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6685205289synecdochea part of something is used to represent the whole, or occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part (ex. referring to a car as a wheel)0
6685247961metonymywhere one thing is represented by another that is commonly and often physically associated with it (ex. referring to a Monarch as a Crown)1
6685283626idylla narrative which is composed in verse that depicts and honors pastoral scenes and themes2
6685290127gerunda noun made from a verb by adding "ing" (ex. "Reading helps you learn English.")3
6685305011appositivea noun that renames another noun right beside is (ex. The insect, a cockroach, is crawling across the table.")4
6685347887masculine rhymeinvolves single-syllable words; sometimes polysyllabic words (ex. meek/sleek; show/below)5
6685365586feminine rhymerhyming stressed syllables are followed by one or more unstressed syllables (ex. banter/ canter; glider/ divider)6
6685374473psalma sacred song or hymn, used in Christian and Jewish worship7
6685377886free versepoetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter8
6685381401blank versepoems with no rhyme BUT in iambic pentameter9
6685383438caesuraa pause in a line (ex. "To be, or not to be, that is the question."10
6685398704enjambmentcontinuation or a sentence past the natural break of a line11
6685402674anthimeriausing a word in a new grammatical form "hash tagging" or "friending"12
6685410202doggerelcomic poetry characteristic of nursery rhymes with silly subjects13

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