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Consonance

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Repetition of sequence, change intervening vowels

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Couplet

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Two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter (sonnet)

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Crisis

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Highest point of tension in a story

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4
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Dactylic

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Metrical foot in poetry two stressed syllables and one unstressed

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5
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Denotation

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Direct specific meaning (dictionary)

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Dialect

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Speech idiosyncrasies of a specific area

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Dialogue

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Conversation between two or more people

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Diction

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Specific word choice to convey a tone

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Dramatic irony

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Irony when the situation is understood by the audience but not the characters in the play

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Dramatic monologue

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Monologue in a specific situation spoken to an imaginary audience

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