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phrase
a grouping of woorkds without a subject, verb, or both
Paen
a song of praise or joy
appositive
a word or phrase that directly follows the noun it modifies
Obloquy
public condomnation
nostalgia
a bittersweet longing for things of the past
Rhapsodic
impassioned, enthusiastic, and extatic
Macabre
suggesting the horror of death and decay
Maudlin
excessively sentimental
Imperative sentence
sentence that makes a command
Laudatory
expressing praise
facetious
playfully humorous
epihet
descriptive word or phrase that stresses the dominant trait of a noun
Gothic
old fashioned (sometimes to the point of being barbarous or crude)
Idylics
simple, tranquil, or care free
declarative sentence
sentence hat makes a statement a fact
elegiac
expressing sorrow for that which is in the past
antithesis
two opposing ideas presented in a parallel manner
apostrophe
a poetic device in which the speaker addresses an idea or a person who is not present
Coherent
following an orderly logical pattern that is easy to understand
Subordinate
a group of words that contains a subject and a verb , but cant stand alone as a complete thought
