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Elegy

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Poetry that reflects on death and loss

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Encomium

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Speaking highly of someone

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Enjambment

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Literacy device where a line of poetry carries thought or idea over to the next line

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Epistle

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A prose or a story or religious sermon similar to the New Testament. Expresses love and philosophy

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Exemplum

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A rhetorical device defined as a short tale to explain a moral point

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Epigram

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Memorable and brief, witty statements

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Enumeration

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Mentioning words or phrase step by step, to illustrate a topic

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Epizeuxis

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Words or phrases that are repeated

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Epithet

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Describing a place or person, characteristics are more promiment

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Ethos

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Credibility or appeal by persuasion by a character

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