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show Allegory  
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show Alliteration  
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A reference to a person, a place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects a reader to recognize.   show
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A comparison made between 2 things to show the similarities between them.   show
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show Anapest  
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show Antagonist  
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show Aphorism  
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A figure of speech in which an absent or dead person, an abstract quality, or somthing inanimate or nonhuman is addressed directly.   show
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show Aside  
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The repetition of vowel sounds, especially in poetry.   show
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show Ballad  
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Verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.   show
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show Caesura  
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show Classicm  
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show Climax  
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A kind of metaphor that makes a comparison between 2 startling different things.   show
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show Concrete poetry  
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show Confessional poetry  
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A struggle between 2 opposing forces or characters in a short story.   show
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The repetition of similar consonant sounds within a group of words.   show
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show Couplet  
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A poetic foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by 2 unstressed syllables.   show
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show Denouement  
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show Dialect  
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A writer's choice of words, particularly for clarity, effectiveness, and precision.   show
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show dramatic monologue  
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A poem of mourning, usually over the death of an individual.   show
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show Epic  
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show Epigram  
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A quotation or motto at the beginning of a chapter, book, short story, or poem that makes some point about the work.   show
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An inscription on a gravestone or a short poem written in memory of someone who has died   show
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show Epithet  
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A prose work, usually short, that deals with a subject in a limited way and expressed a particular point of view.   show
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