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| refers to things that are intangible |
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| Story poem or other work that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden message |
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| occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of successive words |
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| expression designed to call something to mind with out mentioning it |
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| uncertainty or inexactness of meaning |
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| Thing or event that existed before another |
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| exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to an absent person |
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| Thing that belongs to a time period other than when it exists ie: a clock in Julius Ceaser |
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| Use of a word referring to another word. Also the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. |
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| The person who actively opposes something, specifically the protagonist, or hero |
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| Disappointing end to an exciting series of events |
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| A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone, (foil) |
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| very typical person or thing |
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| summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play. |
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| Remark or passage by a character in a play that is only for the audience but not for other characters. |
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| in poetry the repetition of the sound of a vowel in non rhyming stressed syllables, penitence, reticence |
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| the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence |
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| settled way of thinking or feeling about something, reflected in behavior. Feelings toward a subject |
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| Sentence that employs parallel structure of approximately the same length and importance |
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| alternating between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter |
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| unrhymed verse, having regular meter, but no rhyme. |
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| harsh, discordant mixture of sounds |
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| Break between words within a metrical foot, pause in the middle of a line |
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| ludicrous of grotesque version of someone or something |
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| the process of releasing strong emotions |
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| the act of describing distinctive features of a person |
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| rhetorical or literary figure in which words are repeted in reverse order, IE: poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds. |
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| unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence, consists of a subject and predicate |
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| the most intense point of the story. AN ORGASM!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| play characterized by its satirical nature. |
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| comedy that satirizes behavior in a particular social group. esp. the upper class |
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| comic episodes in a dramatic work that offset serious sections |
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| statement that a situation is unsatisfactory |
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| excessive pride in oneself. and elaborate metaphor |
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| specific literal word usage rather than metaphorical or figurative language |
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| a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one................. |
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| idea or feeling that a word invokes person in addition to its literal or primary meaning |
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| a way in which something is usually done, esp. within a particular area or activity. |
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| two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme |
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| a metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed |
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| the literal meaning of a word. |
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| final part of a play in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and things are resolved |
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| An individual feature, fact or item, minor feature |
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| figures of speech: alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, and rhyme |
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| the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing |
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| intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive |
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| a temporary departure from the main subject |
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| Irony hat occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play |
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| a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person. they reveal aspects of their character in their description of events |
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| a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. |
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| the omission from speech or writing of a word that is superfluous. a set of dots indicating such an omission |
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| having a rhetorical pause at the end of each line |
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| the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of line, couplet or stanza |
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| a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement |
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| A messenger or rep. on a diplomatic mission |
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| A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever or amusing way. |
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| inscription on a building, statue, or coin. |
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| removal of a word that is unnecessary |
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| having a rhetorical pause at the end of each line |
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| the continuation of a sentence without pause at the end of a line |
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| feeling of listlessness from lack of occupation |
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| messenger on a diplomatic mission |
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| pithy saying or remark in a a clever form, an idea presented in a amusing way |
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| inscription on a building, quotation at the beginning of a chapter, intended to suggest the theme |
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| moment of sudden revelation or insight |
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| descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned |
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| mild or indirect word substituted for one considered too harsh when referring to something unpleasant |
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| pleasing to the ear, through a harmonious combination of words. |
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| the act of removing obscurity from the meaning of a word, symbol, or expression |
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| comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory |
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| comic dramatic work using buffoonery and crude characterization |
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| a way of saying something and meaning something else, using metaphor, similes, and the like. |
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| a scene in which one sees a time that is before the setting of the play. |
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| a character who's representation is constant, their appearance/attitude doesn't change. |
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| poetry that doesn't rhyme nor have regular meter |
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| a person or thing that contrasts with and so emphasizes and enhances the quality's of another |
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| a warning or indication of a future event |
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| arrangement and style in a literary work |
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| the first story in a collection of short stories that sets up the setting for the short stories. |
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| comically or repulsively ugly and distorted |
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| a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters |
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| a line of verse consisting of six metrical feet |
