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An acrostic in which the initial letters of successive lines form the alphabet

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Abecedarius

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Associated with Irish literature revival, outgrowth of the Irish literary theatre

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Abbey Theatre

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Shortened version of a worm

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Abridgment

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A term applied to something totally independent of influences, limitations, controls, or modifiers

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Absolute

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A severe abridgment of a work that summarizes the principal ideas or arguments advanced in a much larger work

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Abstract

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Metrically complete

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Acatalectic

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A form of irony, a pretended refusal that is insincere or hypocritical

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Accismus

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Headless

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Acephalous

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A proverb or wise saying add familiar by long use

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Adage

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Matter Added to a writing

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Addenda or addendum

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Meter that contains a dactyl and spondee or dactyl and a trochee

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Adonic Verse

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Agitational propaganda originally in behalf of the Soviet Union and communist ideology

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Agitprop

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Literally a contest of any kind

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Agon

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A verse with six iambic feet, iambic hexameter

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Alexandrine

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Verfremdungseffekt ,used for political speeches

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Alienation effect

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Metrical foot consisting of three syllable first and last unaccounted second accent

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Amphibrach