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| the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words |
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| An implied or indirect reference to a a piece of literature, film, or piece of art esp. in literature |
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| Words spoken by an actor to the audience which are not meant to be heard by other characters/actors; they represent speaker's thoughts. |
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| the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming; also called a vowel rhyme |
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| A narrative poem, usually using a refrain and simple word choice |
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| intrustion of humor during or immediately following a scene of great intensity or excitement |
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| A metaphor that is ridiculous because things compared are profoundly different. |
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| Repetition of consonant sounds in the words. |
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| A type of pun in which a word or statement has two or more meaning; one of which is usually sexual. |
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| Rhyme of the ending syllables of lines of poetry. |
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| A character who's qualities contrast or complement certain qualities of another character's in order to emphasize them. |
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| the suggestion/ indication of future events |
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| Big exaggeration; overblown statement |
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| rhyming of words within the same line of poetry and prose |
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| The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
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| the arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development |
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| Misuse of a word, usually with a humorous effect. |
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| comparison of two unlike things without using like or as |
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| A rythmic element as measured by division into parts of equal time value. |
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| A recurring subject/theme |
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| When two seeminly contridictory sentences (or other literary format) are put together and yet make sense |
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| a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human characteristics |
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| expression that creates emphasis or humor based on one word with two meanings or two similar sounding words |
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| Pattern of rhymes which occur at the end of lines in a stanza. |
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| an ordered recurrent alternation of strong and weak elements in the flow of sound and silence in speech. |
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| Comparison of two things using like or as |
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| Lyric poem; 14 lines in iambic pentameter; specific rhyme scheme, deals with one theme |
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| Group of lines forming a division in a poem; A poetic paragraph. |
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| The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is |
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