 34 | |
| 5310401117 | villanelle | 19 lines | 35 | |
| 5310401118 | sestina | 6 stanzas 6 lines each | 36 | |
| 5310401119 | aubade | A poem about dawn; a morning love song; or a poem about the parting of lovers at dawn | 37 | |
| 5310401120 | metonymy | One thing is used to refer to a greater concept | 38 | |
| 5310401121 | ode | Poem with highly elevated language; addressed to a particular subject | 39 | |
| 5310401122 | ballad | Song, written in poetry form | 40 | |
| 5310401123 | colloqiual | In common speech of a language | 41 | |
| 5310401124 | cacophony | Opposite of harmony | 42 | |
| 5310401125 | synecdoche | a figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole | 43 | |
| 5310401129 | lyric | thoughts and feelings | 44 | |
| 5310455918 | euphony | pleasant, harmonious sound | 45 | |
| 5310458336 | litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 46 | |
| 5310462171 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 47 | |
| 5310465806 | oxymoron | A figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms | 48 | |
| 5310471142 | personification | A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions. | 49 | |
| 5310474945 | syllepsis | a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.") | 50 | |
| 5310480288 | tautology | unnecessary repetition | 51 |
