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| repetition of initial consonant sounds |
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| reference to an idea, place, person or other literary work. |
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| a comparison between two dissimilar things to clarify a point. |
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| The opposing or rival character |
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| A brief statement containing an important truth or fundamental principle. |
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| type of writing that develops or debates a topic in a logical or persuasive way |
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| character speaks to the audience |
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| long song or poem that tells a story |
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| Caesure- under Angle Saxon |
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| humorous drama with a happy ending |
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| implied meaning of a word or phrase |
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| pair of lines with rhyming end words |
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| basic or literal meaning of a word |
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| form of speech or language |
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| conversation between two or more persons |
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| choice of words, phrases, sentence |
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| when the audience knows something the character does not |
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| narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds |
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| brief poem or statement in memory of someone who is deceased |
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| use of words/phrases to evoke visual images |
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| when the author suggests something in advance |
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| Extreme exaggeration or overstatement |
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| Ten-syllable lines in which every other syllable is stressed. |
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| difference in what is expected and what occurs |
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| metaphor is an analogy between two objects or ideas |
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| a word sounding like what it represents |
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| contradictory terms are combined |
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| statement that contradicts itself |
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| two or more parts of the sentences with similar form |
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| main character in a literary work |
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| exposes human folly using irony and sarcasm |
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| poem with 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme |
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| something that represents something else |
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