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| exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken seriously |
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| a metrical foot consisting of one short(unstressed) and one long(stressed) syllable |
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| visually descriptive language |
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| out of keeping, things that go together but shouldn't |
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| a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and one at the end of the line or the middle of the next |
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| the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous effect |
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| special words that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand |
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| taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory |
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| ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary.(you won't be sorry) |
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| complex sentence in which the main clause comes first ant the subordinate clause follows |
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| expressing the writer's emotions in a imaginative and beautiful way |
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| where a word or phase is applied to an object or action where it isn't normally applicable |
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| the rhythm of a piece of poetry |
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| substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant. |
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| way of varying poetic meter by taking one foot of the normal meter and replacing it with a foot of a different meter |
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| restrict or add to the sense of (a noun) |
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| distinctive feature or dominate idea in a literary composition |
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| reason one has for acting in a certain way |
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| person who narrates something, the person who delivers the commentary, weather it be from a third person or first person stand point. |
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| the way in which the author tells the story |
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| particular time or instance of an event, reason;cause |
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| poem or stanza of eight lines |
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| POV in which the author reveals all the characters' thoughts. |
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| a word that describes a sound |
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| figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms are used together(jumbo shrimp) |
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| simple story used to illustrate a complex moral or spiritual lesson |
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| a statement that contradicts itself |
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| the use of consistent word patterns to present multiple items |
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| imitation of the style of someone else with exaggeration for comic effect |
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| line of verse consisting of five metrical feet of two halves each of two feet and a long syllable |
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| a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause |
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| the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman |
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| the perspective that the author is writing from |
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| using several conjunctions in close succession |
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| the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry |
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| leading character or one of the major characters in a work, normally the hero. |
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| a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word |
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| the quality of being dependable |
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stop oneself from doing something
a repeated line or number of lines in a poem or song |
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| the action of repeating something that has already been said. |
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THERE ARE NO DEFINITIONS!!!!!!!!!!
The tools one has at their disposal when writing or reading literary work. |
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| a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered |
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| devices that an author uses to convey a message with the goal of persuading them towards a different perspective |
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| correspondence of sound between words or the ending of words(poetry) |
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| the ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem or verse |
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| a stanza form having seven lines of iambic pentameter. |
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| the development of plot in a story which leads up to the climax |
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| genre of fiction relating to love. |
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| a dynamic character, capable of surprising the reader by changing themselves to the circumstances |
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| the use of irony to mock or convey contempt |
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| the use of humor, irony, exaggeration to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, norm. with politics. |
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| a poem of six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanza having the same six end words at the line ends in six different sequences that follow a fixed pattern, with all six words appearing in the three line ending. |
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| the place or surroundings something is positioned or taking place |
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| speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage( f, s, z, th) |
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| figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another of a different kind |
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| when the opposite of what is expected occurs |
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| an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself, or regardless of the presence of others |
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| a poem of fourteen lines using any number of formal rhyme schemes |
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| a foot consisting of two stressed syllables |
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| a group of lines forming the basic reoccurring unit of a poem |
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| a widely held but fixed and oversimplified persona of a person or thing |
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| a person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow |
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| arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex |
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a manner of doing something
a way of using language |
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| deductive reasoning as distinct from induction |
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| a thing that represents something else, exp. a material object representing something else |
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| figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |
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| poetic description of a sense impression in terms of of another sense. "icy voice" |
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| arrangement of words and phrases to create well formed sentences in a language |
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| arrangement of triplets such that they go: aba bcb cdc ded efe and so on |
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| overarching subject of a talk, piece of writing |
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| a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved |
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| manner of expression in writing |
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| play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending |
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| foot consisting of one stressed followed by one unstressed syllable |
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a development in circumstances or course of events
move so that it is in a different position in relation to its surroundings |
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| presentation of something as being smaller or less important than it actually is |
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| metrical adaptation of something |
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| A nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the other tercets and with both repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain |
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| figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |
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| the appearance of being true or real |
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