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Synecdoche

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Use of deliberate confusion of scale, refer to one part to represent a whole.

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Apostrophe

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Something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and able to reply

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Metonymy

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Figure of speech in which one word is substituted for anther with which t is closely associated

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Allegory

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Narrative having a second meaning beneath the surface of one

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Paradox

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Statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements but upon closer inspection might be true

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Hyperbole

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Figurative language depending on intentional overstatement.

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Conceit

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An image or metaphor likens one thing to something else that is very different

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Irony

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Illustrates a situation that has some kind of discrepancy but the action/situation is opposite of what is expected

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Satire

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Use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule

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Parody

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Imitation of the style of another work, writer or genre, relying on deliberate exaggeration to achieve comic or satirical effect

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Pun

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Humorous use of a word or phrase to emphasize or suggest its different meaning or applications

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Meter

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Basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse

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Foot

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Basic unit in their description of the underlying rhythm of a poem

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Onomatopoeia

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Figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds

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Cacophony

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Use if words that combine sharp, harsh, hissing, or unmelodious sounds

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Euphony

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Pleasant spoken sounds that is created by smooth constants

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Synesthesia

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An attempt to fuse different senses by describing one in terms of another

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Couplet

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Pair of lines usually rhymed

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Heroic couplet

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Pair of rhymed likes in iambic pentameter

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Octave

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Verse form consisting of eight lines of iambic pentameter. Rhyme scheme abba abba

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Quatrain

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Stanza or poem of four lines with lines 2 and 4 rhyming

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Sestet

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Stanza or poem of six lines

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Tercet

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Stanza or poem with three lines

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Sestina

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Poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, but each stanza repeats the end words of lines of the first stanza, in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.

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Villanelle

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Nineteen line poetic form consisting of five tercet and followed by a quatrain. Has two refrains and two repeating rhymes.

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Elegy

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Mournful, melancholic, or plaintive poem especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead

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Epic

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Heroic poetry celebrating deeds of some hero

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Lyric poem

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Express thoughts and feelings of the poet. It addresses the reader directly has a rhyme scheme like a song

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Ode

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Lyric poem usually serious or meditative nature having an elevated style and formal stanzaic structure

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Aubade

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Song or poem greeting the dawn

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Ballad

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Tells story similar to folk tale or legend and often has a repeated refrain. Often about love and is sung

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Pastoral poetry

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Adjective to lifestyle of pastoralists, such as shepherds or herders

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Consonance

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Repetition, at close intervals, of final consonants or accented syllables or important words

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together

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Alliteration

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Repetition of same or similar sounds at beginning of words

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Personification

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Attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions

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Blank verse

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Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Free verse

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Form of poetry which refrains from meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical oattern

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Enjambment

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Front imitation of entrance from one line or couplet into next

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Internal rhyme

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Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse

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Slant rhyme

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Rhyme in which either vowels or consonants of stressed syllables are identical

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End stopped line

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Syntactic unit corresponds in length to line

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Anaphora

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Deliberate repetition of word or phrase at beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs

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Chiasmus

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Repetition of any group of verse elements in reverse order

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Cavalier

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Showing arrogant or offhand disregard

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Idiosyncrasy

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A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual

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Inter

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Place in grave or tomb typically with funeral rites

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Jingoist

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Feeling or belief of people who think their country is right

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Lurid

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Very vivid in color to create unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect

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Meritorious

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Deserving reward or praise

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Minatory

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Expressing or conveying a threat

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Sapient

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Wise or attempting to appear wise

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Staccato

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With each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others

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Tenebrous

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Dark shadowy or obscure

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Trenchant

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Vigorous or incisive in expression or style

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Vagabond

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A person who wanders from place to place without a home or job

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Xenophobic

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Having or showing an intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries

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